1942, JOHN MATSON CERTIFICATE OF AWARD, 6TH GRADE PUPIL IN BLACK HAWK SCHOOL, 1ST. PLACE AWARD OF HONOR FOR WRITTEN SPELLING, GIVEN AT CENTRAL CITY COLO, APRIL 17 1942. ( APRIL 17, 1942 WAS HIS MOTHER'S, ELIZABETH (MATSON) BEGG, BIRTHDAY.) AND THE SAME DAY HIS BROTHER DANNY BEGG WAS BORN.
1948, JOHN MATSON GRADUATED FROM GILPIN CO. HIGH SCHOOL, CENTRAL CITY, COLORADO WITH CLASS MATES BILLY ALLEN, CARROLL BARKER, JOSEPH RESS, PATTE DECKER, VIVIAN WARREN, BETTY PALLARO AND BARBARA GALBRAITH. CLASS MOTO " WE WILL SUCCEED IN THE FUTURE WE ARE SHAPING." CLASS COLORS " GREEN AND SILVER." CLASS FLOWER " GARDENIA". JOHN WAS CLASS PRESIDENT, "A" TEAM STARTER IN BASKETBALL FOR GILPIN CO. HIGH SCHOOL. AFTER GRADUATION JOHN WORKED FOR THE "WEEKLY REGISTER CALL" A LOCAL NEWSPAPER AND WITH HIS STEP DAD IN VARIOUS MINING ADVENTURES.
1950 MAY 17, JOHN AND COUSIN ROSCOE ANDERSON, JOINED THE COASTGUARD AND WAS INDUCTED AT CAPE MAY, NEW JERSEY. 1953 MARCH 13, JOHN AND HIS BASKETBALL TEAMATES, DOUGLAS, FLORA, CHRISTIAN, BERNARDI, PAWLOSKI, CALFAS AND GIRON WERE SUCCESSFUL IN WINNING THE "CLASS D LEAGUE" CHAMPIONSHIP OF SAN FRANCISCO, WHILE AT FORT MASON CALIFORNIA. JOHN SERVED ON THE COAST GUARD CUTTER "TANEY" FROM 1950-1953. IN 1986 THE TANDY WAS THE LAST ACTIVE SHIP TO HAVE BEEN AT PEARL HARBOR DURING THE JAPANESE ATTACK IN 1941. 1957, JOHN MET AND MARRIED DIXIE LEE DECKER MARCH 16, 1957 IN RENO NEVADA AND SET UP HOUSE AT 537 JOHNSON AVE, COOS BAY OREGON. (BEST MAN ROSCOE ANDERSON) JOHN WAS EMPLOYED AS A WAREHOUSE FORMAN FOR INDUSTERIAL STEEL AND LATER WORKED FOR THE COOS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT. THE PRINCIPAL OF MARSHFIELD SCHOOL, CHARLES J. SHARPS, GAVE JOHN A LETTER OF ACCOMIDATION FOR HIS THREE YEAR ENDEAVOR ON TRAINING HANDICAPPED TERRY BAUER IN WORKING SKILLS. LETTER RECOGNIZING JOHN FOR HIS SENSITIVITY AND COMPASSION. ACCOMIDATION LETTER FROM PRESIDENT RONALD REGAN FOR THE HONOR AND MEMORY OF JOHN MATSON FOR HIS SERVICE IN THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES. JOHN AND DIXIE WERE ACCOMPLISHED GOLFERS AND SPENT MANY HOURS AT KENTUCK GOLF COURSE. JOHN MADE HIS FIRST EAGLE ON THE 15 TH HOLE WHILE PLAYING WITH SPENCE, SHIPP, AND YARLEY. IN BOWLING,SCORED HIGH WEEKLY GROSS SERIES OCT 10, 1966 WITH A 646-SERIES. 2002, JOHN MATSON DIED AT 6:20 AM 12-12-2002 AT THE LIFE CARE CENTER COOS BAY OREGON OF ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA AND CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULIMERY DISEASE, DALLAS CARTER M.D. JACK MATSON WAS CREMATED AT THE OCEAN VIEW CREMATORY 12-12-2002. PER JACKIE'S WISHES PART OF HIS ASHES (AUG 1, 2003) WERE SPREAD ON THE 14TH HOLE AT KENTUCK GOLF COURSE COOS BAY OREGON.
AUG. 7, 2003,
PHIL MATSON, DAN BEGG AND CATHERINE(BEGG)MONAHAN PLACED THE REMAINDER OF THE ASHES, 1/2 ON HIS FATHER ANTON MATSONS GRAVE, DORY HILL CEMETERY BLACK HAWK COLORADO, THE OTHER 1/2 ON HIS MOTHER, ELIZABETH (MATSON) BEGG'S GRAVE SIGHT, BALD MT. CEMETERY, CENTRAL CITY, COLORADO. STORY: MOM NAMED HIM JACKIE AT BIRTH BUT WHEN SHE WENT TO REGISTER HIS BIRTH THE CLERK SAID THAT WASN'T A NAME IT WAS A NICKNAME SO SHE CHOSE JOHN AFTER HER GRANDFATHER JOHN KRELL, FOR THE LEGAL NAME BUT STILL CALLED HIM JACKIE AS DID ALL HIS FAMILY.
1948, JOHN MATSON GRADUATED FROM GILPIN CO. HIGH SCHOOL, CENTRAL CITY, COLORADO WITH CLASS MATES BILLY ALLEN, CARROLL BARKER, JOSEPH RESS, PATTE DECKER, VIVIAN WARREN, BETTY PALLARO AND BARBARA GALBRAITH. CLASS MOTO " WE WILL SUCCEED IN THE FUTURE WE ARE SHAPING." CLASS COLORS " GREEN AND SILVER." CLASS FLOWER " GARDENIA". JOHN WAS CLASS PRESIDENT, "A" TEAM STARTER IN BASKETBALL FOR GILPIN CO. HIGH SCHOOL. AFTER GRADUATION JOHN WORKED FOR THE "WEEKLY REGISTER CALL" A LOCAL NEWSPAPER AND WITH HIS STEP DAD IN VARIOUS MINING ADVENTURES.
1950 MAY 17, JOHN AND COUSIN ROSCOE ANDERSON, JOINED THE COASTGUARD AND WAS INDUCTED AT CAPE MAY, NEW JERSEY. 1953 MARCH 13, JOHN AND HIS BASKETBALL TEAMATES, DOUGLAS, FLORA, CHRISTIAN, BERNARDI, PAWLOSKI, CALFAS AND GIRON WERE SUCCESSFUL IN WINNING THE "CLASS D LEAGUE" CHAMPIONSHIP OF SAN FRANCISCO, WHILE AT FORT MASON CALIFORNIA. JOHN SERVED ON THE COAST GUARD CUTTER "TANEY" FROM 1950-1953. IN 1986 THE TANDY WAS THE LAST ACTIVE SHIP TO HAVE BEEN AT PEARL HARBOR DURING THE JAPANESE ATTACK IN 1941. 1957, JOHN MET AND MARRIED DIXIE LEE DECKER MARCH 16, 1957 IN RENO NEVADA AND SET UP HOUSE AT 537 JOHNSON AVE, COOS BAY OREGON. (BEST MAN ROSCOE ANDERSON) JOHN WAS EMPLOYED AS A WAREHOUSE FORMAN FOR INDUSTERIAL STEEL AND LATER WORKED FOR THE COOS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT. THE PRINCIPAL OF MARSHFIELD SCHOOL, CHARLES J. SHARPS, GAVE JOHN A LETTER OF ACCOMIDATION FOR HIS THREE YEAR ENDEAVOR ON TRAINING HANDICAPPED TERRY BAUER IN WORKING SKILLS. LETTER RECOGNIZING JOHN FOR HIS SENSITIVITY AND COMPASSION. ACCOMIDATION LETTER FROM PRESIDENT RONALD REGAN FOR THE HONOR AND MEMORY OF JOHN MATSON FOR HIS SERVICE IN THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES. JOHN AND DIXIE WERE ACCOMPLISHED GOLFERS AND SPENT MANY HOURS AT KENTUCK GOLF COURSE. JOHN MADE HIS FIRST EAGLE ON THE 15 TH HOLE WHILE PLAYING WITH SPENCE, SHIPP, AND YARLEY. IN BOWLING,SCORED HIGH WEEKLY GROSS SERIES OCT 10, 1966 WITH A 646-SERIES. 2002, JOHN MATSON DIED AT 6:20 AM 12-12-2002 AT THE LIFE CARE CENTER COOS BAY OREGON OF ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA AND CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULIMERY DISEASE, DALLAS CARTER M.D. JACK MATSON WAS CREMATED AT THE OCEAN VIEW CREMATORY 12-12-2002. PER JACKIE'S WISHES PART OF HIS ASHES (AUG 1, 2003) WERE SPREAD ON THE 14TH HOLE AT KENTUCK GOLF COURSE COOS BAY OREGON.
AUG. 7, 2003,
PHIL MATSON, DAN BEGG AND CATHERINE(BEGG)MONAHAN PLACED THE REMAINDER OF THE ASHES, 1/2 ON HIS FATHER ANTON MATSONS GRAVE, DORY HILL CEMETERY BLACK HAWK COLORADO, THE OTHER 1/2 ON HIS MOTHER, ELIZABETH (MATSON) BEGG'S GRAVE SIGHT, BALD MT. CEMETERY, CENTRAL CITY, COLORADO. STORY: MOM NAMED HIM JACKIE AT BIRTH BUT WHEN SHE WENT TO REGISTER HIS BIRTH THE CLERK SAID THAT WASN'T A NAME IT WAS A NICKNAME SO SHE CHOSE JOHN AFTER HER GRANDFATHER JOHN KRELL, FOR THE LEGAL NAME BUT STILL CALLED HIM JACKIE AS DID ALL HIS FAMILY.
1942, JOHN MATSON CERTIFICATE OF AWARD, 6TH GRADE PUPIL IN BLACK HAWK SCHOOL, 1ST. PLACE AWARD OF HONOR FOR WRITTEN SPELLING, GIVEN AT CENTRAL CITY COLO, APRIL 17 1942. ( APRIL 17, 1942 WAS HIS MOTHER'S, ELIZABETH (MATSON) BEGG, BIRTHDAY.) AND THE SAME DAY HIS BROTHER DANNY BEGG WAS BORN.
1948, JOHN MATSON GRADUATED FROM GILPIN CO. HIGH SCHOOL, CENTRAL CITY, COLORADO WITH CLASS MATES BILLY ALLEN, CARROLL BARKER, JOSEPH RESS, PATTE DECKER, VIVIAN WARREN, BETTY PALLARO AND BARBARA GALBRAITH. CLASS MOTO " WE WILL SUCCEED IN THE FUTURE WE ARE SHAPING." CLASS COLORS " GREEN AND SILVER." CLASS FLOWER " GARDENIA". JOHN WAS CLASS PRESIDENT, "A" TEAM STARTER IN BASKETBALL FOR GILPIN CO. HIGH SCHOOL. AFTER GRADUATION JOHN WORKED FOR THE "WEEKLY REGISTER CALL" A LOCAL NEWSPAPER AND WITH HIS STEP DAD IN VARIOUS MINING ADVENTURES.
1950 MAY 17, JOHN AND COUSIN ROSCOE ANDERSON, JOINED THE COASTGUARD AND WAS INDUCTED AT CAPE MAY, NEW JERSEY. 1953 MARCH 13, JOHN AND HIS BASKETBALL TEAMATES, DOUGLAS, FLORA, CHRISTIAN, BERNARDI, PAWLOSKI, CALFAS AND GIRON WERE SUCCESSFUL IN WINNING THE "CLASS D LEAGUE" CHAMPIONSHIP OF SAN FRANCISCO, WHILE AT FORT MASON CALIFORNIA. JOHN SERVED ON THE COAST GUARD CUTTER "TANEY" FROM 1950-1953. IN 1986 THE TANDY WAS THE LAST ACTIVE SHIP TO HAVE BEEN AT PEARL HARBOR DURING THE JAPANESE ATTACK IN 1941. 1957, JOHN MET AND MARRIED DIXIE LEE DECKER MARCH 16, 1957 IN RENO NEVADA AND SET UP HOUSE AT 537 JOHNSON AVE, COOS BAY OREGON. (BEST MAN ROSCOE ANDERSON) JOHN WAS EMPLOYED AS A WAREHOUSE FORMAN FOR INDUSTERIAL STEEL AND LATER WORKED FOR THE COOS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT. THE PRINCIPAL OF MARSHFIELD SCHOOL, CHARLES J. SHARPS, GAVE JOHN A LETTER OF ACCOMIDATION FOR HIS THREE YEAR ENDEAVOR ON TRAINING HANDICAPPED TERRY BAUER IN WORKING SKILLS. LETTER RECOGNIZING JOHN FOR HIS SENSITIVITY AND COMPASSION. ACCOMIDATION LETTER FROM PRESIDENT RONALD REGAN FOR THE HONOR AND MEMORY OF JOHN MATSON FOR HIS SERVICE IN THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES. JOHN AND DIXIE WERE ACCOMPLISHED GOLFERS AND SPENT MANY HOURS AT KENTUCK GOLF COURSE. JOHN MADE HIS FIRST EAGLE ON THE 15 TH HOLE WHILE PLAYING WITH SPENCE, SHIPP, AND YARLEY. IN BOWLING,SCORED HIGH WEEKLY GROSS SERIES OCT 10, 1966 WITH A 646-SERIES. 2002, JOHN MATSON DIED AT 6:20 AM 12-12-2002 AT THE LIFE CARE CENTER COOS BAY OREGON OF ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA AND CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULIMERY DISEASE, DALLAS CARTER M.D. JACK MATSON WAS CREMATED AT THE OCEAN VIEW CREMATORY 12-12-2002. PER JACKIE'S WISHES PART OF HIS ASHES (AUG 1, 2003) WERE SPREAD ON THE 14TH HOLE AT KENTUCK GOLF COURSE COOS BAY OREGON.
AUG. 7, 2003,
PHIL MATSON, DAN BEGG AND CATHERINE(BEGG)MONAHAN PLACED THE REMAINDER OF THE ASHES, 1/2 ON HIS FATHER ANTON MATSONS GRAVE, DORY HILL CEMETERY BLACK HAWK COLORADO, THE OTHER 1/2 ON HIS MOTHER, ELIZABETH (MATSON) BEGG'S GRAVE SIGHT, BALD MT. CEMETERY, CENTRAL CITY, COLORADO. STORY: MOM NAMED HIM JACKIE AT BIRTH BUT WHEN SHE WENT TO REGISTER HIS BIRTH THE CLERK SAID THAT WASN'T A NAME IT WAS A NICKNAME SO SHE CHOSE JOHN AFTER HER GRANDFATHER JOHN KRELL, FOR THE LEGAL NAME BUT STILL CALLED HIM JACKIE AS DID ALL HIS FAMILY.
1948, JOHN MATSON GRADUATED FROM GILPIN CO. HIGH SCHOOL, CENTRAL CITY, COLORADO WITH CLASS MATES BILLY ALLEN, CARROLL BARKER, JOSEPH RESS, PATTE DECKER, VIVIAN WARREN, BETTY PALLARO AND BARBARA GALBRAITH. CLASS MOTO " WE WILL SUCCEED IN THE FUTURE WE ARE SHAPING." CLASS COLORS " GREEN AND SILVER." CLASS FLOWER " GARDENIA". JOHN WAS CLASS PRESIDENT, "A" TEAM STARTER IN BASKETBALL FOR GILPIN CO. HIGH SCHOOL. AFTER GRADUATION JOHN WORKED FOR THE "WEEKLY REGISTER CALL" A LOCAL NEWSPAPER AND WITH HIS STEP DAD IN VARIOUS MINING ADVENTURES.
1950 MAY 17, JOHN AND COUSIN ROSCOE ANDERSON, JOINED THE COASTGUARD AND WAS INDUCTED AT CAPE MAY, NEW JERSEY. 1953 MARCH 13, JOHN AND HIS BASKETBALL TEAMATES, DOUGLAS, FLORA, CHRISTIAN, BERNARDI, PAWLOSKI, CALFAS AND GIRON WERE SUCCESSFUL IN WINNING THE "CLASS D LEAGUE" CHAMPIONSHIP OF SAN FRANCISCO, WHILE AT FORT MASON CALIFORNIA. JOHN SERVED ON THE COAST GUARD CUTTER "TANEY" FROM 1950-1953. IN 1986 THE TANDY WAS THE LAST ACTIVE SHIP TO HAVE BEEN AT PEARL HARBOR DURING THE JAPANESE ATTACK IN 1941. 1957, JOHN MET AND MARRIED DIXIE LEE DECKER MARCH 16, 1957 IN RENO NEVADA AND SET UP HOUSE AT 537 JOHNSON AVE, COOS BAY OREGON. (BEST MAN ROSCOE ANDERSON) JOHN WAS EMPLOYED AS A WAREHOUSE FORMAN FOR INDUSTERIAL STEEL AND LATER WORKED FOR THE COOS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT. THE PRINCIPAL OF MARSHFIELD SCHOOL, CHARLES J. SHARPS, GAVE JOHN A LETTER OF ACCOMIDATION FOR HIS THREE YEAR ENDEAVOR ON TRAINING HANDICAPPED TERRY BAUER IN WORKING SKILLS. LETTER RECOGNIZING JOHN FOR HIS SENSITIVITY AND COMPASSION. ACCOMIDATION LETTER FROM PRESIDENT RONALD REGAN FOR THE HONOR AND MEMORY OF JOHN MATSON FOR HIS SERVICE IN THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES. JOHN AND DIXIE WERE ACCOMPLISHED GOLFERS AND SPENT MANY HOURS AT KENTUCK GOLF COURSE. JOHN MADE HIS FIRST EAGLE ON THE 15 TH HOLE WHILE PLAYING WITH SPENCE, SHIPP, AND YARLEY. IN BOWLING,SCORED HIGH WEEKLY GROSS SERIES OCT 10, 1966 WITH A 646-SERIES. 2002, JOHN MATSON DIED AT 6:20 AM 12-12-2002 AT THE LIFE CARE CENTER COOS BAY OREGON OF ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA AND CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULIMERY DISEASE, DALLAS CARTER M.D. JACK MATSON WAS CREMATED AT THE OCEAN VIEW CREMATORY 12-12-2002. PER JACKIE'S WISHES PART OF HIS ASHES (AUG 1, 2003) WERE SPREAD ON THE 14TH HOLE AT KENTUCK GOLF COURSE COOS BAY OREGON.
AUG. 7, 2003,
PHIL MATSON, DAN BEGG AND CATHERINE(BEGG)MONAHAN PLACED THE REMAINDER OF THE ASHES, 1/2 ON HIS FATHER ANTON MATSONS GRAVE, DORY HILL CEMETERY BLACK HAWK COLORADO, THE OTHER 1/2 ON HIS MOTHER, ELIZABETH (MATSON) BEGG'S GRAVE SIGHT, BALD MT. CEMETERY, CENTRAL CITY, COLORADO. STORY: MOM NAMED HIM JACKIE AT BIRTH BUT WHEN SHE WENT TO REGISTER HIS BIRTH THE CLERK SAID THAT WASN'T A NAME IT WAS A NICKNAME SO SHE CHOSE JOHN AFTER HER GRANDFATHER JOHN KRELL, FOR THE LEGAL NAME BUT STILL CALLED HIM JACKIE AS DID ALL HIS FAMILY.
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