Chico Enterprise Record, Saturday Evening, February 24, 1968: Allie N. Coon, 78, of 802 Miller Ave. died Saturday morning at a local convalescent hospital. Coon was born in Correctionville, Iowa, July 22, 1889 and in 1900 the family moved to California establishing their home in Chico.
He attended local schools and in 1910 he went to work for the Western Pacific Railroad as a fireman. In 1914 he retired from the railroad and engaged in rice farming with his brother for the Dodge Land Co. near Butte City until 1920. At this time they purchased the Graff place near Ord Ferry and engaged in farming until the late 1930s.
In 1939 they established a warehouse and shelling business and in the early 1940s added a seed cleaning operation. Coon had been semi-retired since 1953. He was a member of the Butte County Farm Bureau.
Surviving are two sons, Jack Coon of Durham and Jasper F. Coon of Chico; and four grandchildren. His wife, Irene, preceded him in death on Nov. 18, 1953 ... Private interment will follow in the Chico Cemetery."
He attended local schools and in 1910 he went to work for the Western Pacific Railroad as a fireman. In 1914 he retired from the railroad and engaged in rice farming with his brother for the Dodge Land Co. near Butte City until 1920. At this time they purchased the Graff place near Ord Ferry and engaged in farming until the late 1930s.
In 1939 they established a warehouse and shelling business and in the early 1940s added a seed cleaning operation. Coon had been semi-retired since 1953. He was a member of the Butte County Farm Bureau.
Surviving are two sons, Jack Coon of Durham and Jasper F. Coon of Chico; and four grandchildren. His wife, Irene, preceded him in death on Nov. 18, 1953 ... Private interment will follow in the Chico Cemetery."
Chico Enterprise Record, Saturday Evening, February 24, 1968: Allie N. Coon, 78, of 802 Miller Ave. died Saturday morning at a local convalescent hospital. Coon was born in Correctionville, Iowa, July 22, 1889 and in 1900 the family moved to California establishing their home in Chico.
He attended local schools and in 1910 he went to work for the Western Pacific Railroad as a fireman. In 1914 he retired from the railroad and engaged in rice farming with his brother for the Dodge Land Co. near Butte City until 1920. At this time they purchased the Graff place near Ord Ferry and engaged in farming until the late 1930s.
In 1939 they established a warehouse and shelling business and in the early 1940s added a seed cleaning operation. Coon had been semi-retired since 1953. He was a member of the Butte County Farm Bureau.
Surviving are two sons, Jack Coon of Durham and Jasper F. Coon of Chico; and four grandchildren. His wife, Irene, preceded him in death on Nov. 18, 1953 ... Private interment will follow in the Chico Cemetery."
He attended local schools and in 1910 he went to work for the Western Pacific Railroad as a fireman. In 1914 he retired from the railroad and engaged in rice farming with his brother for the Dodge Land Co. near Butte City until 1920. At this time they purchased the Graff place near Ord Ferry and engaged in farming until the late 1930s.
In 1939 they established a warehouse and shelling business and in the early 1940s added a seed cleaning operation. Coon had been semi-retired since 1953. He was a member of the Butte County Farm Bureau.
Surviving are two sons, Jack Coon of Durham and Jasper F. Coon of Chico; and four grandchildren. His wife, Irene, preceded him in death on Nov. 18, 1953 ... Private interment will follow in the Chico Cemetery."
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