John Wayne Costlow, 62, of Godley, passed away March 15, 2019. Service: 11:00 AM, Saturday, March 23, 2019, Wiley Funeral Home Chapel, Granbury. Interment: Holly Hills Memorial Park, Granbury, Visitation: 6:00-8:00 PM, Friday, March 22, 2019, Wiley Funeral Home, Granbury.
John was born Jan. 8, 1957 in Wichita, KS to Lloyd and Edith Costlow. He moved to Gaylord MI in his twenties and lived there for many years before relocating to Granbury, TX in 2007, where he met and later married Lynda Zetnick. He lived in Godley with his wife Lynda at the time of his death.
John worked in the oil and gas industry for most of his adult life and had a tremendous amount of experience in pipeline construction and supervision. He was a Construction Manager for Candor Midstream at the time of his passing.
He was preceded in death by his parents and two sisters, Donna Meloy and Beverly Prestige. He is survived by his wife, Lynda Costlow and his step-daughters, Megan, Kayla and Rachel Zetnick; his sister, Louise Behrens of Wichita, KS and his sister, Sue Kent and husband Larry of Gaylord, MI. Also surviving him are his nieces and nephews: John, Dan and Larry Behrens of Wichita, KS, Dana, Deanna, Ricky and Torrie of Kansas City, MO, Dixie Drake of Halls, TN, Josh Kent & Farah Piehl of Gaylord, MI. He also has many great nieces and nephews and a large extended family.
John had a magnetic personality. People were just drawn to him like nothing I’ve ever seen. He always had a smile and a song, and he never met a stranger. He had many, many friends in his business and personal life. He had such a large presence that just filled the room when he walked in.
John never put off to tomorrow what he could do today, and he didn’t want anyone around him to do that either. He lived every day like it was his last and always had multiple projects going at once. He could get more things done in a day than most people can do in a week. And he could fix or build anything he put his mind to. He was a great handyman.
John was a talented musician and he had a great voice. He loved to play the acoustic guitar and harmonicas the most, but he could play almost any instrument you put in front of him, including bass, drums, banjo, and mandolin. He had a special talent in that he could listen to any song for just a minute or two and write down all the chords to play the song. He could really hear the music. And he was proud to be called no-mic John, because his voice was so loud and carried so far that he didn’t need a microphone. Most of all, he loved song sharing around a campfire.
John was a storyteller. And he told the longest stories and jokes before finally getting to the punchline that always made you laugh, even if you’d heard it 15 times before.
John was a wonderful man with a good heart and he will be greatly missed by his family and friends.