Jon E. Demarcos
Jon Eugene Demarcos (Johnston) of St. Louis passed away peacefully on July 11, 2019 at the age of 72 after a brave battle with cancer with his daughter by his side. He was a devoted father to Sarah Michaela Drake (Johnston) and loving grandfather to Chase and Charlie. Born April 14, 1947 in St. Louis, he led a spiritual, adventurous life. Jon graduated Highschool in Winslow, Arizona then moved to California before settling back in St. Louis where he called home for the last 40 years. Jon loved his daughter and family, the Inner Peace Movement and his downtown coworkers. He was preceded in death by his father William Eugene Johnston, mother Gertrude Ann Johnston (Baggett), brother Jimmy Johnston and sister Mickey Jean Waitukaitis.
A Celebration of Life will be held at
Pat Connolly Tavern in the 1942 Room
July 26th, 2019 5:00-8:00pm for friends and family.
(6400 Oakland Ave St. Louis, MO 63139)
I knew Jon as a person of integrity and compassion. I was especially moved by his love for his daughter, Sarah. Whenever I heard him talking to her, even if they had a disagreement, he ALWAYS ended the conversation with, “I love you Sarah.” Their relationship was based purely on unconditional love. It was nothing short of beautiful. He was very serious about his spiritual quest and was willing to share it with others if they showed an interest. As a friend of Jon I remember his warm playful smile and his unique sense of humor. Whenever we met up I didn’t know if he was ready to tell me a bad joke or if he was going to tell me an outlandish story. But I prepared myself and I was never disappointed. It invariably set the tone for a joyous time. He always made time to go out on the town and celebrate with his friends. He was a good friend and a loving Dad. I’m thankful I knew him and I will fondly remember the wonderful times he shared with me and his friends.
Sarah, My deepest sympathies. He was blessed to have such a great daughter and grandsons. Great pictures of your family.
My deepest sympathy to you and your family. He is resting in the Lord’s loving arms. His journey may have ended here on earth, but his spirit will remain with you always. God bless you! You will be in my thoughts and prayers.
I knew Jon from work, he was a thoughtful person and always willing to help. Jon, you will be missed.
I knew Jon from work, he was a thoughtful person and always willing to help. You will be missed
We knew Jon for many years while we all worked at SWBT/AT&T. Every morning, he gave us a friendly wave and a warm smile. Occasionally, we would enjoy a short chat. He was a very nice man and always friendly and helpful. Our deepest sympathies to his family.
Sara so sorry for your loss. I knew John for many years and he was always someone I could look forward to having a great conversation first thing in the morning and he was always positive and just a great person to be around.
This may seem late to you it’s new to me…I just had this sent to my Facebook post and when I saw it I was very disturbed because it is a picture of the man I met back in 1967 and he and I fell very much in love with each other but the name on it is not correct. That is Jon Eugene Johnston there is no way Jon would ever ever ever change his name never he would never do that to his father or his family or to himself that’s why the Johnston name is in parentheses because it isn’t legal what you are doing .i was in California with Jon 1969 and I know what happened there so be reassured about that that guy tried to make Jon conformed to something too and he wouldn’t do though it caused a lot of grief and hurt, Jon stuck to his beliefs, and he survived. He’s a strong man and he doesn’t let people tell him what to do like change his name or believe in something he doesn’t want to believe in like who he can love and who he can’t love .but he carried on through his life with a tortured soul. He and I never saw each other again which is nothing compared to the demons that he had to live with inside of his head because of what that guy did to him in California and then the pictures you got a picture off an Internet site that is Jon’s senior picture I found the same website they have all the yearbooks you’d ever want to get pictures of ….
and then the old guy that you got pictures of Jon is the most beautiful man I’ve ever met in my life and that’s the pictures you are putting up there of him that that’s the old version of them are you kidding me? Where is Jon when he’s 40 50 even in his 30s no not buying it. I think you forgot. Jon
has friends and classmates out in Arizona who cared about him. He even has them in St. Louis. Jon was born in St. Louis. He grew up in St. Louis. Where are all those tributes to this obituary oh that’s right, they didn’t recognize the name how sad oh and there’s one more thing I want to point out to you four days before I received this obituary on my post and Winslow. I got another death notice on Jon Johnston, that one of his classmates sent me that John had died many many years ago at a very young age. Interesting.