John Coon

John E Coon , 61, passed away Wednesday, December 28, 2022 unexpectedly at Creighton Bergan Mercy Medical in Omaha Nebraska. Mass of the Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, January 4, 2023 at St. Lawrence Church- St. John Paul II Parish in Carroll. Burial will be at 2p.m. at Sacred Heart Cemetery in Early. A visitation will be held from 5-7 p.m. on Tuesday at the Sharp Funeral Home in Carroll. Additional visitation will be held from 9:30 – 10:15 a.m. Wednesday morning at St. Lawrence Church. Funeral arrangements are under the guidance of the Sharp Funeral Home in Carroll, and online condolences may be left for John’s family at www.sharpfuneral.com. John, was the beloved son of John and Janice Coon, born on October 9, 1961 at Buena Vista County Hospital in Storm Lake, Iowa. He was the oldest of 9 brothers and sisters. John was Baptized, received his First Communion and Confirmation at Sacred Heart in Early. He graduated from Storm Lake St. Mary’s High School in Storm Lake and received his Bachelor of Science degree at Iowa State University in December of 1984. From there he held jobs in St Louis, Chicago, and Milwaukee. He was employed at St. Anthonys Regional Medical Center in the food service department and at HyVee in Carroll. John will be remembered most for his everlasting love of sports and how he avidly followed the Iowa State Cyclones and Kuemper Knights. Whenever his nieces and nephews were playing a sport he was their number one fan. If John was not sitting in the stands cheering them on, he was following them on social media. There was not a stranger he ever met and a name he never forgot. A conversation never left unspoken. If you were lucky enough to be a friend of John’s, you were a friend for life. Loyal Son Forever true! A slogan that epitomizes John. As a family we may not have always seen things the same, but when it was us against them John was always loyal to our family. We all know John’s loyalty to the Cyclones as well as many other sports groups and know John’s first conversations were spent visiting with his Dad and Chelsey, but the real question we would like to know is, who was the first sports person he was able to meet. Was it Vince Lombardi, Johnny Orr or some other sports idol? The last several months haven’t been easy but now John is completely pain free. May he rest in peace. John was preceded in death by his father John L. and his niece Chelsey Henkenius; Grandpa Erwin and Grandma Marie Tentinger; Grandpa Leonard and Grandma Genieve Coon. Those left to celebrate his life include his mother Janice of Carroll; his siblings Jeff (Shelly) of Clive, Janell (Todd) Mulder of Woodward, Joe (Jane) of Clive, Jerret (Sara) of Victoria MN, Jodi (Jim) Henkenius of Lake City, Jamie (Shelly) of Avoca, Jennifer (Chris) Jorgensen of Fort Dodge, and Justin (Jessica) of Fort Dodge; 20 nieces and nephews; 5 great nephews; and many aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends who will miss him dearly.

John Coon

October 9, 1961 - December 28, 2022