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James Walter "Jimmy" Sowinski

Racine, Wisconsin

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RACINE - James Walter 'Jimmy' Sowinski, 54, died peacefully at All Saints Medical Center on Friday, February 24, 2006, after a lengthy and courageous struggle with many complications from diabetes. He was born on April 1, 1951, to the late Walter and Elizabeth (nee: Brish) Sowinski. He was a...

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I graduated from high school with Jim and lost touch as many do. I caught up with him again when I was transferred to Case to become a colleague in the Math department. He had a profound impact on the students he taught. We will miss him.

I had Mr. Sowinski for Algebra back in 1987. My friend Michelle and I weren't doing very well in his class so we thought we'd try buttering him up, especially since I skipped class to attend a concert at Alpine Valley. We called him at his house one night acting like we were from Lazer 103 telling him he won tix to Monsters of Rock. He totally knew it was us and we all had a good laugh about it the next day. He also had a great sense of humor about the kid in class with a bad "gas" habit. He...