D.Jack Mahuron
1926-2023
Outside of his service in World War II and the Korean War, Jack has been involved and working in the community for over 80 years.
Jack went to work for Farmers Citizens Bank, eventually rising to the position of bank president. In 1958, he married Salem native, Carol Baker Godfrey, and the couple had three children.
In 1964, Jack was named Citizen of the Year by the hamber of Commerce. He and local business owner, Arthur Pitts, purchased the John Hay House in 1966, to hold until the Historical Society could raise the funds to pay for it; Jack also served as the financial chairman of the John Hay Center construction project.
In the late 1990s, when Cecil Smith had a dream of building a replica of the Monon’s Salem Depot to house his elaborate model train collection and railroad memorabilia, Jack played a crucial role as financial advisor for the project, making the dream a reality.
Jack was also a member of the Washington County Awareness class of 2005, that initiated the rehabilitation of Beck’s Mill, serving as a board member of the Friends of Beck’s Mill Society.
Since the Bicentennial book project started, Jack has been an invaluable source of information and has contributed a few stories of his own. It is very likely that Mr. Mahuron has raised more charitable funds for various community organizations than any one person in the history of our county.
