Ray Coon, 75, 4437 Grant St., died Thursday at the Leeds Nursing Home after a long illness. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in the Anderson-Perasso Funeral Home. Rev. Anthony Blanders will officiate with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Earl Pierce, Clifford and Art Coon, Wayne Livermore, Duane Thies and Russell White, Jr.
Mr. Coon was born July 4, 1898, near Anthon, Iowa. He lived in Woodbury County most of his life, moving to Sioux City in 1930. He married Myrtle Scoles May 21, 1921, at Ida Grove, Iowa. He worked for several years as a maintenance man for Woodbury County. He also had a milk route in Sioux City for twenty-three years and worked for the American Popcorn Company for thirteen years before retiring in 1964. Mr. Coon was a member of Wesley United Methodist Church.
Survivors include the widow; a brother Albert of Sioux City; and three sisters, Mrs. Jennie Pierce and Mrs. Iva Hayworth, both of Sioux City and Mrs. Mary Hayworth of Anthon.
Burial: 22 June 1974, Memorial Park Cemetery, Sioux City, Woodbury Co., Iowa
Ray Coon, 75, 4437 Grant St., died Thursday at the Leeds Nursing Home after a long illness. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in the Anderson-Perasso Funeral Home. Rev. Anthony Blanders will officiate with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Earl Pierce, Clifford and Art Coon, Wayne Livermore, Duane Thies and Russell White, Jr.
Mr. Coon was born July 4, 1898, near Anthon, Iowa. He lived in Woodbury County most of his life, moving to Sioux City in 1930. He married Myrtle Scoles May 21, 1921, at Ida Grove, Iowa. He worked for several years as a maintenance man for Woodbury County. He also had a milk route in Sioux City for twenty-three years and worked for the American Popcorn Company for thirteen years before retiring in 1964. Mr. Coon was a member of Wesley United Methodist Church.
Survivors include the widow; a brother Albert of Sioux City; and three sisters, Mrs. Jennie Pierce and Mrs. Iva Hayworth, both of Sioux City and Mrs. Mary Hayworth of Anthon.
Burial: 22 June 1974, Memorial Park Cemetery, Sioux City, Woodbury Co., Iowa
Family Members
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Jefferson Marion Coon
1879–1956
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Aaron Wesley Coon
1881–1965
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Florence Myrtle Coon Smith
1886–1965
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Mary Ellen Coon Hayworth
1888–1978
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Perry Virgil Coon
1891–1929
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Jennie Viola "Jen" Coon Pierce
1893–1983
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Mabel Mae Coon Beeson
1896–1972
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Iva Belle Coon Hayworth
1900–1988
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James "Jimmie" Coon
1903–1903
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Albert Eugene Coon
1906–1977
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