Entered into eternal rest on February 5, 2019, after a brief illness. He was born on July 30, 1922, in Edgemont, South Dakota.
Jim was an Officer in the Army's 70th Infantry Division, serving in France and Germany in World War II, a graduate of Creighton University and University of Nebraska, and an accomplished research chemist and executive, retiring as Manager of Film and Paper Manufacturing after a 35-year career at Eastman Kodak.
He devoted his retirement to making wines from his own vineyard in Bristol and enjoying the vintages of others, playing the french horn in community orchestras, traveling the world with his beloved bride, skiing and the outdoors, serving on the boards of numerous civic organizations (including Alfred State College, the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Habitat for Humanity, and House of Mercy) and singing in the choir at Our Lady of Lourdes church. By example he inspired others to work with purpose and commitment, and live, as the Jesuits teach, for the "Greater glory of God"
Predeceased by Marianne, his wife of 74 years; and his two siblings. Jim is survived by his five children, Thomas of Thornton, Colorado (Susan); Stephen of Eugene, Oregon (Catherine), John of Greybull, Wyoming (Betty), Christopher of East Providence, Rhode Island (Colette Cook), Andrea of Towson, Maryland (Terrance Stifter); 11 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren.
A Funeral Mass will be celebrated on June 1, at 10 AM, in the Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Rochester. Guests are invited to a reception following the service at Monroe's Restaurant, Pittsford.
Memorial donations may be made to the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra Endowment 108 East Avenue Rochester, New York 14604, the House of Mercy 285 Ormond Street Rochester, New York 14605 or to the Nativity Preparatory Academy of Rochester 15 Whalin Street Rochester, New York 14620.
Jim was an Officer in the Army's 70th Infantry Division, serving in France and Germany in World War II, a graduate of Creighton University and University of Nebraska, and an accomplished research chemist and executive, retiring as Manager of Film and Paper Manufacturing after a 35-year career at Eastman Kodak.
He devoted his retirement to making wines from his own vineyard in Bristol and enjoying the vintages of others, playing the french horn in community orchestras, traveling the world with his beloved bride, skiing and the outdoors, serving on the boards of numerous civic organizations (including Alfred State College, the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Habitat for Humanity, and House of Mercy) and singing in the choir at Our Lady of Lourdes church. By example he inspired others to work with purpose and commitment, and live, as the Jesuits teach, for the "Greater glory of God"
Predeceased by Marianne, his wife of 74 years; and his two siblings. Jim is survived by his five children, Thomas of Thornton, Colorado (Susan); Stephen of Eugene, Oregon (Catherine), John of Greybull, Wyoming (Betty), Christopher of East Providence, Rhode Island (Colette Cook), Andrea of Towson, Maryland (Terrance Stifter); 11 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren.
A Funeral Mass will be celebrated on June 1, at 10 AM, in the Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Rochester. Guests are invited to a reception following the service at Monroe's Restaurant, Pittsford.
Memorial donations may be made to the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra Endowment 108 East Avenue Rochester, New York 14604, the House of Mercy 285 Ormond Street Rochester, New York 14605 or to the Nativity Preparatory Academy of Rochester 15 Whalin Street Rochester, New York 14620.
Entered into eternal rest on February 5, 2019, after a brief illness. He was born on July 30, 1922, in Edgemont, South Dakota.
Jim was an Officer in the Army's 70th Infantry Division, serving in France and Germany in World War II, a graduate of Creighton University and University of Nebraska, and an accomplished research chemist and executive, retiring as Manager of Film and Paper Manufacturing after a 35-year career at Eastman Kodak.
He devoted his retirement to making wines from his own vineyard in Bristol and enjoying the vintages of others, playing the french horn in community orchestras, traveling the world with his beloved bride, skiing and the outdoors, serving on the boards of numerous civic organizations (including Alfred State College, the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Habitat for Humanity, and House of Mercy) and singing in the choir at Our Lady of Lourdes church. By example he inspired others to work with purpose and commitment, and live, as the Jesuits teach, for the "Greater glory of God"
Predeceased by Marianne, his wife of 74 years; and his two siblings. Jim is survived by his five children, Thomas of Thornton, Colorado (Susan); Stephen of Eugene, Oregon (Catherine), John of Greybull, Wyoming (Betty), Christopher of East Providence, Rhode Island (Colette Cook), Andrea of Towson, Maryland (Terrance Stifter); 11 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren.
A Funeral Mass will be celebrated on June 1, at 10 AM, in the Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Rochester. Guests are invited to a reception following the service at Monroe's Restaurant, Pittsford.
Memorial donations may be made to the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra Endowment 108 East Avenue Rochester, New York 14604, the House of Mercy 285 Ormond Street Rochester, New York 14605 or to the Nativity Preparatory Academy of Rochester 15 Whalin Street Rochester, New York 14620.
Jim was an Officer in the Army's 70th Infantry Division, serving in France and Germany in World War II, a graduate of Creighton University and University of Nebraska, and an accomplished research chemist and executive, retiring as Manager of Film and Paper Manufacturing after a 35-year career at Eastman Kodak.
He devoted his retirement to making wines from his own vineyard in Bristol and enjoying the vintages of others, playing the french horn in community orchestras, traveling the world with his beloved bride, skiing and the outdoors, serving on the boards of numerous civic organizations (including Alfred State College, the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Habitat for Humanity, and House of Mercy) and singing in the choir at Our Lady of Lourdes church. By example he inspired others to work with purpose and commitment, and live, as the Jesuits teach, for the "Greater glory of God"
Predeceased by Marianne, his wife of 74 years; and his two siblings. Jim is survived by his five children, Thomas of Thornton, Colorado (Susan); Stephen of Eugene, Oregon (Catherine), John of Greybull, Wyoming (Betty), Christopher of East Providence, Rhode Island (Colette Cook), Andrea of Towson, Maryland (Terrance Stifter); 11 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren.
A Funeral Mass will be celebrated on June 1, at 10 AM, in the Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Rochester. Guests are invited to a reception following the service at Monroe's Restaurant, Pittsford.
Memorial donations may be made to the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra Endowment 108 East Avenue Rochester, New York 14604, the House of Mercy 285 Ormond Street Rochester, New York 14605 or to the Nativity Preparatory Academy of Rochester 15 Whalin Street Rochester, New York 14620.
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