Jon Franklin Carson was born on August 5, 1944 to Walter and Margot Marie Magdalena (nee Strosahl) Carson in Carroll, Iowa. After relocating with his family to Washington state as an infant, at the time of his death he was about to enter his junior year at Lincoln High School in Seattle, and he was a member of Mount Olive Lutheran Church in Seattle and the Explorer Scout Post 111. Jon drowned on July 18, 1960 at the age of fifteen after he had gotten fatigued after trying to ‘swim underwater from one end of a private pool to another then back;’ he is buried at the Evergreen-Washelli Memorial Park in Seattle.
Jon Carson from the 1960 Lincoln High School yearbook.The Carson family in the 1950 census.Jon Carson’s death certificate. An article about the drowning death of Carole Ann Boone’s brother published in The Kitsap Sun on July 19, 1960.An article about the drowning death of Carole Ann Boone’s brother published in The Tri-City Herald on July 19, 1960. An article about the drowning death of Carole Ann Boone’s brother published in The Seattle Daily Times on July 20, 1960.The final resting place of Jon F. Carson.Walter H. Carson’s birth certificate. Where the Carson family lived at the time of Jon’s death, located at 11003 Palatine Avenue North in Seattle, WA.Walter H. Carson’s WWII draft card. Walter and Margot Carson’s affidavit for a marriage licence. Carole Ann Boone’s mother, on the far right. Carole Ann Boone’s mother, Margot.
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