James Jordan

James Norman Jordan, 53, passed away of a massive heart attack on Saturday, January 21, 2012, at Mercy Medical Center. He was born on July 17, 1958, to Carl F. Jordan and Barbara C. Venter Jordan Ross.

James graduated from Des Moines Tech High School in 1976. From 1978-1985 he served as a Sgt in the United States Army in both Germany and Korea. He was a skilled carpenter and craftsmen. James was a sports fanatic and loved the Pittsburgh Steelers, Iowa Hawkeyes, and NASCAR. He enjoyed collecting sports memorabilia. If there was any sport event on TV, Jim would be relaxing watching TV. Jim loved spending time with all his nieces and nephews. At home he enjoyed playing with his three cats, Tom, Bob and JuJu.
He was a dedicated and hard working man, who had tremendous love and pride in his son, DJ. He found the love of his life with Angie Chapman the last 3 ½ years of his life. Jim (Jimbo) will be missed by everyone who knew him, he left us much too soon.

Those left to cherish his memory are: son, Donald James Jordan “DJ” of Des Moines; mother, Barbara C. Venter-Jordan-Ross of Agency, Iowa; fiancée, Angela Chapman of Des Moines; brother, Robert F. Jordan (Andrea Burrows) of Grimes, Iowa; sister, Deborah C. Myers (Fred) of Norwalk, Iowa; brother, Michael C. Jordan, of Newton, Iowa; sister, Ann M. Ross (Jeff Lusk) of Batavia, Iowa; half brother, Jon Jordan (Mary) of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; half sister, Chris Jordan of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; half sister, Allison Laughridge (Mike) of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; half sister, Carla Eastin (Kenny) of Mercer, Missouri; uncle, Sonny Wennermark (Cindy) of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; numerous nieces and nephews; 2 great nieces; and 2 great nephews; and many friends.

He was preceded in death by his father, Carl F. Jordan; infant brother, Donald A. Jordan; sister-in-law, Lori Jordan; paternal grandparents, Alberta and Harry Jordan, Sr.; maternal grandfather, Norman L. Venter; maternal grandmother, Phylis Wise Venter Wennermark; step-grandfather, Herman R. Wennermark.

Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Friday, January 27, 2012 at Hamilton’s Funeral Home, 605 Lyon St. followed by burial at Norwalk Cemetery. Visitation will be held two hours prior to the service at the funeral home. Please feel free to wear Pittsburgh or Hawkeye apparel to the service.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be directed to the family in loving memory of “Jimbo”.

Online condolences may be expressed at www.HamiltonsFuneralHome.com.

Please join the family for a get together at Deborah Myers home, 906 Casady Dr., immediately following the interment.

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