John was born Nov. 8, 1964, in Fremont to Harry and Sally (Barron) Mohr. He was raised in Scribner and graduated from Scribner High School in 1983. He was in the United States Navy from 1983-1987, serving many locations throughout the world. After his time in the Navy he returned to Scribner. John worked as a maintenance electrician for D&L from 1988 to 1995 and Smeal Fire Apparatus from 1995 to 2000. He then found his true passion working on boats as a marine mechanic working for Woodcliff Marine and then finally at Valley Marine. He married Patty Mahowald on Nov. 7, 1992. They resided south of Scribner but spent most of their spare time at their cabin they built in Decatur on the Missouri River.