James Jim Job

James Job lost his battle with Parkinson's on Nov. 12, 2013, due to complications with pneumonia. He died in a Bismarck hospital at the age of 82. Services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, November 15, at McCabe United Methodist Church, Bismarck. Burial will be at the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery, Mandan. Visitation will be held from 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm Thursday, November 14, at Eastgate Funeral Service, 2302 East Divide Avenue, Bismarck. Visitation will continue one hour prior to the service at the church. Jim was born Dec. 11, 1930, on a farm near Linton, to John and Rose Renschler Job. He was raised and attended school in that area. He served in the U.S. Army in Korea from 1952-1953. He married Carol Dobson, Feb. 25, 1955, in Bismarck. They raised two children while Jim worked as a mechanic for Fleck Motor Sales in Bismarck. They moved their family to Hettinger in 1969. He worked for West River Auto Sales for a year before opening Jim's Skelly Service. A few years later he opened J & M Service Center which he ran with his son, Mark, until a back surgery forced him out of the mechanic field in 1982. Jim and Carol returned first to Mandan, and then to Bismarck, where he worked as service manager at Century Motors, Mandan, and also for Hedahls in both Mandan and Bismarck. They remained in their home in Bismarck until deteriorating health made that impossible. Jim lived in the Baptist Home for two years before moving to St. Gabriel's Community when they opened. Carol died Feb. 11, 2011. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge in Hettinger and Mandan, and was a Past Master of the Hettinger Lodge. He rode with the Dickinson Rangers, an El Zagal Shrine Unit. Jim worked hard all his life, but he always made time for his family. He loved family camping trips, and his grandchildren were the light of his life. He also had a very special place in his heart for his sister and brother-in-law, Freida and Willard Keller. Willard became his legs after another back surgery and a broken hip left him unable to walk, and they made sure he still got out to enjoy the things he loved to do. He is survived by two children, Debbie, Bismarck, and Mark, New England; two very special grandchildren and their spouses, John and Tori Job, Mitchell, S.D., and Lisa and Raymond Dingeman, Bismarck; two great-grandchildren who made him very proud, R.J. And Rhett; two sisters who took very good care of him, Freida Willard Keller, and Leona McDonald, all of Bismarck; sisters and brothers-in-law, Evelyn and Ron Wold, Bismarck, and Jerry and Sue Dobson, Tucson, Ariz.; and 10 nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife; one great-grandchild, Sam; and his brother, Elmer.

James Jim Job

December 11, 1930 - November 12, 2013