Final Salute

Captain John Jaros, dedicated US NAVY officer, 3M Engineer, husband, Father, son, brother, friend… he never gave up. His life was changed drastically with one word: cancer. That didn’t take him. He was then thrown a mirage of sudden life altering changes that would shake his family and community in an instant: bleed, stroke, brain injury, right side neglect, wheelchair bound. Lifestyle changes that would shape the future of Mary and their two young children for years to come. It still didn’t take him.

John J. Jaros, age 61 passed away peacefully on February 3, 2025. John was a US Navy veteran and retired engineer at 3M. Preceded in death by, mother, Janet; Survived by loving, wife, Mary; children, Emma Elizabeth Carroll Jaros & Jake Parker Jaros; father, Jim; siblings, Jeff (Teresa) Jaros and Jodi (Marc) Bohn.

Funeral Service Friday February 28, 2025 11:00 a.m. at Gill Brothers Funeral Home, 5801 Lyndale Ave. So. Visitation Friday one hour prior to service. Interment Fort Snelling National Cemetery.

I have to face the final battle by myself, maybe lonely, maybe desolate, maybe against formidable odds. But I was not giving up. ~ Marcus Luttrell.

He would never give up. A man of few words, but an enormous smile. A lover of sweets, U.S. History, egging his wife on and loving his kids.

A great man. A great loss.