Obituary of Elizabeth Joyce Coon

Elizabeth "Betty" Joyce Coon, 82, of Tanglewood Manor, formerly of Glidden Ave., West Ellicott, died at 4:20 a.m. Saturday January 2, 2010 in Heritage Green Rehab and Skilled Nursing. A Jamestown native, she was born March 30, 1927, a daughter of the late John and Elizabeth Bauer Fish. She was a communicant of Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Surviving are six children Michael (Nancy) Coon of Baton Rouge, LA, Timothy (Kathy) Coon of Mooresville, IN, Daniel (Mary Beth) Coon of Bemus Point, Mark (Kim) Coon of Cassadaga, Maureen (James) Hamblin of Dorset, OH and Lori Coon of Lakewood, fourteen grandchildren Shawn, Trey, K. David, Megan, Todd, Jamie, Lyndsey, Matthew, Christian, Allison, Miranda, Brandy, Candyce and Dylan and nine great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband James L. Coon, whom she married January 25, 1949 and who died August 22, 1999, a granddaughter Shannon Coon in 1986, two brothers John Fish, Jr. and Howard Fish and a sister Delores Hutchinson. The funeral will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday in the Lind Funeral Home. Msgr. Joseph M. Dowdell will officiate. Burial will be in Sunset Hill Cemetery. Friends will be received from 4-8 p.m. Monday in the funeral home. Memorials may be made to Chautauqua County Humane Society, 2825 Strunk Rd., Jamestown, NY 14701.