James Roger Flajole, Jr. Obituary (1944 - 2019)

James was born and raised in Seattle, WA to James R. Flajole & Rita I. Meyers June 27, 1944. He was the first of 17 children to this marriage. They lived up on Capitol Hill. Jim led a very busy life here on earth. Now it's his time to rejoice with the Lord. James R. Flajole Jr., 74 passed away peacefully on Thursday April 4, 2019 at NW Hospital after his journey with Alzheimer's. He was a Paratrooper and Parachute Rigger with the 101st Airborne in the U.S. Army 1961-1964. Thank you for your Service Jim. He attended Meany Middle School, Garfield H.S. & attended ITT Peterson for business classes. Celebrating Life to the fullest trying to find his way in life he tried many professions. He belonged to the Boilermaker's Local #104 working at Todd Ship Yards and Lockheed Shipbuilding in Seattle. He did some accounting for K & N Meats, he was a distribution clerk for the U.S. Post Office, he became a Real Estate Agent, he took schooling to become a Priest and left for personal reasons, he started his own business PC's and Printers and had a very successful business. Changing his profession he became a full-time Manager at Clarice apartments on Mercer Island. After giving that up for retirement he moved into New Haven Apartments in Seattle. Hobbies: Computerized photo and movie editing and cataloging, Healthy Cooking-Family Genealogy. He survived by his daughter, Jennifer Akhtar (Sheraz); 3 granddaughters, Hope, Zarah & Keziah; siblings, Art, Joe, Helen (John) Wankum, Theresa Sheppard, Mike, Jeanne Flajole-Todd, Matt, David, Pete. He was preceded in death by his parents, James & Rita Flajole; Siblings, Edward, Stephen, Mark, Gerry, Tom, Patrick, and Maria. Death leaves a heartache No one can heal, Love leaves a memory No one can steal. Funeral Mass will be held on Monday, April 15th at 10:30am at St. Joseph Parish 732 18th Ave E, Seattle, 98112 Reception following. Private Military Burial to follow at Tahoma National Cemetery Hoffner Fisher & Harvey Guestbook at harveyfuneral.com