Our  hearts  heavy with this great loss,  we take solace with  many fond memories of Jim.  His obit is a wonderful goodbye to a man we all treasured.

Growing up his antics provided us rich entertainment.     Somehow he made it through St. Pat's Elementary School without getting caught throwing his voice in the classroom.   He bedeviled the nuns with bomb falling sounds that brought them racing to one side of the room to catch the culprit. They never found the guilty party, who was on the other side of the room with an angelic smile spread over his face.

As an adult he never failed to think of his cousins, sneaking them into special events he worked or giving special treatment in his bartending years.   Despite his own health struggles late in life he made deeply appreciated efforts to visit and support Pat in his health battles.

Throughout his life he enriched all of our lives.  Warm thoughts of him will sustain us always.

Cousins Pat, Mike & Brian