SHEELY, James Patrick (Jim)

West Valley View, Avondale, Arizona Friday, October 19, 2012 James Patrick Sheely James Patrick Sheely, "Jim," "Jimbo," Tim Fabio," 55, of Fresno, Calif., and formerly of Tolleson died Sept. 19, 2012. Mr. Sheely was born in Phoenix to Joe Albert Sheely and Joyce Elaine Kosin Sheely. He lived in Beardsley until his family moved to Tolleson, where he attended schools. After high school graduation, he enrolled at the University of Arizona in Tucson, where he joined the Pi Kappa Epsilon fraternity. Following college, he was accepted into a training program of PCA/Land Bank, which took him to Yuma, Napa Valley, Calif., and Stockton, Calif. He then got a position with First International Bank. He enrolled in the viticulture/oenology program at Fresno State and farmed in the Lemoore, Calif., area, growing cotton and grain crops. He is survived by two brothers, Ted of Lemoore, Calif., and Ken of Litchfield Park. A memorial service will be at 6 p.m. Oct. 23 at Christ Church in Lemoore, Calif. Memorials can be made to the Sheely Scholarship of the Calcot-Seitz Foundation, P.O. Box 259, Bakersfield, CA 93302.