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Jim was a fascinating person to know, if you took the time. He was somewhat introverting, but was coming out of his shell nicely by graduation in 1972. He went to Pacific Lutheran University in the fall, majoring in theology. In the summer of 1973, he was with a Lutheran youth group traveling in Eastern Washington. They went swimming in the Kettle River, about 100 miles north of Spokane and near the Canadian border. It was an extremely hot day, but the Kettle stay cold even into late summer. Shortly after jumping in, Jim suffered from a major cramping episode, went below the surface and drowned. He was a fast friend to those who knew him and a man of unrealized potential. |
