James W. Geffers, age 89, died on May 24th at home surrounded by his family, Jim served in the US Air Force for 4 years. Jim was an electrical engineer for the Bendix Corporation for 25 years in upstate New York. After retiring from Bendix, Jim worked for the BG Service Co. of West Palm Beach for 18 years. Jim was preceded in death by his parents, Martha Kull and Walter Geffers, his nephew Patrick Quinn and brother in law, Gerald vanHanegem. Jim is survived by his wife of 63 years, Ellen Geffers, sister Lucy vanHanegem, children Martha Geffers, James B. Geffers, Laura Moore, Nancy (Tim) Shumate, and grandchildren Reba Shumate (Will Brown), T.J. Shumate, Marissa Shumate, Daniel Moore and Hannah Moore. Jim's family wishes to thank all of his doctors and the caring staff at ARA Arlington Dialysis, In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the National Kidney Foundation at kidney.org. A service will be held on Saturday, June 5, 2021 at 11am at Hardage-Giddens Greenlawn Cemetery, 4300 Beach Blvd., Jacksonville, FL 32207.