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DATE: Wednesday, September 28, 1994          TAG: 9409280371
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B4   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: ESCONDIDO, CALIF.                  LENGTH: Short :   30 lines

JAMES E. PONTON

James Edward Ponton, 31, died Sept. 23, 1994.

Mr. Ponton, a self-employed architect, was born Dec. 17, 1962, in Los Alamos, N.M. He was preceded in death by his father, George Banbury Ponton.

Survivors include his mother, Tonina Ruth Ponton of Escondido, Calif.; two brothers, George Evan Ponton and his wife, Ellen I. Koski-Ponton of Monroe, N.C., and David Arthur Ponton of Jemez Springs, N.M.; one sister, Lorriane Leslie Ponton of Lake Elsinore, Calif.; three nephews, Mark David Ponton of Lake Elsinore, Matthew David Arnold of Boston, Mass., and Airman Marcus Arnold, U.S. Navy, stationed at San Diego, Calif; three nieces, Yvonne Larae Ponton and Colleen Ruth Ponton of Virginia Beach and Monica Arnold Banta and her husband, Paul, of Spartanburg, S.C. Other relatives include Doris S. Koski and the late Edward Z. Koski, Valleau Ayers.

The family requests that donations be made to the Newschool Art Foundation, c/o Newschool of Art & Architecture, 1249 F St., San Diego, Calif. 92101, Attn: Jim Engelke.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY

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