How to resolve AdBlock issue? He was born in Stratford, Iowa, on March 30, 1935, to John and Annette Lindblom.
He had one sister, Jackie, who passed away from illness when he was a teen.
During the 1950s he join the United States Navy, where he served during the Korean War.
He was stationed in San Francisco, where he met Mariann Geissler, whom he married in 1956. They had two children, Kathleen (born 1958) and Joni (born 1965).
In 1958 he made his way into journalism. He started his writing career in Arizona, covering a young baseball team called the Oakland Athletics.
The A’s went on to win three world championships between 1972 and 1974, and John was front and center, considering this one of the most exciting breaks a young sportswriter gets.
As a sportswriter he had his first big break with the San Jose Mercury News. He worked for the Merc as a columnist with a front page picture preceding his biweekly columns for more than two decades.
John covered some of the major sporting events occuring during his era, including the Olympics, Super Bowls, NBA and World Series Championships.
He later went into public relations and became vice president of the prestigious PR firm PRX in San Jose for many years.
During that period of time, he was commissioned and wrote a book that was published about the 100th year anniversary of the San Jose Country Club.
He went back to professional writing on a freelance basis after leaving PRX.
John moved to Lake County, where he worked for the Lake County Record-Bee and Lake County News, and the St. Helena Star.
While he continued to cover sports, he wrote human interest stories as well, which he loved to do, and took some of the pictures in the featured stories
While living in Hidden Valley Lake, he was able to enjoy one of his favorite sports, golf, and continued to pursue his love of photography.
He continued to write until not long before he died.
He is survived by his daughters, Katy Flynn, and Joni Lindblom; his grandchildren, Erika Spence and Ian Flynn; two great-grandchildren, Emily Spence, and Ryland Flynn; and his partner, Elizabeth Wallace.
A private memorial service took place in Napa in May.
