Foreman, Jim – 1933-2010

BENSON, COLEMAN, CONOLLY, ENYART, FOREMAN, GOKEY, JENNINGS, JOHNSON, KUTZLER, LIVESTEAD, LUCIANO, THOMPSON, TODD

Posted By: JCGS Volunteer
Date: 9/27/2010 at 13:40:44

Jim Foreman, 77, of Prairie City, died Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010, in the Monarch Wing at Skiff Medical Center in Newton.
A funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 26, at the Prairie City United Methodist Church, with burial following at Waveland Cemetery. An open visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday at Coburn Funeral Home.
Condolences may be left for the family at www.coburnfuneralhomes.com.
Source: Newton Daily News; Friday, September 24, 2010

Additional information from Pence Funeral Home website:
Jim was born on May 21, 1933, in Lemmon, South Dakota. As a young man, he proudly served in the United States Army and became the Division meat cutter. On April 24, 1957, he was united in marriage to Alice Thompson of Prairie City. He was a retired farmer and following his retirement, Jim and Alice owned and operated the Country Connection Bed & Breakfast. Jim was a member of the United Methodist Church Board, and served as a Consistory member of the First Reformed Church, both in Prairie City. He served on the Prairie City school board as President. He was an active member of the Prairie City Business Association, the Iowa Innkeepers Association, and the Jasper County Zoning Board. In the 2000 and 2010 Census years, Jim fulfilled the role of Census Enumerator and often remarked how much he enjoyed meeting the people in his territory. Jim loved to cook and bake, and was known to tweak a recipe until he got it just right. He was in charge of most of the cooking at the Bed & Breakfast as well as family gatherings.
Those left to honor his memory are his wife, Alice at home in Prairie City; three children, Joyce (Britt) Benson of Akron, Ohio, Jill (Graham) of Prairie City, and Jeff (Lisa) Foreman of Indianapolis, Indiana; nine grandchildren, Wendy, Dennis, Daniel, Devin, Emily, Chad, Sara, Sam, and Travis; two great grandchildren, Madison and Grayson. Also surviving are two brothers, Ray Foreman of Tucson, AZ, and Larry Foreman of Glendive, MT; Four sisters, Janice Coleman of Norwich NY, Elaine Gokey of Tucson, AZ, Linda Luciano and Debbie Conolly both of Frisco, Texas; and step brothers and sisters, Gordon Enyart, Eunice Jennings, Leona Kutzler and Dale Livestead. Preceding him in death was his mother, Ruth Medora Enyart, a sister, Betty Todd and a step sister, Darlene Johnson.