A funeral is scheduled Wednesday for James A. Jones, an official with the Employment Resources Development Agency, a Hartford city agency that provides job training to the economically disadvantaged and others in Greater Hartford. Jones died Saturday at Johnson Memorial Hospital in the Stafford Springs section of Stafford after suffering a heart attack. He was 41 and lived in Stafford. The service is scheduled at ll a.m. at the Farrell Funeral Home at 110 Franklin Square in New Britain.

Since May 22, 1989, Jones had served as acting deputy director of the agency, which provides job training and other skills in 34 communities through community-based organizations. He joined the agency’s predecessor, the Employment and Training Administration, as a supervisor on Jan. 6, 1986, and became coordinator there on July 6, 1987.

Agency Director Richard Pearson said Monday that Jones was well suited to work with the agency, which focuses on assisting the economically disadvantaged, people on public assistance, school dropouts and students at risk of failing. “He was a people kind of person,” Pearson said. “He loved people and he was very concerned about the well-being of people who needed help.”

– Hartford Courant, May 22, 1990