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Woodland Roamer:
I also met Jim for the first time at House Mountain and I couldn't believe the news of his passing. He seemed like such a gentle and kind soul. I told my wife about him as soon as I got home Sunday. I know he will be missed by many and I'm glad I crossed paths with him.



Alan

Zuma:
Thank you all for your love of Jim. Yep it's love.

The "Tribe "as Pete Davis calls it, is an entity with no chief but plenty  of cooks and bottle washers.
What is the glue that draws us together? Farmers, Doctors, military men and women, EMT's, Native Americans, scientists, government officials, law enforcement , ship builders, naturalists, healers and
the ilk, I could go on. Suffice to say" Those who care about others" I don't know Jim's background
well but I know he is TRIBE. And this is not an exclusive group at the Mountain.  I am thinking we all
share the spirit for sure nationally and perhaps internationally as well. Maybe Jim is the glue.
Zuma
 

Hawkdancer:
I will make smoke to that! X2 sq.
Hawkdancer

Zuma:
Thank you Dancer-- For Jim If I may?
My sig celebrates my faith
In my opinion Jim validates it's concepts but our web site frowns upon this narration.
FORGIVE ME PA

Zuma

caveman2533:
 Jim was a great guy and was a lot of fun to be around. He will be missed greatly. He had a zest for his new found time from his recent retirement as a Nurse practitioner, He worked construction with the Vitale bros. construction in his younger years and then went on to become a nurse and EMT and then finally a Nurse Practitioner. That's a blink away from having a doctorate. He was an amateur archeologist and flintknapper with a special interest in the Genesee Valley, which was where he was born and raised. My boys Michael and Everett each had their own special  link to Jim, Michael and he would discuss, early rock and roll musicians and there music and Everett and Jim would spend hours discussing video games, which was one of Jims  recent pastimes. We three traveled to the small town of Retsof, NY on Friday 7/21/17 to pay our last respects to this man.  I was honored to be one of his Pallbearers, among a group of four of us from the flintknapping community. Gary Reed, Jack Brown, Chris Nichols, from the Genesee Valley Flintknappers  and myself from the Susquehanna Valley Flintknappers. The family so appreciated us from Jim's flintknapping friends honoring him in this way. It was an honor to do so. We truly are a family and Tribe, who cares for one another and that's unusual in many hobby communities.

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