James O. “Jim” Shinn, 86, of Iola died Sunday, Oct. 30, 2011, at Iola Nursing Center.
Jim was born Aug. 5, 1925, in Bronson, to Orval Lawrence and Myrtle Nora (Nash) Shinn. He graduated from Bronson High School and served in the U.S. Navy during World War II serving as a motor machinist’s mate second class in the Pacific Theater.
On Jan. 24, 1946, Jim married Thora Nichols. They made their home in Bronson before moving to Iola in 1948. He worked for Lehigh Cement Plant until it closed in 1971. After attending barber school in Wichita, he barbered in Iola, Uniontown and Piqua before retiring in 1999.
Jim was an avid hunter and fisherman. He also enjoyed bowling and coached and umpired youth baseball. His memberships include the Bronson Masonic Lodge and Iola American Legion.
He is survived by his wife of the home; three sons, Alan and his wife, Becky, Uniontown, Mark, Iola, and Jack, Pittsburg; a brother, Danny, Gas; a sister, Enid Large, Fort Scott; a brother-in-law, Don Nichols and his wife, Brenda, Wichita; a sister-in-law, Margaret Ruckman, Topeka; six grandchildren, Kevin Shinn and his wife, Diana, Melissa Gage and her husband, Jason, Crystal, Brett and Tabitha Shinn and Amber Sanchez and her husband, Matt; and nine great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be from 6 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Memorial Chapel in Iola
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at First Missionary Baptist Church in Uniontown. The Rev. Marty DeWitt will officiate. Burial will be in Turkey Creek Cemetery north of Uniontown.
Memorials to Bronson High School Alumni Association Scholarship Fund may be left at the funeral home. Online condolences for the family may be left at www.iolafuneral.com.
‘Jim’ Shinn
