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- James H[enry] COON, 87, president
of the Bank of Milton for many years, died at
- 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 4, 1955 at
Mercy hospital, Janesville. He had been in failing health for
some time but had been at his accustomed place at the bank until
one week before his death, and had maintained his interest in
church and civic affairs.
- Mr. COON held many other positions
of trust in the village, his church, and
- denomination. He was widely known
in banking circles throughout southern Wisconsin. He was an
active member of the board of trustees of Milton College, acting
as treasurer of the college. He also was treasurer of the local
Red Cross and Cemetery association. He was a member of the
Milton Seventh Day Baptist church and had served the denomination
as treasurer of its General Conference for 27 years.
- Mr. COON was born March 20,
1867, in Utica, Wis., the son of Capt. W. H. H.
- and Harmina BURDICK COON,
pioneer residents of Dane county. He engaged in mercantile
business at Utica until 1907 when he came to Milton to take employment
in Bank of Milton, becoming its president in 1938, which office
he held at the time of his death.
- He was married to Miss Rose KELLEY
on March 30, 1891. She died December
- 27, 1946. On October 22, 1949, he
married Mrs. Lena H. CLARKE of Denver, Colo., who survives
him, together with several nieces and nephews. He was preceded
in death by two brothers, Frederick W. COON, for many
years the editor of the Edgerton Tobacco Reporter; Dayton B.
COON, Milton, and one sister, Mrs. A. B. STILLMAN,
Milton.
- The funeral was held at 2 p.m. Friday,
Jan. 7, in the Milton Seventh Day Baptist
- church, with Rev. Elmo FitzRandolph
officiating. Kenneth BABCOCK furnished musical selections.
Pallbearers were Phil HUDSON, Ernest SHELLESTAD,
Byron ROOD, J. Fred WHITFORD, Elwyn JOHNSON
and Frank HOLMES. Floral offerings were in charge of
Mrs. Elston SHAW and Mrs. Robert GREENE.
- Relatives from out of town who attended
the funeral were: Philip L. COON, Beaver
- Falls, Pa.; F. Warren COON,
Greenfield, Ind.; Mrs. Helen McINTOSH, Miss Ruth STILLMAN,
Mrs. and Mrs. John STILLMAN, Madison; Mr. and Mrs. Harry
ANDERSON, Mrs. Dell CRANDALL, Janesville; Mr. and
Mrs. Clifford TODY, Belvidere, Ill.; Mrs. Lester KELLEY
and Miss Willma KELLEY, Edgerton. [Thursday edition,
p. 3]
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- Courtesy of Jon Saunders
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