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In Memory

Emily Rose Dunigan (Koon)

On Monday, October 4, 2022, Emily Rose Koon, loving wife, and mother of one, passed away at the age of 76. Rose was born on April 15, 1946, to lifelong local residents Herschel and Laurie (Stout) Dunigan. She graduated from Martinsville High School in 1964 and worked various administrative and managerial jobs over the years. On February 19, 1965, she married Russell Lloyd Koon Jr. and on March 9, 1966, she gave birth to Russell Lewis Koon.

Rose spent the last forty-four years living at Lake Edgewood where she and her husband raised her son as well as provided care for her grandmother-in-law Fern Grove. Rose was an avid reader and active in the Indiana Extension Homemakers Association (IEHA) and their affiliation with the Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service. She won numerous awards for various arts and crafts including her favorite art of making custom greeting cards.

Rose was preceded in death by her father Herschel Lewis Dunigan, mother Laurie (Stout) Dunigan, brothers Herschel and Rick Dunigan, and her sister Nancy Amos. She is survived by her husband Russell (Buddy) Koon Jr., son Russell (Rusty) Koon, daughter-in-law Sophie (So) Koon, her sister Rita (Dunigan) Kerr, and several cousins, nieces, and nephews.

Prior to cremation, family and friends are invited to a viewing on Friday, October 7th from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm at Neal & Summers Funeral and Cremation Center, 110 E Poston Road, Martinsville, IN.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the Purdue University Center for Cancer Research (PCCR) in memory of Rose’s work supporting the organization via the IEHA Cancer Research Endowment.

Online condolences and memories may be shared with the family at www.nealandsummers.com.