James Robert Pearsall, age 73, of Sun City, AZ died on Sunday, September 6, 2020. He is survived by his wife Beverly (Win) Pearsall. He was born on October 10, 1946 in Peoria, Illinois to Lawrence (LW) and Beatrice (Hauschilz) Pearsall. Jim was the eldest of 4 children. He was preceded in death by his parents and his brother Roland. He is survived by his sisters, Pam (Kevin) Monk and Beth Pearsall (Jim Morrison).
A graduate of Peoria High School and the University of Illinois, Jim began his career as a typewriter repairman and IBM, eventually starting his own repair business. He sold out to his partners to work full time at the Air National Guard, where he could spend more of his time around airplanes, his major passion. He served in the Air National Guard for 30 years and retired as a Major. A lifelong member of the International Plastic Modelers Society, Jim utilized his degree in history along with his love for aircraft to serve as the IPMS executive board’s Historian and Publications Director in his later years.
Since his retirement he enjoyed travel, building model planes, spending time with his many friends, reading and spoiling his two fur babies, Angel and Bella.
He will be greatly missed by his wife Beverly (Bev) Winn and their much doted-upon dogs Angel and Bella. He is survived by his two daughters Jill (Sean) Holihan and Sarah Austin, and their children Noah and Ben Holihan, and Zachary, Emma and Zoe Austin.
A Celebration of Life will be held at National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona, 23029 N Cave Creek Rd., Phoenix, AZ 85024 on Friday, October 9, 2020 at 12:30pm.
Memorial contributions may be made to Arizona Humane Society in Jim’s name. Care entrusted to Advantage Golden Door Chapel, Youngtown, AZ.
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