Jim was wicked smart. There was no doubt. A funny guy and very personable, I can imagine that he was a great teacher and a awesome human being.  

Jim and I were colleagues at the Prosser School District for over 20 years.  His wit, puns, and photographic  memory were legendary.  Jim made a difference in so many lives... he will be truly missed.

Dennis Perrault, born on December 14, 1951, was a classmate of ours during our sophomore year and the first half of our junior year.  At that time, in January of 1969, he moved up the Valley, and graduated from high school in Wapato.  Dennis worked as an orchardist in the Wapato area, and passed away due to colon cancer on May 29, 2003, at the age of 51.  His survivors included his wife and three children, his mother, and two brothers.  His cousins, Adele and Michelle Perrault, were 1971 SHS graduates.     

Norman Gregory Arnold, known as "Greg" to his friends and classmates, was born on November 18, 1951, and passed away from the effects of pancreatic cancer on February 12, 1997.  With his orchard land in the Mattawa area, Greg was one of the first and foremost growers of organic apples.  He even learned to fly a helicopter.  His survivors included his wife, Gayle, children Andy and Amy, his mother, Beverly Montgomery of Sunnyside, and his sisters, Susan (SHS '69) and twins Merry and Terry (SHS '71). 

According to information from Ancestry.com, Rod was born on December 30, 1951.

According to information from Ancestry.com, Virginia was born on December 21, 1951.

According to information from Ancestry.com, John was born on August 15, 1951.

According to the Social Security Death Index, Kelly was born on January 8, 1952, and passed away on September 12, 2013.

According to information from Ancestry.com, Pamela Jean Roberts Schoenberg was born in Sunnyside on January 14, 1952, and passed away on May 21, 1995.

The link below is to a memorial page for Debbie on the website www.findagrave.com .  The page includes a photo of Debbie, along with her date of death, May 28, 2014.

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=132099614&ref=acom

Joseph Curtis O'Connor, better known to us as "Joe" or "Joey," was born in Rapid City, South Dakota, on February 16, 1952, and moved to the Sunnyside area with his family when he was five years old.  He died in an automobile accident between Prosser and Grandview on September 26, 1975.   

David Eugene "Dave" Johnston was born on August 31, 1952, and passed away on Easter Sunday, April 7, 1996, having been injured in a one-vehicle accident while traveling from the Tri-Cities to Wenatchee with a truckload of flowers from his wholesale nursery business.  Dave's memorial page on www.findagrave.com , at the link below, includes a transcript of his obituary, two photographs of him, and a photograph of the area near Mount Rainier where his ashes were scattered. 

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=123953841&ref=acom