Obit of Pell, James W.  - Wagoner County, Oklahoma

Submitted by:  Gene Phillips   <okarchives@comcast.net>   31 Dec 2006
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::Lafayette Cemetery--Lafayette CA

James W. Pell

James W. Pell 1923-2006 Jim Pell was born in Okay, Oklahoma, on 
August 11, 1923, and grew up in that area. During WWII he served as a 
radioman in the Naval Air Corps. Upon his release from the service, 
he married Elsie V. Ingram of Idabel, Oklahoma. They moved to 
California in 1947 along with their extended family and settled in 
the Santa Rosa area. Jim received a BA from San Francisco State, and 
made his career in the world of retail. He is best remembered as a 
longtime manager of the Army/Navy Surplus Store on Main Street in 
Walnut Creek. When he retired, he relocated to Grass Valley to fish 
the trout streams he loved and to pursue his lifelong interest in 
coin collecting. Jim had aspired to be a teacher at one point early 
in his career and used to joke about why that never happened. 
Instead, he married a teacher and was a grand teacher of fishing to 
his children, his grandchildren and anyone else who showed the 
slightest interest in this great passion. He was a man who would 
laugh with you until tears came to his eyes, who would stand by you 
during hard times, even when you'd caused them, and an example for 
his children of what it takes to be a good father. He'll be sorely 
missed. He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Elsie; his sons, Jim 
of Hat Creek, CA and George of Oak Harbor, WA; his brother, Clifford 
of Clear Lake, CA; two daughters-in-law; six grandchildren and eight 
great-grandchildren; beloved nieces, Sue Houweling, Marion Massey, 
and Tommy Touchstone; nephew Lonnie Whitehead; and numerous 
grandnieces and grandnephews. No services will be held. Private 
interment will be at the Lafayette Cemetery. OAK PARK HILLS CHAPEL 
925-934-6500

Published in the Contra Costa Times on 1/13/2006.
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