
Jon was born February 28, 1972 in Fargo to Jacob and Avis Sigmund . He grew up in Fargo and graduated from Fargo South High in 1990 and furthered his education at Normandale Community College in Bloomington, Minnesota and NDSU. He then became partner with his uncle in owning and operating Video Land rental store before moving to and working in Denver, Colorado. He was briefly married to Julie Screpek while he worked for several Denver area newspapers. At the time of his death he was district manager for the Greeley Tribune, where his intelligence and wonderful sense of humor made him very popular with his fellow employees.