died Tuesday, August 28, 2018, at the Methodist Hospital in Rochester, MN. He was 65. He is survived by his wife, Sandy of Buffalo Center; three children and seven grandchildren, Vikki Bengtson and her husband Bruce of Buffalo Center and their children Mackenzie and Kali; Dawn James of Buffalo Center and her children Josh, Noah, and Jackson; and Bill James and his wife Sarah of Sioux Falls, SD and their children Ethan and Adalyn. He is also survived by his mother, Shirley James of Buffalo Center; three sisters, Becky Frerichs and her husband Bob of Buffalo Center, Barb Grimm and her husband Mort of Mason City, and Sue Fenske and her husband Todd of Lee Summit, MO; and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death his father Jim James in 1999; and a grandson, Dallas Bengtson in 1998.