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After the death of his wife of forty-five years, Helen L. Mawn (1916-1988), formerly of [[Kansas]], Mawn moved in 1989 to St. Petersburg, [[Florida]]. Failing health compelled him to return to Fort Smith in 2000 to be near his daughters, Karney M. More and Joan E. Mawn. He also had a son, John Mawn, Jr., and wife, Sherrill, of Gonzales in Ascension Parish near [[Baton Rouge]] in south [[Louisiana]], three grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, and four great-great-grandchildren.
After the death of his wife of forty-five years, Helen L. Mawn (1916-1988), formerly of [[Kansas]], Mawn moved in 1989 to St. Petersburg, [[Florida]]. Failing health compelled him to return to Fort Smith in 2000 to be near his daughters, Karney M. More and Joan E. Mawn. He also had a son, John Mawn, Jr., and wife, Sherrill, of Gonzales in Ascension Parish near [[Baton Rouge]] in south [[Louisiana]], three grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, and four great-great-grandchildren.
Not long before his death, Mawn was inducted into the Arkansas River Historical Society Hall of Fame based in Catoosa, an inland river port on historic U.S. Route 66 near [[Tulsa]] in eastern [[Oklahoma]]. He was the director of publicity for his World War II 94th Infantry Division Association. He also served on the association's executive council, the association president from 1995-1996, and editor of the association journal, ''The Attack.''
Not long before his death, Mawn was inducted into the Arkansas River Historical Society Hall of Fame based in Catoosa, an inland river port on historic U.S. Route 66 near [[Tulsa]] in eastern [[Oklahoma]]. He was the director of publicity for his World War II 94th Infantry Division Association. He also served on the association's executive council, the association president from 1995-1996, and editor of the association journal, ''The Attack.''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aopoa.net/history/hallfame2007.htm|title=John Mawn|publisher=Aopoa.net|accessdate=September 9, 2018}}</ref>
Mawn died of [[Alzheimer's disease]]. Services were held on November 8, 2007, at the Immaculate Conception [[Catholic Church]] in Fort Smith, Arkansas. Interment, with full military honors, followed in the Fort Smith National Cemetery.
Mawn died of [[Alzheimer's disease]]. Services were held on November 8, 2007, at the Immaculate Conception [[Catholic Church]] in Fort Smith, Arkansas. Interment, with full military honors, followed in the Fort Smith National Cemetery.