James Robert "Jim" Ellwanger passed peacefully into his new life with God in San Antonio, Texas, on October 24, 2012, after a valiant eleven-month battle with brain cancer.
Jim was born in Carroll, Iowa, on October 28, 1944, to James Arthur "Art" Ellwanger and Mary Frances (O'Rourke) Ellwanger.
Among the numerous honors received during his teaching and coaching career were being named Iowa High School Baseball Coach of the Year in 1977, Iowa College Baseball Coach of the year in 1980 and being inducted in 1983 into the Iowa High School Baseball Coach's Association Hall of Fame.
Visitation will be held on Saturday, November 3rd from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at Corpus Christi Church in Fort Dodge, Iowa followed by a Mass in Celebration of Jim's life at 10:30 a.m. at Corpus Christi Church.
The Laufersweiler-Sievers Funeral Home is serving the family.
Memorial gifts may be made in Jim's name to The Chromosome 18 Registry, 7155 Oakridge Drive, San Antonio, TX, www.chromosome18.org or to the Sisters of St. Francis, 3390 Windsor Ave, Dubuque, IA, www.osfdbq.org.
Published in Des Moines Register on October 31, 2012
Jim was born in Carroll, Iowa, on October 28, 1944, to James Arthur "Art" Ellwanger and Mary Frances (O'Rourke) Ellwanger.
Among the numerous honors received during his teaching and coaching career were being named Iowa High School Baseball Coach of the Year in 1977, Iowa College Baseball Coach of the year in 1980 and being inducted in 1983 into the Iowa High School Baseball Coach's Association Hall of Fame.
Visitation will be held on Saturday, November 3rd from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at Corpus Christi Church in Fort Dodge, Iowa followed by a Mass in Celebration of Jim's life at 10:30 a.m. at Corpus Christi Church.
The Laufersweiler-Sievers Funeral Home is serving the family.
Memorial gifts may be made in Jim's name to The Chromosome 18 Registry, 7155 Oakridge Drive, San Antonio, TX, www.chromosome18.org or to the Sisters of St. Francis, 3390 Windsor Ave, Dubuque, IA, www.osfdbq.org.
Published in Des Moines Register on October 31, 2012
James Robert "Jim" Ellwanger passed peacefully into his new life with God in San Antonio, Texas, on October 24, 2012, after a valiant eleven-month battle with brain cancer.
Jim was born in Carroll, Iowa, on October 28, 1944, to James Arthur "Art" Ellwanger and Mary Frances (O'Rourke) Ellwanger.
Among the numerous honors received during his teaching and coaching career were being named Iowa High School Baseball Coach of the Year in 1977, Iowa College Baseball Coach of the year in 1980 and being inducted in 1983 into the Iowa High School Baseball Coach's Association Hall of Fame.
Visitation will be held on Saturday, November 3rd from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at Corpus Christi Church in Fort Dodge, Iowa followed by a Mass in Celebration of Jim's life at 10:30 a.m. at Corpus Christi Church.
The Laufersweiler-Sievers Funeral Home is serving the family.
Memorial gifts may be made in Jim's name to The Chromosome 18 Registry, 7155 Oakridge Drive, San Antonio, TX, www.chromosome18.org or to the Sisters of St. Francis, 3390 Windsor Ave, Dubuque, IA, www.osfdbq.org.
Published in Des Moines Register on October 31, 2012
Jim was born in Carroll, Iowa, on October 28, 1944, to James Arthur "Art" Ellwanger and Mary Frances (O'Rourke) Ellwanger.
Among the numerous honors received during his teaching and coaching career were being named Iowa High School Baseball Coach of the Year in 1977, Iowa College Baseball Coach of the year in 1980 and being inducted in 1983 into the Iowa High School Baseball Coach's Association Hall of Fame.
Visitation will be held on Saturday, November 3rd from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at Corpus Christi Church in Fort Dodge, Iowa followed by a Mass in Celebration of Jim's life at 10:30 a.m. at Corpus Christi Church.
The Laufersweiler-Sievers Funeral Home is serving the family.
Memorial gifts may be made in Jim's name to The Chromosome 18 Registry, 7155 Oakridge Drive, San Antonio, TX, www.chromosome18.org or to the Sisters of St. Francis, 3390 Windsor Ave, Dubuque, IA, www.osfdbq.org.
Published in Des Moines Register on October 31, 2012
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