William Robert ‘Bob’ Coon, 89, died Monday, November 15.
He lived all of his life in Riverbank.
He graduated from Oakdale High School, where he played varsity football and played violin in the orchestra.
Mr. Coon served in the Seabees in World War II.
He was a paperboy for the Modesto Bee. He worked on the Santa Fe Railroad. He was a barber in Riverbank for sixty years, cutting the hair of many generations.
He was a volunteer fireman for the City of Riverbank, a member of the Riverbank Masonic Lodge, and was past president of the Riverbank Lions Club.
He is survived by his second wife, Pat; daughters, Carolyn (Coon) Avila, Judy (Coon) Riise, Roberta (Coon) Humphrey, Robert W. Coon; eleven grandchildren; twenty-one great grandchildren; and one great great grandchild.
Services will be held at the San Joaquin National Cemetery.
Published in the Oakdale Leader on November 24, 2010.
He lived all of his life in Riverbank.
He graduated from Oakdale High School, where he played varsity football and played violin in the orchestra.
Mr. Coon served in the Seabees in World War II.
He was a paperboy for the Modesto Bee. He worked on the Santa Fe Railroad. He was a barber in Riverbank for sixty years, cutting the hair of many generations.
He was a volunteer fireman for the City of Riverbank, a member of the Riverbank Masonic Lodge, and was past president of the Riverbank Lions Club.
He is survived by his second wife, Pat; daughters, Carolyn (Coon) Avila, Judy (Coon) Riise, Roberta (Coon) Humphrey, Robert W. Coon; eleven grandchildren; twenty-one great grandchildren; and one great great grandchild.
Services will be held at the San Joaquin National Cemetery.
Published in the Oakdale Leader on November 24, 2010.
William Robert ‘Bob’ Coon, 89, died Monday, November 15.
He lived all of his life in Riverbank.
He graduated from Oakdale High School, where he played varsity football and played violin in the orchestra.
Mr. Coon served in the Seabees in World War II.
He was a paperboy for the Modesto Bee. He worked on the Santa Fe Railroad. He was a barber in Riverbank for sixty years, cutting the hair of many generations.
He was a volunteer fireman for the City of Riverbank, a member of the Riverbank Masonic Lodge, and was past president of the Riverbank Lions Club.
He is survived by his second wife, Pat; daughters, Carolyn (Coon) Avila, Judy (Coon) Riise, Roberta (Coon) Humphrey, Robert W. Coon; eleven grandchildren; twenty-one great grandchildren; and one great great grandchild.
Services will be held at the San Joaquin National Cemetery.
Published in the Oakdale Leader on November 24, 2010.
He lived all of his life in Riverbank.
He graduated from Oakdale High School, where he played varsity football and played violin in the orchestra.
Mr. Coon served in the Seabees in World War II.
He was a paperboy for the Modesto Bee. He worked on the Santa Fe Railroad. He was a barber in Riverbank for sixty years, cutting the hair of many generations.
He was a volunteer fireman for the City of Riverbank, a member of the Riverbank Masonic Lodge, and was past president of the Riverbank Lions Club.
He is survived by his second wife, Pat; daughters, Carolyn (Coon) Avila, Judy (Coon) Riise, Roberta (Coon) Humphrey, Robert W. Coon; eleven grandchildren; twenty-one great grandchildren; and one great great grandchild.
Services will be held at the San Joaquin National Cemetery.
Published in the Oakdale Leader on November 24, 2010.
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