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Jon Tranell Lindstrom

Jon Tranell Lindstrom was born March 31, 1959, in Bellefonte, Pa., and he grew up in State College, Pa. He was a 1977 graduate of State College Area High School and a 1981 graduate of Cornell University, where he was a member of the crew team and of Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity. He received a master of science degree in horticulture in 1987 from the University of Maryland, and a Ph.D. in agronomy from the University of Illinois-Urbana in 1991. Jon was an associate professor of horticulture at the University of Arkansas where he was a dedicated teacher and advocate for his students. He taught classes about woody landscape plants, researched ornamental plant breeding and evaluation, especially Sinningia, and filed plant patents. Jon could identify and grow any plant and had a lifetime passion for orchids, hybridizing and naming a new orchid after his mother. Jon was a frequent contributing author to "Arkansas Gardener" magazine. He is survived by his father, Eugene, of State College, Pa.; a sister, Karen Kimball of Espoo, Finland; a brother, Mark of Memphis, Tenn.; and a brother, Scott (Martha) of Madison, Wis.; as well as three nephews, Stefan (Margot) Kimball, Sean Kimball and Andrew Lindstrom; a niece, Sarah Lindstrom; a great-niece, Annika Kimball; two aunts; and five cousins. He was preceded in death by his mother, Eleanor; and his brother-in-law, David. Services will be at the convenience of the family. His ashes will be scattered by family near Ithaca, N.Y., and off the coast of Nags Head, N.C. Memorial contributions may be made to the Jon Lindstrom Scholarship in care of the Department of Horticulture, Plant Sciences 316, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701. Arrangements are with Benton County Memorial Park Funeral Home, 3800 W. Walnut, Rogers.

Published June 4, 2013

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