Barbara Jean Coon, 71, passed away in August 2024 in Everett, WA. Barbara was born in 1953 to parents Dr. W. E. “Gene” Coon and Lois Coon.
Barbara graduated from Estherville High School in 1971. She received her bachelor’s degree in Home Economics from Iowa State University in 1975, then worked in Denver, CO as a set designer before moving to Seattle, WA in 1988. There she changed careers focusing on the healing arts, as a cranial sacral therapist. She had started working with some newborns and postpartum moms, and really enjoyed this.
She is survived by her father, W. E. Coon, husband Chris Fowler, siblings Jim Coon, Jane Coon Sheehan and Paul Coon, her aunt Janet Way, three nephews, a niece, many cousins and other extended family.
She was preceded in death by her mother, Lois Coon. Any memorial gifts in honor of Barbara’s memory may be sent to the: National Multiple Sclerosis Society, P. O. Box 91891 Washington D. C. 200140-1891 or Evergreen Hospice in Everett, WA.