CACS - Don Jones Memorial

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This page is dedicated to members of the CACS who have lost their fight with Carcinoid Cancer. We present this information first as a memorial to the departed member and second in the hope that the information here will be helpful to someone who is researching or fighting our disease. Click a link below to see the memorial bios. Ted Crump 1939 - 2008 Bob DeGroot 1945 - 2007 Gloria Guadagno 1934 - 2007 Liz Hollenbach 1948 - 2007 Susan Spillman 1959 - 2006 Larry Chinnery 1938 - 2006 Mark Redfern 1956 - 2005 Jennifer Murphy 1960 - 2003 "Coach" Lombardi 1962 - 2003 "Bob" Niblock 1936 - 2003 "Bob" Kurtz 1939 - 2002 "Kay" Shea 1931 - 2002 "Mickey" Moomey 1925 - 2002 "Don" Jones 1953 - 2002 Survivors Bios of living members Cancer has been called the polite killer; that is it rarely takes a person without warning. Unlike many other diseases, you have warning and time to get your affairs in order. Don took full advantage of this and prepared instructions on everything from Life Insurance to maintenence of his vehicle. This has made life much more bearable for his wife since he passed away. Whether you are a Carcinoid patient or not, we suggest that you do the same for your family.	Donald Clifford Jones June 30, 1953 - January 25, 2002
		"Don" was born on June 30, 1953 in Washington, DC, to Clifford and Francis Jones. He grew up in Temple Hills, MD, and graduated from Crossland High School in 1971. He attended the University of Maryland, majoring in criminology. After graduation, Don began working as a security agent at Woodward and Lothrop. While at "Woodys," he worked his way up the corporate ladder, from agent to Security Manager, then Operations Administrator. In 1990, he made a career change. Don joined the Marine Corps -family. Assuming the job as MWR Director, for MCAGCC, he packed up the family and moved to Twentynine Palms, CA. After six years of desert life, Don and family relocated to Quantico, VA where he served at Headquarters Marine Corps. He took pride in seeing the implementation of RecTrac during his tenure. He served as the Marine Corps representative on the Armed Forces Recreation Society of the National Recreation and Parks Association. Don married Linda Neely of Ashland, VA, on May 2, 1987. They have two sons, Clifford age 12 and Russell age 10. They reside in Stafford, VA. Don's Carcinoid journey began in December of 1999, when he was diagnosed with Carcinoid Cancer. Exploratory surgery revealed a large (10cm) tumor at the top of his pancrease that was wrapped around and part of his portal vein. Because of the location and involvement with the portal vein, removal of the tumor was not possible. Later tests revealed more Carcinoid tumors in his liver and throughout his abdomen. Follow up tests also revealed that his Carcinoid was of the atypical and very aggressive type. His Carcinoid did not respond to Sandostatin, chemo or any other therapy that was tried and lost his fight after two years in January of 2002.