Life Celebration will be 3:00 PM Thursday, December 13 at Trinity Lutheran Church 485 Turnbull Bay Road New Smyrna  Beach FL 32168. The family will receive friends from 2:00 PM until service time.

John was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. He served our nation in the US Navy during WW II and Korea. He was a graduate of Purdue University and worked as a Architectural Engineer.

He was preceded in death by his wife Patricia and parents Ellen and Kenneth Coffin. John will be laid to rest in the family cemetery in Vincennes, Indiana.