James "Red" Redpath, age 97, of Genoa, passed away on June 6, 2020. He's again with his wife of 74 years, Alice Mae (Moravek) Redpath, who passed away on August 28, 2019 age 94.
James was born in Armadale, Scotland, on January 9, 1923. He immigrated from Scotland, on November 10, 1924, arriving in New York, NY, from Greenock, Scotland, with his mother, Margaret. He and his parents, Margaret (McFarlane) and Lawrence Redpath, immigrated to the Chicago area about 1926.
James stood out in the crowd as a big, red headed boy with a Scottish brogue in his earlier years. He loved football, basketball, and track in school. James and Alice met in high school. They dated about five years, frequently bicycling 25 miles each way to the Indiana sand dunes on Lake Michigan. They married in 1946 and raised four children and two grandchildren.
Though he enjoyed Chicago, he eventually dreamed of moving away from the city to try farming. They moved to Genoa in 1975 and never looked back. They loved their new life and friends in the surrounding communities.
James and Alice will be laid to rest at Walks Camp Lutheran Church Cemetery, not far from their farm. They will lay beside their son, James William Redpath, who passed away in 1979.
They are survived by one son, one daughter, two grandchildren, and 10 great grandchildren.
James was born in Armadale, Scotland, on January 9, 1923. He immigrated from Scotland, on November 10, 1924, arriving in New York, NY, from Greenock, Scotland, with his mother, Margaret. He and his parents, Margaret (McFarlane) and Lawrence Redpath, immigrated to the Chicago area about 1926.
James stood out in the crowd as a big, red headed boy with a Scottish brogue in his earlier years. He loved football, basketball, and track in school. James and Alice met in high school. They dated about five years, frequently bicycling 25 miles each way to the Indiana sand dunes on Lake Michigan. They married in 1946 and raised four children and two grandchildren.
Though he enjoyed Chicago, he eventually dreamed of moving away from the city to try farming. They moved to Genoa in 1975 and never looked back. They loved their new life and friends in the surrounding communities.
James and Alice will be laid to rest at Walks Camp Lutheran Church Cemetery, not far from their farm. They will lay beside their son, James William Redpath, who passed away in 1979.
They are survived by one son, one daughter, two grandchildren, and 10 great grandchildren.
James "Red" Redpath, age 97, of Genoa, passed away on June 6, 2020. He's again with his wife of 74 years, Alice Mae (Moravek) Redpath, who passed away on August 28, 2019 age 94.
James was born in Armadale, Scotland, on January 9, 1923. He immigrated from Scotland, on November 10, 1924, arriving in New York, NY, from Greenock, Scotland, with his mother, Margaret. He and his parents, Margaret (McFarlane) and Lawrence Redpath, immigrated to the Chicago area about 1926.
James stood out in the crowd as a big, red headed boy with a Scottish brogue in his earlier years. He loved football, basketball, and track in school. James and Alice met in high school. They dated about five years, frequently bicycling 25 miles each way to the Indiana sand dunes on Lake Michigan. They married in 1946 and raised four children and two grandchildren.
Though he enjoyed Chicago, he eventually dreamed of moving away from the city to try farming. They moved to Genoa in 1975 and never looked back. They loved their new life and friends in the surrounding communities.
James and Alice will be laid to rest at Walks Camp Lutheran Church Cemetery, not far from their farm. They will lay beside their son, James William Redpath, who passed away in 1979.
They are survived by one son, one daughter, two grandchildren, and 10 great grandchildren.
James was born in Armadale, Scotland, on January 9, 1923. He immigrated from Scotland, on November 10, 1924, arriving in New York, NY, from Greenock, Scotland, with his mother, Margaret. He and his parents, Margaret (McFarlane) and Lawrence Redpath, immigrated to the Chicago area about 1926.
James stood out in the crowd as a big, red headed boy with a Scottish brogue in his earlier years. He loved football, basketball, and track in school. James and Alice met in high school. They dated about five years, frequently bicycling 25 miles each way to the Indiana sand dunes on Lake Michigan. They married in 1946 and raised four children and two grandchildren.
Though he enjoyed Chicago, he eventually dreamed of moving away from the city to try farming. They moved to Genoa in 1975 and never looked back. They loved their new life and friends in the surrounding communities.
James and Alice will be laid to rest at Walks Camp Lutheran Church Cemetery, not far from their farm. They will lay beside their son, James William Redpath, who passed away in 1979.
They are survived by one son, one daughter, two grandchildren, and 10 great grandchildren.
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