MOUNT MORRIS – Jonas L. Fultz, 78, passed peacefully into the arms of Jesus and eternal life Monday, Jan. 14, 2013, at OSF Saint Anthony Hospital in Rockford, after a short, courageous battle with cancer.

Jonas was born Dec. 17, 1934, in a coal mining camp in the Cumberland Mountain community of Insull, Ky., the son of Monroe and Phoebe (Wilder) Fultz. He moved to Fairborn, Ohio, when he was 14 years old. Jonas graduated from Fairborn Baker High School in 1954, where he played football and developed his passion for auto repair. He attended Walters State University in Morristown, Tenn., and studied business administration and management. 

Jonas married Joyce A. Shewsbury in 1955, in Indiana. She preceded him in death. Jonas married Linda McNeil on Dec. 30, 1978, in Fairborn.