James Jim P. Troutner
February 04, 1943 - April 05, 2019
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James Jim P. Troutner
February 04, 1943 - April 05, 2019
Obituary
Jim was born on February 4, 1943 in Waverly, Iowa to Bert and Kathleen Troutner. When he was 2 ½, the family moved to Bellingham. He graduated from Bellingham High School class of 1961. Jim was married to Carol Clizbe on June 5th, 1959 and together they had two children; Roger and Renee.
Jim worked for Pottle Construction out of the Local 302 Operator Engineer’s Union as a heavy equipment operator. In 1992, he was baptized as one of Jehovah’s Witnesses. He loved fishing, traveling, teaching people about Jehovah, and puttering outdoors. A family man, Jim was kind, loyal, and had his feet firmly planted on the ground. His kindness and integrity will be missed by all who knew him.
He was predeceased by his parents; son, Roger; brother, Robert; and nephews, Robert Shaw and Michael Troutner.
Survivors include his wife, Carol Ann Troutner; daughter, Renee (Damon) Gayden; siblings, Kathleen (Hugh) Roberts and John (Nina) Troutner; grandchildren, Kael Martin (Eden), Lily Martin (Erik), and Clover (Mikey Beyer) Martin; great-granddaughter, Maria Beyer, and a great-grandson on the way; in-laws, Tom (Murrel) Clizbe, Susan Sherron, and Nora Bays; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Please join the family at a memorial service on Saturday, April 13th, 2019 at 4:00PM at Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses at 7053 N. Enterprise Road in Ferndale.
Memorial Service
- Date & Time: April 13, 2019 (12:00 AM)
- Venue: Kingdom Hall Of Jehovahs Witnesses
- Location: 7053 N Enterprise Road Ferndale, WA 98248 - (Get Directions)
5 responses to James Jim P. Troutner
Jerry Smoot says:
April 5, 2019
Jim will be missed, Jim and I were class mates at Bellingham high school and I also saw him a lot running the backhoe at Puget Power…..he was a great person and a huge lose……my prayers are with the family.
Howard Montoure says:
April 5, 2019
Hi Carol,
So sorry to here that Jim passed away. He was a good friend and we had so many good times working at Bellingham Cold Storage together. Really enjoyed the time in Seattle with you and Jim a few years ago and the dinner we had. You take care Carol and hope Jim say’s hello to Mick for me, Howard
Bill Watts says:
April 5, 2019
Condolences from the Watts family to all of Jim’s family. It’s sad to lose someone like him. I’ll remember him as a kind and gentle person who always had a smile on his face.
ted royal says:
April 5, 2019
I knew Jim while working for Puget Power. He was working for Pottle and he would do excavation work for us while we were doing underground work. When he dug a hole for a concrete vault, we never had to do any fine tuning on it to be at grade. He was the one f the best back hoe operators I have ever had the pleasure to work with.
I was in San Antonio Texas visiting the Alamo several years back with my sister and brother, and we were walking around the “river walk” and wanted some ice cream and saw a baskin robbins. We started to walk to it and a policeman said the street was blocked off for an event on the river walk. He said there was another Baskin Robbins around the corner and up the street. We walked to that one and there was Jim getting ice cream! We chatted a bit and laughed and went on our way!
Harry Oxford (Brick) says:
April 5, 2019
Jim was a great co worker always willing to give someone a hand I considered him a good friend going to miss him