James (Jim) O'Conner |
| Posted 2018-01-04 by mhenderson |
| Today's News-Herald, Lake Havasu City, AZ >>> Published on Thursday, January 4, 2018 <<< James (Jim) O’Connor, 75, of Lake Havasu City, passed away Dec. 26, 2017. He was born Nov. 16, 1942, the son of James and Mary O’Connor in Boston, Massachusetts. Raised in Boston, Jim carried on the family tradition after graduating high school and attended the police academy. He eventually was a proud member of the Boston Police Tactical Division. In 1978, he relocated to Basalt, Colorado where he became chief of police. Being a policeman was in his blood and he loved it. After years of police enforcement, he moved to Arizona in 1985. After arriving in Lake Havasu City, Jim met Linda. After a long courtship, they married on Dec. 23, 2000 in Bullhead City. Jim loved golf so much that he ended up retiring as a golf pro at the London Bridge Golf Course. Jim and Linda then worked together as a team doing catering for Scotty’s Catering Truck in Havasu. Being a policeman, playing golf, and hunting were just a few of his many interests in life. Jim loved knowing about the history of our country and studied it as well. His main motto in life was to live life to the fullest. Jim and Linda loved to walk Monday through Saturday for many years at Rotary Beach. They knew so many of the walkers and he will be missed by all. Jim always had a joke to tell and some kind of wisecrack that made him loved by all. Jim was also one of the proudest Irishman we ever knew. The name O’Connor meant the world to him. He was preceded in death by his parents, wife Linda and Brother Michael O’Connor. Jim is survived by son Mark O’Connor, of Littleton, Colorado; stepson, John Sullivan of Caldwell, Idaho; daughters Cheryl Feeley of Lakewood, Colorado and Jacalyn Brownson of Rifle, Colorado; brother Robert O’Connor of Billerica, Massachusetts; 17 grandchildren and four great- grandchildren. A celebration of life will be at a later date. Services were placed in the care of Lietz-Fraze Funeral Home. Thoughts and condolences can be sent to the family at www.lietz- frazefuneralhome.com. |
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