- Date Of Birth: December 19, 1929
- Date Of Death: August 10, 2010
- State: Indiana
James G. “Jim” Dobson, age 80 of Winamac, passed away Tuesday, August 10, 2010 at Pulaski Memorial Hospital, Winamac, Indiana. Jim was born December 19, 1929 in Vest, KY, the son of Coet and Hattie (Messer) Dobson. He was a resident of Winamac for 38 years, also having lived in Medaryville. Jim started in car sales at Frank Felder Chevrolet in Rensselaer.
He opened Dobson Auto Sales in Rensselaer and was later the long time owner-operator of Jim Dobson Ford Mercury in Winamac. He was a 30 year member of the Kiwanis Club and a member of the Wheatfield Pentecostal Church of God. On December 18, 1954, in Rensselaer, Jim married Delores Howard who survives.
Along with his loving wife Delores, Jim is survived by four children, Bill Dobson, Washington, IN, Don (Deb) Dobson, Brenda (Joe) Krulik, and Steve (Michelle) Dobson, all of Winamac, IN, eleven grandchildren, Billy Dobson, Jr., Brent Dobson, Alyssa Dobson, Chantel Dobson, Heather (Brian) Sanders, Travis (Melony) Dobson, Brad (Erica) Dobson, Shawn Krulik, Trenton Krulik, Lacie (Tyler) Gutwein and Spencer Dobson, five great-grandchildren, Taylor Sanders, Kailey Sanders, Michaela Majercin, Emma Dobson, and Shelby Dobson, three step great-grandchildren, Andrew Jimenez, Matthew Jimenez and Nathan Jimenez, four sisters, Erma (Cecil) Williams, Rensselaer, IN, Imogene Bell, Winamac, Claudine Childers, Francesville, IN and Gladys (Larry) Stonebraker, Battleground, IN, and two brothers, Hobart (Adna) Dobson, Rensselaer and William (Diane) Dobson, Winamac and a sister-in-law, Alice Dobson, Wheatfield, IN.
He was preceded in death by his parents, a grandson, Joseph John Krulik, Jr., and a brother, John Dobson.
