Jonathan Allen Parsons, 87

Former Polson resident Jonathan Allen Parsons, 87, passed peacefully on Tuesday, March 7, 2023, at Lakeview Hospital in Stillwater, Minn.

Jon was born in Minneapolis on May 16, 1935. He was a professor at the University of Minnesota and raised a family with his wife, Margaret Roof Parsons, in Circle Pines, Minn. In 1996, Jon and Margaret retired to Polson. In 2022, Jon relocated back to Minnesota at the Lodge at the Lakes in Stillwater.

Jon is survived by his children: Alva Marie Parsons, Victor, Idaho, Sara Jane Parsons, Austin, Texas, Susanne Kanning, Bend, Ore., Jonathan George Parsons, Lino Lakes, Minn., and Andrea Schotzko, Afton, Minn.; and 11 grandchildren.

More information is located at the Bradshaw Funeral Home in Stillwater, Minn.

In lieu of gifts, feel free to contribute to The University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine, The Raptor Center, in memory of Jonathan A. Parsons.