Mills, James Herbert

James Herbert Mills, 82, of Cedar Rapids, died at St. Luke's Hospital on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009. Services: 2 p.m. Monday at Hogan-Bremer-Moore Chapel, Mason City. Interment: Elmwood Cemetery, Mason City. A visitation will be from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday at Cedar Memorial Westside Chapel, Cedar Rapids and from noon to 2 p.m. Monday at Hogan-Bremer-Moore Chapel in Mason City.

Survivors include his wife, Agnes; children, Roland (Sandy) Mills of Marion, Roxanne (Mark) Patton of Dubuque, Nancy (Lynn) Huber and Paul Mills, both of Rockwell, Jeff Mills of Hiawatha and Rusty (Audrey) Mills of Mason City; sisters, Claudia Rye and Mary Rigdon, both of Mason City, and Patricia Hoffler of Montana; brother, Donald Mills of Papillion, Neb,; 23 grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Shirley; a son, Daniel; and granddaughters, Elizabeth Huber and Jena Mills.

Jim was born April 14, 1927, in Decatur, Ill., to Everett and Winifred Mills. He married Shirley Boyle in Mason City on June 7, 1947. He then married Agnes West in Milton, Iowa on June 27, 1992. He had an automobile repair business in Mason City for 20 years and then went to work for Lifetime Motor Homes there until they closed. He then was head of the maintenance department for the Coca-Cola bottling plant in Mason City and then transferred to the Cedar Rapids plant.

Jim was an Army veteran of World War II, a life member of the Mason City VFW and a member of Moose and Eagles Clubs in Cedar Rapids.

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