Arthur Wesley Koon, Jr

1916 - 2010  (94 years)

• Name	Arthur Wesley Koon  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Suffix	Jr
  Birth	28 Sep 1916	Reserve, St John the Baptist, Louisiana, USA   [1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1920	Police Jury Ward 4, St Charles, Louisiana, USA   [1]
  	Relation to Head: Son; Residence Marital Status: Single
  Residence	1930	New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA   [8]
  	Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Son
  Residence	1935	New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana   [7]
  Residence	1940	New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA   [4, 7]
  	Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Son
  Residence	1 May 1955	Louisiana, USA   [10]
  Arthur Koon, CAA Tower Controller - Plane Vanished	16 Nov 1958	Corpus Christi, Kleberg, Texas, USA   [11]
  		Arthur Koon, CAA Tower Controller - Plane Vanished
  Arthur Koon - Pottery Demonstration	15 Sep 1971	Irving, Dallas, Texas, USA   [12]
  		Arthur Koon - Pottery Demonstration
  Arthur & Audree Koon - Pottery Making	7 Feb 1974	Decatur, Wise, Texas, USA   [13]
  		Arthur & Audree Koon - Pottery Making
  Name	Arthur Koon  [8]
  Name	Arthur W Koon  [7]
  Name	Arthur W Koon Jr  [9]
  Name	Arthur W. Koon Jr  [10]
  Name	Buddy Koon
  Reference Number	1326
  Residence	North Richland Hills, Tarrant, Texas, USA   [9]
  Residence	Dec 1988	7804 Owen Dr, Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, USA   [6]
  Burial	2010	Metairie, Jefferson, Louisiana, USA   [2]
  Death	21 Dec 2010	Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, USA   [2, 5]
  Person ID	I1326	KLD Genealogy
  Last Modified	7 Jun 2026

  
  

  Father	Arthur Wesley Koon, Sr,   b. 23 Dec 1883, Illinois, USA d. 20 May 1946, Saint Charles Parish, Louisiana, USA (Age 62 years)
  Relationship	bio
  Mother	Arta May Baker,   b. 10 Dec 1886, Iroquois, Illinois, USA d. 2 Jan 1966, Duval, Florida, USA (Age 79 years)
  Relationship	bio
  Family ID	F579	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Audree Bertha Klatt,   b. 30 Sep 1921, Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA d. 15 Aug 1988, Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, USA (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	Nov 1944	New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA   [3]
  Children	1. Arthur Wesley Koon, III  [Father: bio]  [Mother: bio] > 2. John Bernhard Koon  [Father: bio]  [Mother: bio]   3. Karen Ann Koon  [Father: bio]  [Mother: bio]
  Family ID	F581	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Jun 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Louise Chambers Lee,   b. 10 Feb 1925, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA d. 25 Mar 2002, Arlington, Tarrant, Texas, USA (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	27 Dec 1988	Tarrant, Texas, USA   [6]
  Family ID	F580	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Jun 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 28 Sep 1916 - Reserve, St John the Baptist, Louisiana, USA Residence - Relation to Head: Son; Residence Marital Status: Single - 1920 - Police Jury Ward 4, St Charles, Louisiana, USA Residence - Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Son - 1930 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Residence - 1935 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana Residence - Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Son - 1940 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Marriage - Nov 1944 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Residence - 1 May 1955 - Louisiana, USA Arthur Koon, CAA Tower Controller - Plane Vanished - 16 Nov 1958 - Corpus Christi, Kleberg, Texas, USA Arthur Koon - Pottery Demonstration - 15 Sep 1971 - Irving, Dallas, Texas, USA Arthur & Audree Koon - Pottery Making - 7 Feb 1974 - Decatur, Wise, Texas, USA Residence - - North Richland Hills, Tarrant, Texas, USA Residence - Dec 1988 - 7804 Owen Dr, Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, USA Marriage - 27 Dec 1988 - Tarrant, Texas, USA Burial - 2010 - Metairie, Jefferson, Louisiana, USA Death - 21 Dec 2010 - Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show	6 Photos
  	Arthur Wesley (Bud) Koon Jr From his obituary
  	Arthur Koon - Pottery Demonstration
  	Arthur Wesley Koon Jr Obituary
  	Arthur & Audree Koon - Pottery Making
  	Arthur Koon, CAA Tower Controller - Plane Vanished
  	Dreams Can Come True! From a boyhood dream to heading up one of the U.S.'s largest Airport Towers, I always found this story to be amazing.

  
  

• Sources

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