James D. Starr
James D. Starr, age 68, of 1414 North 4th St. Quincy, IL died on Saturday, May 5, 2012 at Blessing Hospital. He was born October 21, 1943 in Fort Madison, Iowa, a son of Raymond Robert Starr and Helen Irene Giles Starr.
He married Alice Marie Crull on 02/25/1977 in Fort Madison, Iowa, and she survives.
He was employed in retail sales.
James Served in the U.S. Navy
Survivors include:
His wife, Alice Marie Starr of Quincy , Illinois;
His father, Raymond Robert Starr of Fort Madison, Iowa;
His Siblings, Barry Lynn Starr of Lake Havasu City, Arizona,
Neil Ray Starr of Wentzville, Missouri,
and Rickey Eugene Starr of Fort Madison, Iowa.
Three children, Shane L. Starr of Keokuk, Iowa and his Wife Brenda,
Wendy L. Starr of Burlington, Iowa,
and Kimberly L. Starr of Danville, Iowa.
Seven Grandchildren, Jamie, Zachary, Celeste, Samanta, Shannon, Sydney , and Zoey.
He was preceded in death by his mother Helen Irene Starr.
Family and Friends are invited to the graveside services on Friday, May 11, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. in Sunset Cemetery at the Illinois Veterans Home, Quincy. Military Honors will be conducted by the American Legion Post #37 and the Illinois National Guard Military Funeral Detail.
Duker & Haugh Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.www.dukerandhaugh.com
I am Shane’s first wife, and the mother of three of Jim’s grandchildren, Celeste, Samantha, and Shannon. Our entire family is praying that God comforts you in your time of grief, that He ease your sorrow and let you remember only the good, not the bad, and only the laughter, not the tears.
I’d like to share a verse that was read at my mother’s funeral last year, and extend an offer to reflect on these poignant words to all of you at this time of loss. Remember, Jim is gone from you, but he has arrived and lives on somewhere else.
“I am standing upon the seashore. A ship at my side spreads its white sails to the morning breeze and starts for the blue ocean. It is an object of beauty and strength. I stand and watch it until at length it hangs like a speck of white cloud just where the sea and sky come together to mingle with each other.
Then someone at my side says “There, it is gone!”
“Gone where?”
Gone from my sight. That is all. It is just as large in mast and hull and spar as it was when it left my side and it is just as able to bear the load of living freight to its destined port.
Its deminished size is in me, not in it. And just at the moment when someone at my side says: “There, it is gone!” There are other eyes watching it coming, and other voices ready to take up the glad shout: “Here it comes!”
And that is dying.”
Henry Van Dyke
God bless all of you.
Debra Starr-Moon, Michael Moon, Celeste Starr, Samantha Starr, and Shannon Starr