- Date Of Birth: August 24, 1933
- Date Of Death: December 24, 2014
- State: Indiana
James A. Jim Morgan, age 81 of Fairmount, passed away Wednesday, December 24, 2014 at his residence in Liberty Township.
He was born in Pontiac, Mich. on August 24, 1933 to the late James W. and Ruth (Moran) Morgan. He was a graduate of Lake Orian High School in Michigan and went on to serve in the U.S. Navy aboard the U.S.S. Toledo. Later, Jim was employed as a die maker at General Motors in Marion, retiring in 1991 with thirty-four years of service. Jim was with Sheila (Stephenson) Spaulding for thirty-three years and married her on September 1, 2013. He was a member of American Legion Post 368 in Van Buren and of the U.S.S. Toledo CA-133 Association, a reunion organization the meets every two years.
Jim was also a tinkerer, from woodworking and gardening, to wind and solar power, even trying glassblowing and an embroidering machine. Once, he was able to turn a Volkswagen into a Voltswagen, transforming it into an electric car. Always making use of his woodworking skills, he once made a quarter scale buckboard wagon pulled by Saint-Bernards that the grandchildren could ride. The list of wooden items made also includes violins, a spinning wheel, scrollwork clocks, cabinets, and the list goes continues.
In addition to his wife, Sheila, he is survived by one son, James B. (Sandra) Morgan, of Anderson; one daughter, Cassandra Morgan, of Fairmount; one step-son, Nathan B. (Jennifer McKinney) Spaulding, of Elwood; four grandchildren, Abigail and Joseph Morgan, of Anderson, Harley Spaulding, of Carmel, and Avril Spaulding, of Elwood; mother-in-law, Louise Stephenson, of Fairmount.
In addition to his parents, Jim was preceded in death by his father-in-law, Walter Stephenson.
