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Friends may call the family owned Ruck Towson Funeral Home, Inc., 1050 York Road (beltway exit 26A), on Friday from 3-5 and 7-9 P.M. A funeral mass will be celebrated at Immaculate Conception Church on Saturday at 10 A.M. Interment will be on Friday, January 23, 2009 at Garrison Forest Veteran Cemetery at 11:30 A.M. In lieu of flowers contributions may be made to
Catholic Charities 320 Cathedral Street, #301, Baltimore, MD 21201.
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Diane Bernstein
January 15, 2009
Jim was/is one of my best friends. We met 30 years ago when I moved in next door to him and Al on Bird River. He tried to teach me how to sail with little success...I wasn't very good at it. He taught me how to play poker and I spent many Saturday nights with him, Al, and Betty around his kitchen table honing my skills. Later in life it was MY table he and I sat around. When I taught 1st grade he would visit my classroom. He taught the children how to speak Chinese...always came to class parties to sing and play his ukulele. The children in my classes called him "Uncle Jim." I loved the many colorful jokes he shared with me, as well as his stories and wit. He ALWAYS beat me at tennis but I didn't care, as I just loved being on the court playing. It wasn't Thanksgiving without him sitting at my table although he did miss a few years here and there. We could talk for hours, debate issues, play games, and just enjoy each other's company. As time passed I wasn't able to spend as much time with Jim as I wanted. Still, we would go to dinner, drive around to nowhere just to talk, and reminisce about the things we used to do when we were both younger. And he never stopped singing to me. We used to laugh about how things might have been different if we had both been born closer together...a 37 year difference. I could talk to Jim about anything and everything. He supported me through so many of my own life changes...whether they were good or bad. My boys grew up knowing him as "Uncle Jim" and he was always a part of their lives. I am going to miss Jim tremendously but feel so blessed to have had him in my life. I love him dearly and can still hear his voice saying to me, "I love ya kid."
David Thorndill
January 15, 2009
Jim is a great guy and dear friend. I miss him. For the past fifteen years we had lunch, conversation and a game almost every Saturday. I knew his mind was still sharp when he beat me at cribbage our last get together. In earlier days we played poker (with my wife, Christy) or pool or tennis or chess. My first of many visits to his Bird River home was in 1973 when he invited our biology class to see a Baltimore Oriole nest. He was a sharp, interested student and received an "A" in Biology 101. I spent many afternoons with him and Al along the river or in his sailboat. Jim graduated from Essex Community College (CCBC) and participated in aqua exercise classes almost every year until last year. He developed a love for Caribbean travel after taking a 1984 "Wildlife of Jamaica" travel course I had set up. I am left with bountiful pleasant memories of our time together. Do they play cribbage in heaven?
Chuck & Michele Jackson
January 15, 2009
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