T.J.John (Koch, 7)

Iype Yohannan’s third son, John was born in 1908. After graduating in Agriculture Science from Nagpur University, he worked in the Agriculture Department of Orissa and Kerala. He retired as Additional Director of the Department of Agriculture, Kerala. He is accredited as an Approved Valuer qualified to determine the value of properties for collection of taxes by the Government of India. He was a management committee member of Manganam Mundakapadam Mandirams. He also served as the Trustee of Ericadu Marthoma church. As part of the social welfare activities of the church, he worked as the convener of the scheme for providing free materials to poor children every year. His first wife was Kottayam Thykkadavil Saramma. Saramma passed away in 1945. Later, he re-married Kozhencherry Kalathinal Thankamma. He had daughters, Nirmala and Jaimol from the first marriage. Daughters Valsa, Susheela, Laila, Shaila and Shirly were there in the second marriage. John died in 1995 at the age of 87. Thankamma died in 1984. Both were cremated at Ericadu Moria Marthoma church.