I was saddened to receive the news last Sunday of Jim’s Passing.  Although we have been divorced for 13 years, we were together for 20 years and married for 18 of those.  That is one third of our lives!  We adopted 2 boys together, Eric 23, Luke 19.  Jim became a grandpa last year with the birth of Eric’s son Jaxon.  Our birthdays were 6 weeks apart, him slightly older than I.  Jim would have been 60 in just a few short weeks, a life cut too short for sure. 
Although we were not very connected of late, I have so many fond memories of our time together. Starting with the night we met, I had never seen such a handsome man!  We went to a Reggae club and danced all night – which as it turns out was a very rare occurrence for Jim.
My absolute favorite memory of Jim was, several years in a row, he created the British Open in our back yard, 6 holes if I remember correctly, we had small city back yard in Roscoe Village. Jim would watch early rounds of the Open, get the flag color and then match it using bent coat hangers for the pins and kitty litter for sand traps. It was quite the hoot, neighbors played and friend visited to play.  Prizes and bragging rights.  Jim also loved concerts, he would let himself go into the music is was nice to see him let go.  We went to so many, Bruce Springsteen was on the top of his list along with the Rolling Stones and Santana.  
Jim prided himself in a beautiful lawn and our house was always the best lawn on the block!
Forever the sportsman Jim had horse shoe pits in our back yard as well as a dart board.  I can totally see him taking aim and releasing the dart. Then there is Notre Dame, I had no knowledge of football when we met or the ND religion, but I caught on quickly.  Jim struggled in this fast paced world but he was a good soul, I loved him and I miss him. RIP Jim.


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James Haberkorn Jr.

4 marzo, 1960 – 19 enero, 2020

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