Jon M. Bryant

1949 - 2015

Jon M. Bryant

1949 - 2015

BORN

1949

DIED

2015

Jon Bryant Obituary

Published by Legacy Remembers on Sep. 4, 2015.
Jon M. Bryant

Born: Jan. 14, 1949; in Mazon, IL

Died: Sept. 2, 2015; in Odell, IL

Jon Michael Bryant, age 66, passed away Wednesday, September 2, 2015, at his home in Odell.

Memorial services will be held Friday, September 4, 2015 at St. Paul?s Catholic Church in Odell. Jon body was donated to science.

Jon was born January 14, 1949, in Mazon, Illinois to Allen and Ruth (Waters) Bryant. He married Susan Ann Sherman on October 21, 1979 in Frankfort, Illinois. She survives in Odell.

Also surviving is daughters, Bobbie Jo (Lincoln) Musgraves of Dwight, Joann (Adam Garza) Bryant of Odell; sons, Joshua (Alisha Lewis) Bryant of Pontiac, Jonmichael Bryant of Odell, Tyler Bryant of Odell; sisters, Peg (James) Thomas of Mazon, Judy Bowman, Wendy Arnold of Las Vegas, Nevada, Sally Bryant of Iowa; 3 granddaughters; other wife, Sheila; and other children, Kaylynn, Rylee, Ashlyn, Logan.

He was preceded in death by his parents; sister, Kathy Arnold; brothers, Tom, Gerry and Richard Bryant.

Jon worked at R&R Donnelly in Pontiac, was a hog farmer in the Morris area and was a member of the MoHoPi tribe. He served in the United States Air Force in Vietnam.

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