James E. Ercolini

My sincere sympathy and condolences to the family of Jim Ercolini. We went to
grade school together at Holy Rosary.

As owner of husky deli I got the pleasure of feeding chatting and laughing with Jim daily Anyone who has worked at husky for the last 20 or so years has a big spot in their heart for Jim he was always cheerful and funny and its very hard to have him gone The park with his name on it is a great legacy to him Such a good friend, he will be missed by all of us

I work for Seattle Parks and had the pleasure of negotiating the City's purchase of his property for development of a public park. We first spoke in December 2001, the property acquisition was completed in September 2005, and the park opened in July 2008. His parents lived before the other houses were built in the neighborhood. He himself lived there for 70 years. During our negotiations, there was a story for every inch of the property! His seed of an idea was to provide a space for children...

I knew Jim as a regular patron at the West Seattle Library, and we chatted many times about the neighborhood and what he'd seen change here during his life. I had the occasional pleasure of helping him find materials on the park he was developing, and he always said he wanted to create a place for the neighborhood children, and that there just weren't enough places to play. He was a genuinely kind man, and I will really miss him.

Thanks for the park

The name Ercolini will go on for many years because of the park in his name at SW Alaska and 48th Ave SW. While I only new him as someone I said hello to walking by before he moved, Ercolini Park is a daily destination with my little one and hundreds more.

Allen & Marla Thomas

Our thoughts and prayers are with you in your time of grief. May your memories bring you comfort.

After seeing a story on the morning news earlier this week about a 99 year old man decided to get married for the first time, I immediately thought of giving a Jim a call to him that I heard he got married. It would have been a good joke that would have no doubt made him laugh his famous laugh! Then this morning I found out that I would have been too late! But hey... I still have the many great memories of working with Jim when I supported him while he was a program manager at Boeing!!!