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John Cotton Obituary
He was born Aug. 30, 1937, in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of Edwin Morgan and Myra Newell (Orchard) Cotton. Jack attended San Marino High School.
He served his country for more than 20 years in the U.S. Air Force as a flight simulator technician.
Jack was the owner and operator of Foam Busters, a draft beer system maintenance service on the Seacoast of New Hampshire.
He is survived by his stepdaughter, Kimberly Music; son Jackie Brown; sisters Molly Paaso and Polly Dulin; brother Edwin Cotton; and nieces and nephews Darell Cotton, David Cotton, Marilyn Stepp, Chris Jensen, Jennifer Aver, Brent Jensen, Tracy Paaso and Kristie Paaso.
Jack was predeceased by his wife, Mary E. (Fagan) Cotton, on June 27, 2008.
SERVICES: A memorial visitation will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 2, at J. Verne Wood Funeral Home - Buckminster Chapel, 84 Broad St., Portsmouth, followed by a memorial service at 6 p.m. at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to TREA, Memorial Foundation, 1111 S. Abilene Ct. Aurora, CO 80012. Visit www.jvwoodfuneralhome.com to sign an online guest book and/or to send a private condolence.
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for John Cotton
Chris Jensen
October 28, 2010
Rest in Peace Uncle Jack! We love and miss you very much!
Michael Boylan
October 28, 2010
I would like to express my deepest condolences to John's (Jack's) Family. I had the pleasure of doing business with Jack for almost 20 years. I will miss the chats that Jack and I had over the years.
Boyd (Joe) Prather
October 27, 2010
I knew Jack for more than 20yrs.I first met Jack when we were both stationed at Pease AFB.We worked together on the FB-111A Flight Simulator.He was a good friend and I'll sorely miss him.
JACK BROWN-COTTON
October 27, 2010
TO MY FAMILY, I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE MY CONDOLENCES WITH ALL HIS FREINDS & FAMILY WHO LOVE & WORKED WITH MY FATHER OVER THE YEARS, HE WILL BE MISSED DEARLY!! MAY GOD BE WITH YOU ALL AT THIS TIME. PS. I WILL MOSTLY MISS MY FATHERS CRAZY E-MAILS!! :)
October 27, 2010
we are so sorry for your loss,jack will be missed.i will always remember our annual holiday lunch with jim green and jack. rosalie and david grenon
October 27, 2010
We are sorryy for your loss, I will always remember our annual holiday lunch with Jack and Jim. Dave and Rosalie Grenon
October 27, 2010
So Sorry Jack, it was alot of fun working with you, thanks for all the restruant accounts. Dale Henderson
DAVE DUBOIS
October 27, 2010
TO THE FAMILY OF jOHN, YOU HAVE MY CONDOLENCES. JACK IS GOING TO BE MISSED IN THE TREA ORGANIZATION AND BY MANY OTHERS.
Mary Steele
October 27, 2010
Ed and family I am so sorry for your loss, Jack was a great guy and a patriot. We will keep you in our prayers
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