James Martin ROE

Hard to believe 10 years has gone by. Jim and Martha sang in the Seattle Peace Chorus with me and I have many fond memories of him, especially in Cuba where he got a hair cut on our trip. Pure joy.

Today, the last Sunday in June, 2025, is 10 years to the day in 2015 when Jim left us. Jim was an important friend, the like of which I had not seen before, nor presently, and wonder whether one such exquisite friendship lives in the dwindling sands of my life, closer to my eight decade, than my seventh. Jim's willingness to listen and share, and just be, at times, the equivalent of those innocent friendships from our pre-teen years. But Jim was the paragon of principle. He was not...

While web surfing and looking for a lawyer concerning an adoption issue, I thought I'd go off on a tangent and look up my lawyer from a bunch of years ago. A lawyer page said he was inactive with no phone number. Over the years I've called him several times on a whim to ask a question or two and he always had time to talk to me. Today I just wanted to pop in and say hi.
I googled James Roe and there were several including an obit from the Seattle Times. I started reading not sure until...

I just read the sad news about Jim's death in the Notre Dane Magazine. I remember Jim's joy of life and smile back at St. Joe Hall in the early 1970's . It is evident by reading the messages that he continued to spread his love throughout his life . As a former criminal defense lawyer like Jim and a federal judge for the last three decades, I recognize his great accomplishment of being up beat even under insurmountable odds. I am sorry I did not keep in touch with him, but I am sure he is...

Martha--

Please accept my condolences--I found this notice on-line, while scrambling to find Jim's phone number. When I last ran into Jim by the office downtown, must have been last spring, I had told him that the dreaded engine on the boat was about fixed, and I would have him over for another sailing adventure. No such luck. I did not finish the engine until fall...

I sat behind Jim in Latin at Gonzaga Prep. He never forgave me! It was a joy to see him, whenever, in...

I found out today 10/26/15 that Jim had passed :( I had called last week and I left him a message to a legal question I had with no response but saddening today I did receive a response from his co worker Kristi who had told me about the news and although I am not a bad boy Jim has worked on some cases for me a few minor issues I had with traffic cases and the one thing I can say about Jim is he was a very brilliant aggressive and respectful attorney if you didn't know him then you don't know...

To my rowing pal. We shared the same sense of humor. I will miss you so much, especially rowing a double down the silent, still canal in the moonlight.

I knew Jim from both Blessed Sacrament and from Folk Life festival. To or three years ago he tried to rope me into organizing a participatory singing event. Now I regret not doing that, because I would have enjoyed working with him. I didn't know him well, personally, but I loved his leadership of those sings.