Burial: Mount Zion Cemetery, Monroe City, Knox Co, Indiana:
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Categories: Coons Name Study | Knox, Starke County, Indiana
FOUND DEAD IN FIELD
HEART FAILURE CAUSE
John Coonce, Age 54 Years, Died in Field Near Iona.
John Coonce, age 54 years, was found dead in a field yesterday on the Mall farm near Iona and when found had been dead for at least two hours. A number of children who were attending school nearby saw Coonce lying across a harrow in the field when they went to school and at recess he was still lying there and upon investigation hee (sic) was found to be cold in death. The proper officials were at once notified and the body was taken to the home of J Thompson where the inquest was held. Coroner D. M. Buley stated that in his opinion death was caused by heart trouble. The deceased was a well known farmer and was a widower, his wife having died several years ago. He is survived by six children, and two brothers, Andrew and George Coonce, of Harrison township, and one sister, Mrs. Ambrosia Brennon (sic, Drennon) of Harville, Mo.
The funeral will be held from the Mt. Zion church, the burial to be made in the Mt. Zion Cemetery. The Vincennes Capital, 19 Sep 1906, p. 1.