Jon Flowers

Former Alaska resident Jon Flowers, 43, died April 4, 2007, at a hospital in Boise, Idaho.
A committal service will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Idaho State Veterans Cemetery. A memorial service will be afterward at 11:30 a.m. at Treasure Valley Bible Church with the Rev. Larry Cook officiating. Cremation is under the direction of Alden-Waggoner Funeral Chapel in Boise.
Jon was born May 21, 1963, in Glendale, Calif., to Mary Carole Crowell and Jimmie L. Flowers. Most of his life was spent in El Centro, Calif., and Alaska. He graduated from Central Union High School in El Centro in 1981. Jon served in the U.S. Air Force for 10 years, serving in the Persian Gulf during Desert Storm. He also worked at Key Bank for 15 years.
On Oct. 13, 1990, Jon married Vicki Franzoso in Anchorage. He had recently moved to Idaho.
He had a love for rocketry and enjoyed building and shooting off rockets with his family. His other hobbies included singing, playing the guitar, fishing, radio-control cars, kite flying and hockey. He was also an avid Civil War buff.
Jon was a hockey coach of Mites and Atoms for the Boys and Girls Clubs and the Mighty Moose organization, as well as being the Alaska squirt-level hockey coordinator. Jon volunteered often with Alaska PBS television auctions. He was an AWANA leader at Grace Baptist Church in Alaska and was also a choir member.
Survivors include his wife, Vicki Flowers of Kuna, Idaho; children and their spouses, Asa, Caleb, Joshua, of Kuna, Cynthia and Jarod Drollette of Utah and Niccole and Luke Perrine of Alaska; father, Jimmie Flowers; mother, Mary Carole Flowers; and brother and sister-in-law, Jay and Stephanie, and their children, Madeline and Mason.
Memorials are suggested to a scholarship fund at any Key Bank, in memory of Jon.