Jon Harlan Carlson, age 42 of Blooming Prairie, Minnesota passed away Saturday morning, December 23, 2017, at Mayo Clinic Health System–Mankato.
Jon Harlan was born March 11, 1975 in Morrisville, Pennsylvania to Gary and Diana (Gilbert) Carlson. At a young age Jon’s family moved to the Blooming Prairie, Minnesota area where he attended elementary school and graduated from Blooming Prairie High School with the class of 1993. After high school Jon worked in the construction industry. In 1997 he started Jon Carlson Construction. In 2006 Jon began working for RWP Design Build in Geneva. In 2013 Jon and his business partner Tait Ingvaldson purchased RWP and renamed it Geneva Lumber Company. Jon was very proud of his business and was a perfectionist when it came to his trade. However, at the center of his life was his family. Jon was a devoted husband and father, and his wife and kids meant the world to him. He was united in marriage to Angela Mae Jones on September 20, 2008. Jon was Angie’s best friend, comforter, comedic audience, her soul, her everything. He was very active in his kids’ lives whether he was coaching their 4-H softball teams, watching the kids’ sporting events or going on family camping trips. Jon served as past president of the Matmen Wrestling Organization in Blooming Prairie. He also had a very close relationship with his nieces and nephews. Jon was an avid hunter and fisherman, and always looked forward to Deer Camp and his annual fishing trip with family to Canada. He was a member of First Lutheran Church in Blooming Prairie where he had served as past president of the youth board. Jon was able to give the gift of life through organ donation.
Jon is survived by his wife Angie and children Brody and Lila of Blooming Prairie; parents Gary and Diana Carlson of Blooming Prairie; siblings Steve (Kristi) Carlson of Story City, IA, Jeff (Michelle) Carlson of New Richland, and Cathy O’Brien of Blooming Prairie; father-in-law and mother-in-law Mike and Sandy Jones of Blooming Prairie; brother-in-law Josh (Ellie) Jones of Austin, sister-in-law Hilary Boehnke-Jones of Blooming Prairie and Pat Jones (Hilary Bottema) of Rochester and by his nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his grandparents Harlan and Mary Carlson and Arthur and Annabelle Gilbert, and his uncle David Carlson.
Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Friday, December 29, 2017 at First Lutheran Church in Blooming Prairie with Pastor Heidi Heimgartner officiating. Interment will follow in the Blooming Prairie Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Thursday from 4 to 8 p.m. at First Lutheran Church in Blooming Prairie, and will continue on Friday for one hour prior to the service. Worlein Blooming Prairie Funeral Home is assisting the family, and condolences may be expressed to the family online at www.worlein.com.