WARREN — Robert S. Jones, 65, died Nov. 20, 2014, at his home in Warren. He was born Jan. 27, 1949, in Des Moines, Iowa, to Robert Virgil Jones and Jacqueline Gray Jones. He grew up in Iowa and then moved to Westport, Conn., at the age of 12.

He served in the U.S. Army during Vietnam. He married Nancy Tefft Jones in 1973. He worked as a boat builder, mechanic and chef for many years. He began making raku pottery in the early 1990s. He opened Ridgeback Pottery, named after his Rhodesian ridgeback dog, in Wiscasset across from Red's Eats.

Bob was a supreme chef who could create wonderful meals out of anything. He had a great sense of putting things together that tasted really good. He enjoyed gardening, and building a pole barn for his wife's horses. He was a tender and loving father who was proud of his children and grandchildren. He was compassionate, opinionated and very talented at most anything he put his mind to.

He is survived by his wife of 42 years, Nancy T. Jones of Warren; his daughter, Jamie Adele Le and her husband, Binh, of Fremont, Calif.; his son, Eric Steven Jones and his wife, Mariccela, of Sterling, Va. his sister, Jan McCoy of Indianapolis, Ind.; his brother, Craig Jones of Georgia; and two grandchildren, Genevieve Blanca Jones of Sterling, Va. and Kai Robert Le of Fremont, Calif.

A family gathering will be held to celebrate Bob's life.

Arrangements are entrusted to Hall Funeral Home and Cremation Services.