Jonathan Stuart Sloan entered his heavenly home on Thursday morning, May 16, 2024 following a long battle with Parkinson’s Disease. John was born July 11, 1946 in Teaneck, New Jersey. He would always say Seven Eleven, how lucky can you get?  John was the best husband, dad, grandpa, brother, uncle, cousin and friend to so many.

John graduated from Cold Spring Harbor High School on Long Island, NY. After graduation and during the Vietnam war, John joined the Navy and spent four years in Corpus Christi, Texas maintaining naval aircraft. John lived in upstate New York when he joined the Navy and Corpus Christi sounded like a horrible place to his family. When he got on base there, he immediately called his mom and told her that he was in Paradise.

John ended up in Dallas and got his A&P license from Braniff. He began his air maintenance career at Airgo at Love Field working on DC 3’s. In 1999, after working many years for several aviation companies at Love Field he moved to Long Beach, CA, where he served as the Maintenance Manager of the Cessna Citation Service Center. While there he directed several shifts of A&P mechanics who worked on Cessna Citation business Jets.  He retired in 2010 and moved back to the Dallas area to be closer to his children and his grandsons. He did a lot of in demand consulting work and continued until Parkinson’s disease made it too difficult.

He fought a hard battle trying to beat Parkinson’s and had several surgeries trying to combat the disease. He was in and out of rehab facilities for several years and elected to spend his last months at home.

John loved fast cars, bowling, the Texas Rangers, fine cigars and the blues. While he was in California, he bought a ‘65 turquoise Malibu and worked hard adding a small block souped up engine. He was finally able to afford his dream hobby once his kids had been educated. He raced  at Pomona and loved every minute of it. Once he moved back to Texas, he added a ‘68 silver Nova to the family. He built a big engine in it and he raced at both the Texas Motor Speedway in Ennis and at Redline Speedway in Caddo Mills.  It was a sad day when he realized he just couldn’t race anymore because of his illness.

John was a bowler. He wasn’t just an average bowler or a league bowler even though he did bowl league. He bowled in many high averaged bowling leagues and numerous tournaments. He could tell you every frame and score of almost all of his matches.

John loved the blues. That was his music. He loved Albert Collins and Albert King. He would say that the blues soothed his soul.

John loved cigars. One of his favorite things to do was to sit on the patio with his blues playing in the background and a big cigar in his hand. Weather permitting, that is how John started most of his evenings. The only reason he would turn off the blues would be to turn on the radio and listen to the Rangers.

John is survived by his wife of 48 years, Janice Sloan, his son Christopher (Paul) Sloan, his daughter, Lauren  (Beth) Clark, brother, Dave Sloan and wife, Nancy of Minnesota, his sister Terry Grant and husband David of Benbrook, grandsons, Ben Sloan, Ryan Clark, and Austin Clark, nieces, and nephews Jim Sloan, Kate Sloan, Lisa Wolf, Neil Corbett and wife Sally, and Nikki Grant, great nieces and great nephews Alyssa Morris, Regan Morris, Joe Sloan and Dan Sloan. He is also survived by numerous cousins and friends all across the country. John never met anyone who didn’t like him and that is a gift.

There will be a Celebration of Life for John on Saturday, June 29 at 2 o’clock at the First Presbyterian Church of Mesquite located at 1028 South Beltline Road in Mesquite., TX. Reception will follow in Wilbanks Hall where his favorite foods of cookies and ice cream will be served and funny stories about John will be shared.

In lieu of flowers, John’s family requests that any donations be made to St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital, the Tunnel to Towers Charity which he so supported, or to the  charity of your choice. John donated his body to the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School Willed Body Group in Dallas.