James R. Chevalier, 72, passed into eternal life on Tuesday, August 8, 2006 in Forest Grove (Portland) OR.
A memorial Mass will be celebrated at 3 p.m. on Friday, September 1, 2006, in the Saint Ann's Chapel of Saint Ambrose Cathedral, Des Moines, IA, with interment of ashes following; at 5 p.m. Friday, September 1, at the Palo Alto Cemetery in Newton, IA. Jim was born January 27, 1934 in Newton to Monica Craig Chevalier and Herschel Chevalier. Jim played football for the Newton Cardinals, and later attended Iowa Wesleyan College on a football scholarship after graduating from Newton High School in 1952. He was drafted into the U.S. Army, serving in the 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina from 1956 – 1958. Various career endeavors included working as a journeyman in the newspaper business, later working in the restaurant and hotel business, and, finally in airlines operations at both Los Angeles International and Orange County Airports in California before a job injury forced an early retirement. After retirement, Jim lived in both southern and northern California. The last six years he lived in the Portland, OR area as his health declined. Jim was an avid skier, sky-diver, hunter, and enjoyed fishing. Jim is survived by his son, Craig (Mary Anne) Chevalier, Beaverton, OR; daughter, Debra Chevalier, Aloha, OR; granddaughter, Tiffany Chevalier, Clarksville, TN; great-grandson, Anthony Roman, Clarksville, TN; mother, Monica Chevalier, Des Moines, IA; sisters and brothers, Sister Dorothy Chevalier, C.H.M., Bartlesville, OK; Jane (John) Sehman, Des Moines, IA; John (Betty) Chevalier, Omaha, NE; Steven Chevalier and Father Martin Chevalier, both of Des Moines, IA; and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his father, Herschel Chevalier, in 1992.
Jim will be laid to rest alongside his paternal grandparents, Leta Williams Chevalier and Milburn Chevalier, and his paternal great-grandmother, Mary Jane Williams Burgess.
A memorial Mass will be celebrated at 3 p.m. on Friday, September 1, 2006, in the Saint Ann's Chapel of Saint Ambrose Cathedral, Des Moines, IA, with interment of ashes following; at 5 p.m. Friday, September 1, at the Palo Alto Cemetery in Newton, IA. Jim was born January 27, 1934 in Newton to Monica Craig Chevalier and Herschel Chevalier. Jim played football for the Newton Cardinals, and later attended Iowa Wesleyan College on a football scholarship after graduating from Newton High School in 1952. He was drafted into the U.S. Army, serving in the 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina from 1956 – 1958. Various career endeavors included working as a journeyman in the newspaper business, later working in the restaurant and hotel business, and, finally in airlines operations at both Los Angeles International and Orange County Airports in California before a job injury forced an early retirement. After retirement, Jim lived in both southern and northern California. The last six years he lived in the Portland, OR area as his health declined. Jim was an avid skier, sky-diver, hunter, and enjoyed fishing. Jim is survived by his son, Craig (Mary Anne) Chevalier, Beaverton, OR; daughter, Debra Chevalier, Aloha, OR; granddaughter, Tiffany Chevalier, Clarksville, TN; great-grandson, Anthony Roman, Clarksville, TN; mother, Monica Chevalier, Des Moines, IA; sisters and brothers, Sister Dorothy Chevalier, C.H.M., Bartlesville, OK; Jane (John) Sehman, Des Moines, IA; John (Betty) Chevalier, Omaha, NE; Steven Chevalier and Father Martin Chevalier, both of Des Moines, IA; and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his father, Herschel Chevalier, in 1992.
Jim will be laid to rest alongside his paternal grandparents, Leta Williams Chevalier and Milburn Chevalier, and his paternal great-grandmother, Mary Jane Williams Burgess.
James R. Chevalier, 72, passed into eternal life on Tuesday, August 8, 2006 in Forest Grove (Portland) OR.
A memorial Mass will be celebrated at 3 p.m. on Friday, September 1, 2006, in the Saint Ann's Chapel of Saint Ambrose Cathedral, Des Moines, IA, with interment of ashes following; at 5 p.m. Friday, September 1, at the Palo Alto Cemetery in Newton, IA. Jim was born January 27, 1934 in Newton to Monica Craig Chevalier and Herschel Chevalier. Jim played football for the Newton Cardinals, and later attended Iowa Wesleyan College on a football scholarship after graduating from Newton High School in 1952. He was drafted into the U.S. Army, serving in the 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina from 1956 – 1958. Various career endeavors included working as a journeyman in the newspaper business, later working in the restaurant and hotel business, and, finally in airlines operations at both Los Angeles International and Orange County Airports in California before a job injury forced an early retirement. After retirement, Jim lived in both southern and northern California. The last six years he lived in the Portland, OR area as his health declined. Jim was an avid skier, sky-diver, hunter, and enjoyed fishing. Jim is survived by his son, Craig (Mary Anne) Chevalier, Beaverton, OR; daughter, Debra Chevalier, Aloha, OR; granddaughter, Tiffany Chevalier, Clarksville, TN; great-grandson, Anthony Roman, Clarksville, TN; mother, Monica Chevalier, Des Moines, IA; sisters and brothers, Sister Dorothy Chevalier, C.H.M., Bartlesville, OK; Jane (John) Sehman, Des Moines, IA; John (Betty) Chevalier, Omaha, NE; Steven Chevalier and Father Martin Chevalier, both of Des Moines, IA; and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his father, Herschel Chevalier, in 1992.
Jim will be laid to rest alongside his paternal grandparents, Leta Williams Chevalier and Milburn Chevalier, and his paternal great-grandmother, Mary Jane Williams Burgess.
A memorial Mass will be celebrated at 3 p.m. on Friday, September 1, 2006, in the Saint Ann's Chapel of Saint Ambrose Cathedral, Des Moines, IA, with interment of ashes following; at 5 p.m. Friday, September 1, at the Palo Alto Cemetery in Newton, IA. Jim was born January 27, 1934 in Newton to Monica Craig Chevalier and Herschel Chevalier. Jim played football for the Newton Cardinals, and later attended Iowa Wesleyan College on a football scholarship after graduating from Newton High School in 1952. He was drafted into the U.S. Army, serving in the 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina from 1956 – 1958. Various career endeavors included working as a journeyman in the newspaper business, later working in the restaurant and hotel business, and, finally in airlines operations at both Los Angeles International and Orange County Airports in California before a job injury forced an early retirement. After retirement, Jim lived in both southern and northern California. The last six years he lived in the Portland, OR area as his health declined. Jim was an avid skier, sky-diver, hunter, and enjoyed fishing. Jim is survived by his son, Craig (Mary Anne) Chevalier, Beaverton, OR; daughter, Debra Chevalier, Aloha, OR; granddaughter, Tiffany Chevalier, Clarksville, TN; great-grandson, Anthony Roman, Clarksville, TN; mother, Monica Chevalier, Des Moines, IA; sisters and brothers, Sister Dorothy Chevalier, C.H.M., Bartlesville, OK; Jane (John) Sehman, Des Moines, IA; John (Betty) Chevalier, Omaha, NE; Steven Chevalier and Father Martin Chevalier, both of Des Moines, IA; and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his father, Herschel Chevalier, in 1992.
Jim will be laid to rest alongside his paternal grandparents, Leta Williams Chevalier and Milburn Chevalier, and his paternal great-grandmother, Mary Jane Williams Burgess.
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