Brianna Coon

Brianna Elizabeth Coon, 17, of Rockford, Ohio, died Saturday night, February 4, 2012, after her car went off a rural Putnam County road and into a pond, near Ottoville, Ohio. She was born May 28, 1994, in Van Wert, Ohio, to James F. Coon and Diana (Smith) Rissner. She was a junior at Parkway High School in Rockford, and was also a student at Vantage Vocational School in Van Wert, Ohio. Brianna was a member of the Family, Career and Community Leaders of America at Vantage, a member of the Haiti Interact Club, and a member of the Parkway Bowling team. She was employed at the McDonald's Restaurant on Shannon Street, in Van Wert. She had lived in the area all her life, coming from Willshire, Ohio, in 2005. Surviving is her mother, Diana Rissner and step father, Jason Rissner of Rockford; her father, James F. Coon of Van Wert; four brothers: Nicholas Coon, Jonathon Stegaman, Zachary and Zavier Rissner, all of Rockford; her paternal grandmother, Lois Coon of Van Wert, her maternal grandmother, Cindy Fox, Lancaster, Ohio, and step grandparents, Henry and Mary Gingrich, Fremont, Indiana. Deceased is her paternal grandfather, Charles Coon, and an aunt, Tracy Coon. Funeral services will be held Saturday, February 11, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. at New Horizons Community Church in Rockford, with Pastor Chip Steffy officiating. Cremation will take place after the services. Friends may call at the funeral home on Friday from 2:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., and on Saturday, one hour prior to the service. Memorials may be directed to the family for an educational fund for Brianna's brothers.