Already another year gone by since Skippy left this planet. We have had many "wish we could ask Skip" moments this past year. Miss you Skip! I know my sister, Jo, is missing you even more...Hugs to Jo and your family.
With Love, Sherry

Good ole Skip. I miss our adventures in 3 d printing and making weird models. He was one of my very best friends.
It was odd we met at a CNC conference as we both were interested in building automated equipment and we spent hours on the phone and in person learning. Searching the Internet to find solutions. He was truly a kindred spirit. Albeit sometimes enraged if things didn't go well...

I hope we meet again

Aloha. It's been 5 years now. i still miss you Skip and Gizmo terribly. Thank you for all the good memories and joy you shared with us while you were on the planet Skip. Love you Jo

So weird! Yesterday 1/18/23 we found Skip's old flip flops he used to wear when he visited us at FOY Spa. Cleaning behind the chairs and sacred cobwebs. He must have been having a good laugh at us as I said "well guess he will not need these anymore." Skip used to love sitting in the hot tub and gabbing with strangers.
Love and Hugs to you Jo and Skip too!

Aloha. Skip has been off planet for 4 years now. I still miss you and Gizmo everyday. I am thankful for the time we had, and the joy Skip brought into the world. Love you babe...

Would have been happy birthday to you Skip, yesterday, 72. I was sad and still missing you. Aloha to you and Gizmo.

Thank you Sherry and hugs to everyone. We're all missing Skip for 3 years now. Love and aloha to Skip and Gizmo. 

It has already been three years since Skip passed away. We have been dealing with world wide pandemic for two years now. Skip, you really know when to exit! We all miss you a lot, especially your smile and funny antics. My sister Jo still cries over missing you terribly and I cry with her.  Jo and I sent Gizmo looking for you this past November, the deed was hard to do but the time was right for Gizmo. Hope you two found each other in the great beyond. Sending LOVE and HUGS to JoAnn and all those who are missing you.

Aloha Skip...Gizmo went looking for you Tuesday November 30th. He passed peacefully. Sure hope you two are reunited out there in the heavens. I still miss you both terribly.

Happy Easter on the 71st anniversary of Skip's birth. The world is still fighting the pandemic, Skip. We are getting vaccinated. We still miss you terribly Skip. Love and Aloha, Jo Ann and Gizmo

Aloha Skip...it's been 2 years now (it was a Friday in January 2019) since you passed on to the great beyond. You have really missed a doozy of a year in 2020. I pray we all get through this alive and well; and that the world will find peace and healing. I miss you so much Skip. Tears to you. In loving memory, Jo Ann and Gizmo too.

I light a candle for our beloved Skip on the 1 year anniversary of your passing. We miss you daily, Gizmo and I. Your loving spirit fills the in between spaces. Forever missed, you are. Aloha, Gizmo and Jo Ann

Skip will truly be missed. He was quite a joker and often made me laugh. I remember him and Jo Ann as part of my fond memories of Hawaii. I remember Skip and Jo Ann meeting each other at the hospital. I also thank them both for making me the maid of honor at their wedding. We all had a great time. Skip will always be remembered with fondness. Peace and blessings, Delyth

The Marines did a moving funeral for Skip on May 30 at Arlington National Cemetary. They did the flag folding ceremony and 21 gun salute and pastor said fitting words about Skip (Bruce) Koons and all very well organized. They were very gentle with my sister JoAnn (Skip's wife) and everyone else attending. It was a moving to tears ceremony and we are all glad we attended (Annie & Sherry & Lisa).

Skip, I have been missing you everyday. Been keeping busy at the tax office. Our last road trip is coming the end of this month. We will be taking your ashes to Arlington National Cemetery Washington DC. 
The official funeral will be Thursday May 30th. Everyone attending needs to be at the Administration Building at 8 am. Then we all ride in our cars to the Collumbarium for the graveside funeral.
May you and your dad rest in peace. Your dad passed on April 19th. Perhaps you and he are watching over us and keeping us safe. Love Jo Ann

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SKIP in the great beyond! I think of Skip every time I hear "MY WAY" his favorite karoke song. Glad we were able to sing together at Bullfeathers in TN in December 2018 before he passed away. Sure miss you Skip...knew today was a special day 4-4-19 OF COURSE Skip's birthday. All my love to Jo and rest of family on this special day!

Skip20, although I did not know you long, I and so many others enjoyed your YouTube videos, postings, and the many conversations we had on the cars, their parts, and the back stories, of those experiences unique to DIY auto builders ..... Rest in peace in the Final Garage until God's Son calls you to shine your headlights again (John 5:28,29)... Together then, we may travel about with new and different ways we can not even now imagine... Regards, recog......

I will definitely miss this dude. I was looking forward to seeing him this year but God had a different plan. I always thought of him as the "older cool guy". Always coming to the office on his motorcycle, smoking a cigarette. Rough around the edges but a completely endearing soul. The ultimate handyman.
He loved animals and sometimes he would bring the "dogchild" to the office. That was always a special event.
The love and friendship that Jo Ann and Skip had was inspiring. I remember thinking "I want to have a connection like that with my future husband".
My prayers are constantly going up for Jo Ann and the family. Thank you God for Skips life.

Good Ole Skip HERE.. He would always answer the phone as Skip here.. SO that was what I called him... We had many many early morning chats and visits to work on projects over Skype. Attend shows and tinkers for hours. I 3d printed so many parts for his projects so he wouldnt have to learn how to use the software.
Gizmo was always on his mind and I guess went everywhere he did.. I know he would not book a room in a hotel unless he could also bring Gizmo.
His crazy add-ons sometimes drove me nuts trying to make them work. but as soon as he bought something he would disassemble it to make improvements spending hours on the YouTube researching anything to make it better...even if it was working perfectly.
I will surely miss Skip HERE... we had many good times. A true friend,

Hello Brother, I light a candle as I cherish memories of you. I will always remember you in my heart as a loving, caring and forgiving man, your unique humor/smiles, relentless teasing and your amazing creativeness. You will be missed. I will always love you

Skip was my son-in-law, and he really loved my daughter, Jo Ann and Gizmo, their pet dog. He was a good and kind man. He loved working on vehicles, repairing them. He turned their garage into a Work Shop. He often took trips to the junk yard to pick up parts for repairing vehicles or other items. He even created vehicles on his own, one of which was a 3-wheeler with a dog seat that Gizmo rode in on several road trips with Skip. That was a real sight!
He also loved chocolate cake that I baked for him.
He would pick up a Roasted Chicken at Cosco and deliver to me. One day I was not home, but he left it at my door on the front porch, then called me to let me know, "There's a 'bird' on my front porch!"
His death was so sudden, and he left this world much too soon. He will be greatly missed.

Memories of Skip (Bruce) Koons:
Skip was an excellent singer even ran his own Karoke biz in his younger days. His favorite Karoke song "I Did It My Way" is a testament to his philosophy of life.
Remember singing with him at FOY Karoke in CA and Bullfeathers in Knoxville TN our "Country Roads" duet. Only Skip could get me up to sing!
Skip had a certain charm when he found himself in a pickle. One time he was driving a carload of all women thru Parker AZ all directing him and he ran a stop sign in his frustration. Zap the blue light special was pulling him over. The cop walked up and stared in the window and Skip pointed to all us with his crooked smile. The cop said never mind pal no ticket this time and went on his way. He was lucky like that...
So many Skipee stories to tell will have to return with more later. You will be missed!

Skip was and always will be my best friend!
So many road trips and building kit cars and motorcycles/VW trikes, we never took time away from it. We'd go to car shows together, Pull-A-Part (You'd think we lived there), Home Depot, Harbour Freight, and down to bullfeathers bar
Skip and I got into building CNC machines and 3D printers and Skip always had ideas that he wanted to do. He had some good ones and some off the wall ones, but that was what made him, him.
Anytime I needed something, he would stop what he was doing and help me out, as I did for him.
I still hear him calling me "The Edster"... We would talk on the phone for hours...
I'm going to miss him a lot. He wasn't supposed to leave yet, we had made plans to see each other this summer.
Thank you Skip for always being there and for being my best friend. You are truly missed and I know that you are in a much better place. One day I will see you again, and we'll resume what we had!!!
Your best friend forever,
Eddie

Skip was my brother in-law but he really felt like another brother to me. He really loved my sister Jo, adored her and was always good to her and our family. He was a good guy and had much to teach about living life and all his mechanical and technical projects. When I left TN just before Christmas he was feeling sick and I was worried for him. Little did we know our good-byes and HUGS and love yous would be our last... He is missed by Sherry & Annie & Lisa here in So CAL at FOY Spa where he loved sitting in Hot Tubs and talking with new friends. He was way to young to leave this planet. Love to Jo and rest of his family and friends. May he be at peace and pain free. See him on the other side.

Written By Jo Ann Koons:
Skip was my Heart, mi Corazon, me amore
He was my Rock
He was a good man
He was kind & giving
Yet fueled by justice & occasional tantrums.
He was my best friend for 25 years
My Buddy
Gizmo’s Daddy, Laura’s Dad, Brandon’s GrandPa
He had a good and strange sense of humor
He was trainable
And he taught me a lot, but not enough (time) to learn more
He was smart in practical ways, I have the book smarts, and we were a Great Team.
He was inventive and creative
Sometimes lacking with the follow-thru he loved his projects from 3D printers to Bradley car building.
He was fidgety and unfortunately a heavy smoker (of Marlboro’s).
I actually miss his “bugging and irritating” as he called it.
Gizmo does not cry and sob as much as me. Skip’s loving Spirit stays in our hearts Forever.

I light the first candle today in your memory. I'm going to miss you Uncle Bruce, I am so blessed to have had you in my life. You will forever be in my heart! R.I.P.