Jack Coon

Fort Myers, Fla.
Jack Coon, 83, was born August 31, 1926 in Saginaw, Mich., to Claude and Esther Coon. He graduated from Port Clinton High School (OH). In Ohio, he met Martha Davis; they married in 1947, and moved to Saginaw where Jack began his career with General Motors at Saginaw Steering Gear. He worked at SSG for over 30 years as a Manufacturing Tool Engineer and Manager. After moving to Decatur, Jack retired in 1981. In 1987, Jack and Marty moved to Florida; they enjoyed 48 years together until her death in 1995.
Jack enjoyed deer hunting and fishing, bowling, radio control flying and golf. He was a past member of Burningtree Country Club and the proud recipient of the Johnny Walker International Hole-in-One Award. In Michigan, Jack was a Life Member of Pioneer Lodge No. 79 of Free and Accepted Masons, a member of the Bay City Consistory as a 32nd Degree Scottish Rite Mason, and a Noble of the Mystic Shrine, Elf Kurafeh Shrine Temple.
In 2002, Jack married Elizabeth (Nye) Williams, who survives him; they enjoyed seven years together in sunny Florida.
Jack was a wonderful father, husband, brother, uncle and grandpa; he was dearly loved and will be sorely missed by his family which includes his children and grandchildren, Richard and Paula Coon, Adam and Maria of Florida, and Karen and Frank Nemecek, Spencer and Madeleine of Michigan; his brother and sister-in-law Richard and Sallee Coon of Michigan and their children; Marty’s sisters and their families, and Elizabeth’s children and her brother.
Surrounded by his loving family, and at peace, Jack passed from this world to meet his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on March 3, 2010.





This obituary was originally published in the Decatur Daily.