- Date Of Birth: September 19, 1927
- Date Of Death: February 19, 2010
- State: Indiana
James Robert “Jim” Sawyer, 82, of Elkhart, died at 10:35 p.m. Friday (Feb. 19, 2010) in Elkhart General Hospital.
He was born Sept. 19, 1927, in Elkhart to Chester L. and Eva “Momo” (Hall) Sawyer. On Sept. 15, 1951, he married Mary E. Elliott in Elkhart.
She survives with one daughter, Ann D. Sawyer of Elkhart; one son, Thomas R. “Tom” (Dru) Sawyer of Elkhart; and one sister, Helen M. Warner of Elkhart.
One son, Steven Sawyer, preceded him in death.
Mr. Sawyer graduated from Elkhart High School in 1945 and served as a corporal in the U.S. Army in Korea as an MP. He worked at Miles Laboratories in the 1940s, then worked for the railroads in the Elkhart yards for more than 35 years. He was a member of Moose Lodge 599 and Castle (now Faith) United Methodist Church.
He bowled in several leagues at Rainbow Lanes and golfed at Old Orchard Golf Course, enjoyed playing pinochle and bingo, woodworking, making homemade root beer and wintering at Daytona Beach, Fla.
