Ira Coons, 68, former city police officer, and brother of the late Lance M. Coons, former judge of the local city court, died at his home, 1227 East Jackson St., at 5:10 a.m. Tuesday following a short illness.
Mr. Coons was born in Champaign, Ill., on November 21, 1867, and came to Muncie from Kansas in 1899. He operated a grocery at Ninth St. and Port Ave. for a short time, after which he became a member of the local police department, his services being interrupted from time to time as administrations changed.
During the 30 years he served aas a member of the local police department, he was a detective, police captain, acting chief, and bailiff of the city court. Mr. Coons was appointed day captain of the police department when the administration of Mayor John C. Quick came into power in January of 1922, serving under Van Benbow, the chief of police. However, he later resigned and confined his services to acting as court bailiff under his brother, Lance M. Coons. He continued to hold this position following the death of Judge Coons and during the term of Harry S. Redkey on the city court bench, leaving the office in January, 1930, when the Dale administration assumed control of Muncie. Mr. Coons was a member of the High Street M.E. Church.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Meeks Mortuary, the Reverend Jo W. G. Fast, pastor of the High St. M.E. Church, officiating. Burial will be in Elm Ridge Cemetery. Friends may call at the Coons home after noon Wednesday, or in the Meeks Mortuary, two hours prior to the services Thursday.
Surviving are the widow, Maude; a son, John D. Coons; a granddaughter, Mary Ellen Coons; a sister, Mrs. Joseph H. Neely, Washington, D.C.; and a brother, John L. Coons, of Manhattan, Kansas.
Mr. Coons was born in Champaign, Ill., on November 21, 1867, and came to Muncie from Kansas in 1899. He operated a grocery at Ninth St. and Port Ave. for a short time, after which he became a member of the local police department, his services being interrupted from time to time as administrations changed.
During the 30 years he served aas a member of the local police department, he was a detective, police captain, acting chief, and bailiff of the city court. Mr. Coons was appointed day captain of the police department when the administration of Mayor John C. Quick came into power in January of 1922, serving under Van Benbow, the chief of police. However, he later resigned and confined his services to acting as court bailiff under his brother, Lance M. Coons. He continued to hold this position following the death of Judge Coons and during the term of Harry S. Redkey on the city court bench, leaving the office in January, 1930, when the Dale administration assumed control of Muncie. Mr. Coons was a member of the High Street M.E. Church.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Meeks Mortuary, the Reverend Jo W. G. Fast, pastor of the High St. M.E. Church, officiating. Burial will be in Elm Ridge Cemetery. Friends may call at the Coons home after noon Wednesday, or in the Meeks Mortuary, two hours prior to the services Thursday.
Surviving are the widow, Maude; a son, John D. Coons; a granddaughter, Mary Ellen Coons; a sister, Mrs. Joseph H. Neely, Washington, D.C.; and a brother, John L. Coons, of Manhattan, Kansas.
Ira Coons, 68, former city police officer, and brother of the late Lance M. Coons, former judge of the local city court, died at his home, 1227 East Jackson St., at 5:10 a.m. Tuesday following a short illness.
Mr. Coons was born in Champaign, Ill., on November 21, 1867, and came to Muncie from Kansas in 1899. He operated a grocery at Ninth St. and Port Ave. for a short time, after which he became a member of the local police department, his services being interrupted from time to time as administrations changed.
During the 30 years he served aas a member of the local police department, he was a detective, police captain, acting chief, and bailiff of the city court. Mr. Coons was appointed day captain of the police department when the administration of Mayor John C. Quick came into power in January of 1922, serving under Van Benbow, the chief of police. However, he later resigned and confined his services to acting as court bailiff under his brother, Lance M. Coons. He continued to hold this position following the death of Judge Coons and during the term of Harry S. Redkey on the city court bench, leaving the office in January, 1930, when the Dale administration assumed control of Muncie. Mr. Coons was a member of the High Street M.E. Church.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Meeks Mortuary, the Reverend Jo W. G. Fast, pastor of the High St. M.E. Church, officiating. Burial will be in Elm Ridge Cemetery. Friends may call at the Coons home after noon Wednesday, or in the Meeks Mortuary, two hours prior to the services Thursday.
Surviving are the widow, Maude; a son, John D. Coons; a granddaughter, Mary Ellen Coons; a sister, Mrs. Joseph H. Neely, Washington, D.C.; and a brother, John L. Coons, of Manhattan, Kansas.
Mr. Coons was born in Champaign, Ill., on November 21, 1867, and came to Muncie from Kansas in 1899. He operated a grocery at Ninth St. and Port Ave. for a short time, after which he became a member of the local police department, his services being interrupted from time to time as administrations changed.
During the 30 years he served aas a member of the local police department, he was a detective, police captain, acting chief, and bailiff of the city court. Mr. Coons was appointed day captain of the police department when the administration of Mayor John C. Quick came into power in January of 1922, serving under Van Benbow, the chief of police. However, he later resigned and confined his services to acting as court bailiff under his brother, Lance M. Coons. He continued to hold this position following the death of Judge Coons and during the term of Harry S. Redkey on the city court bench, leaving the office in January, 1930, when the Dale administration assumed control of Muncie. Mr. Coons was a member of the High Street M.E. Church.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Meeks Mortuary, the Reverend Jo W. G. Fast, pastor of the High St. M.E. Church, officiating. Burial will be in Elm Ridge Cemetery. Friends may call at the Coons home after noon Wednesday, or in the Meeks Mortuary, two hours prior to the services Thursday.
Surviving are the widow, Maude; a son, John D. Coons; a granddaughter, Mary Ellen Coons; a sister, Mrs. Joseph H. Neely, Washington, D.C.; and a brother, John L. Coons, of Manhattan, Kansas.
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