1909
James
2007
James Bradley McLain
February 1, 1909 — September 9, 2007
JAMES, Iowa -- James Bradley McLain, 98, of James died Sunday, Sept. 9, 2007, at a Le Mars, Iowa nursing home.
Services will be 11 a.m. Thursday at Grace Evangelical Church in Hinton, Iowa, with the Revs. David Steinbron and Clyde Pritchard officiating. Burial will be in Logan Park Cemetery, Sioux City. Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. today, with a prayer service at 7 p.m., at Christy-Smith Larkin Northside Chapel.
Jim was born Feb. 1, 1909, in Spink, S.D., the son of Herford and Flora (Solomon) McLain.
He married Eleanor Croft on Nov. 5, 1932, in Elk Point, S.D. She passed away may 25, 1997 in Sioux City. The couple farmed in the Burbank, S.D. area a few years prior to moving to Sioux City in 1940. He worked for the Sioux City Street Car Co. from 1940 to 1944. He had a milk route with Roberts Dairy until 1948. He then drove a truck for Galinsky Fruit Co. until it closed in 1961. He then went to work for the Farmer's Co-Operative Co. in Hinton until 1969, at which time he went to work for the Hinton School district until retiring in 1974. The couple had moved to James in 1962, where he still resided.
He was a former member of the Sioux City Eagles. He was a member of Siouxland Senior Center, where he spent every day during his retirement and helped serve lunch to everyone there.
He is survived by two daughters and their husbands, Bonnie and Walter Macklem of Merrill, Iowa, and Janice and Leslie Schindel of Hinton, Iowa; eight grandchildren, Jim and Connie Schindel, Byron and Joan Schindel, Bill and Jodi Schindel, Curt and Nancy Lang, Tim and Donna Schindel, Pat and Sue Birks, Terry and Mary Guffy and Doug and Paula Macklem; 19 great-grandchildren; eight great-great-grandchildren; and his special friends at the Siouxland Senior Center and Everett and Becky Vardaman, Randy and Rachel Johnson and Walt and Arlene Schindler.
He was preceded in death by five sisters, Clara Chamberlain, Martha Radkey, Gladys Chamberlain, Vera Nielsen and Blanch Dewey; and three brothers, Earl, Fred and Clarence McLain.
Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Siouxland or the Siouxland Senior Center.
Services will be 11 a.m. Thursday at Grace Evangelical Church in Hinton, Iowa, with the Revs. David Steinbron and Clyde Pritchard officiating. Burial will be in Logan Park Cemetery, Sioux City. Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. today, with a prayer service at 7 p.m., at Christy-Smith Larkin Northside Chapel.
Jim was born Feb. 1, 1909, in Spink, S.D., the son of Herford and Flora (Solomon) McLain.
He married Eleanor Croft on Nov. 5, 1932, in Elk Point, S.D. She passed away may 25, 1997 in Sioux City. The couple farmed in the Burbank, S.D. area a few years prior to moving to Sioux City in 1940. He worked for the Sioux City Street Car Co. from 1940 to 1944. He had a milk route with Roberts Dairy until 1948. He then drove a truck for Galinsky Fruit Co. until it closed in 1961. He then went to work for the Farmer's Co-Operative Co. in Hinton until 1969, at which time he went to work for the Hinton School district until retiring in 1974. The couple had moved to James in 1962, where he still resided.
He was a former member of the Sioux City Eagles. He was a member of Siouxland Senior Center, where he spent every day during his retirement and helped serve lunch to everyone there.
He is survived by two daughters and their husbands, Bonnie and Walter Macklem of Merrill, Iowa, and Janice and Leslie Schindel of Hinton, Iowa; eight grandchildren, Jim and Connie Schindel, Byron and Joan Schindel, Bill and Jodi Schindel, Curt and Nancy Lang, Tim and Donna Schindel, Pat and Sue Birks, Terry and Mary Guffy and Doug and Paula Macklem; 19 great-grandchildren; eight great-great-grandchildren; and his special friends at the Siouxland Senior Center and Everett and Becky Vardaman, Randy and Rachel Johnson and Walt and Arlene Schindler.
He was preceded in death by five sisters, Clara Chamberlain, Martha Radkey, Gladys Chamberlain, Vera Nielsen and Blanch Dewey; and three brothers, Earl, Fred and Clarence McLain.
Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Siouxland or the Siouxland Senior Center.
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