I was offline for weeks

Welcome back.

Nothing from Jim since July. His wife seems to have moved to Queen Creek AZ and his website has gone away, but there hasn't been any word about his status. Probably not good. :(

Cheers

Phil Hobbs

Didn't they move there together about a year earlier?

No reply from Aaron either. I think the conclusion is inevitable.

NT

Of course it's inevitable. We all die eventually. The question with Jim is whether it has happened yet. There's been no evidence either way for a whil e now.

s whether it has happened yet. There's been no evidence either way for a wh ile now.

whoosh. Again.

Maybe we could craft a letter to send to his wife. Just saying that we've missed him, worry, and would like to know what happened.

George H.

We know what happened. Jim died from pancreatic cancer and it's time to acknowledge the sad fact that he won't be coming back. Let's just accept it and move on.

Very surprising that there was no obit. He deserved one. In fact he deserved a full page ad informing people that he was the designer of parts of many things they've owned.

I thought it was virtually impossible to avoid an obit. There is usually a "paper of record" for such things. Financial types use them to monitor debts.

Hi guys, I'm going to do a little deeper search for info. My plan is to call a neighbor. I would like to know his address or at least the city he lived in his wife's name, his age, Anything you feel is ok to post, please do, otherwise send it to my email, it is good.

I have tracked down out of state bounced checks for our business, with success, so hope I can do this. It's fun talking to the neighbors of people that bounce checks, the neighbors like to talk! Mikek

I suggest you call his son-in-law. Last name is Coil and he's a prosecutor in Yuma, AZ. Easy enough to find. I don't feel like intruding on family member s myself, but son-in-law is removed enough.

--Spehro Pefhany

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P.S. The above is all information previously publicly disclosed in sed.

I did some follow up and found, "Presiding Judge James F. Coil, elected to serve a term beginning January 1, 2018 and ending December 31, 2021" Yuma City Arizona.

Anyone recall Jim mentioning his Son-in-law becoming a judge?

Back in a thread titled "OT Here comes da judge" Jim posted this on 8/28/13:

OT:

My son-in-law, Jim Coil, was just elected Presiding Judge of Yuma ;-)

In his 25 years as prosecutor, he put more people on death row than any other prosecutor in Arizona history >:-}

...Jim Thompson

One of sad news early year.

Condolences to Jim's family.

Habib

Here (NY) there is no requirement for an obit. It's just a courtesy, paid for by the family. Mostly to let people know where/ when any funeral service will be.

George H.

Yeah but Jim merited at least a short article in a local paper. Or EE Times.

Same in Poland. Frankly, I have never thought there can be any other way around.

Best regards, Piotr

Many states in the US do not have a legal requirement to have an obituary p rinted in a local newspaper. However, state law will require that a death c ertificate be filed with the state's office of vital statistics. A deceased person's executor or a court-appointed administrator in the case of intestacy (i.e., someone dying without a will) will also need copies of the death certificate to transfer and retitle assets.

The attending physician or a health care facility (e.g., hospital, nursing home, hospice) usually takes care of requesting or preparing this document. Local laws govern notification in newspapers. Public notice of death is o ften used in probate to provide known creditors notice of the probate case by mail. Hence, out of compliance with state laws, almost all newspapers wi ll print a death notice (not the same as an obit) - usually just the person s name, town of residence, and date. Some states stipulate the number of d ays it is to be printed. In my state of PA, it is 3 days, IIRC.

The notification process includes publishing a notice in a local newspaper. The latter is intended to reach unknown creditors to give them an opportun ity to make a claim against the estate. BLUF: Obits are at the discretion of the family, notices required by state law are mandatory. (From a lawyer colleague of mine....) J