John Henry “Jack” Moon was reunited with his beloved wife, Marion, March 24, 2016, when he passed on from this world. Jack was born June 25, 1921, on Moon Hill Road in Curtis, Wash., to pioneer parents, Alex and Jennie Belle Shortridge Moon. He attended schools and played all three sports at Boistfort, as well as driving school bus there when he was 16.
He married Marion Graves in August of 1941 and they bought a home in Littell, where they spent many enjoyable years raising their three sons. Jack picked ferns for $10 a week for about eight months, then began his career in the logging industry, where he first worked for Mole Wilson Logging and later for Weyerhaeuser. His logging years ended when he broke his back while he was on the cutting crew for Weyerhaeuser in 1968.
Forced into early retirement, yet never idle, Jack kept busy as a member and later an officer of the Newaukum Grange. Another favorite activity was playing music and singing. Jack played by ear and loved to play the guitar, banjo and harmonica. He and Marion, along with several Newaukum Grange friends, formed a band called the Newaukum Mountaineers and entertained various groups, family and friends for many years.
Jack spent much of his spare time in his shop building woodcrafts, which he successfully sold out of his home for more than two decades.
Jack and Marion enjoyed their sons’ growing up years, supporting them in all their sports and activities. They continued to actively follow the grandchildren and later, the great-grandchildren, as long as their health allowed.
Jack is survived by son, Jim (Dawn) and their three children, seven grandchildren and 1 great-grandchild; Bob (Jo) and his 5 children, 15 grandchildren and 1 great-grandchild and soon the arrival of the second; and Fred (Linda) and his two children and six grandchildren.
Services will be held at the Sticklin Funeral Chapel March 31, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. and burial will follow at Claquato Cemetery with lunch to be announced. The family requests memorials be sent to the Adna Scholarship Fund or to a favorite charity.
