James E. Bordeaux

James (Jim) Bordeaux passed away January 4, 2018, at the age of 61. Jim was born in Ohio to Fred and Rachel (Harrington) Bordeaux, who lived in Warren and Lima, Ohio, before retiring to Harlingen, Texas. Jim was preceded in death by his parents and brother, Franklin. He is survived by his cousin, Jennifer Schmid of Sautee, Georgia and sister, Mary Paynter of Madison, Wisconsin.

Jim lived in the Delton area at the Hudson and Tidd's AFC home for over 30 years, where he had many friends and house mates over the years. He was known as "Jimmy Cool" to many as he was too "cool" to do just any chore or random activity, but when asked he would do just about anything requested of him as he had a heart of gold. He helped around the house folding laundry as the was "his job" and he was helping out his "honey", Beth. Jim always knew what he wanted and made those wants known. He worked for several years at EBI Breakthrough in Lake Odessa. He also attended Positive Directions where he participated with his peers in activities and volunteered for 15 years for Delton Kellogg Little League sorting uniforms, cleaning equipment, lining fields, and putting up fences. He had many passions as he loved Heavy Metal music, Pro Wrestling, going with Jony and Paul to WWE events, Florida State and New York Giants football and the New York Yankees in baseball. His biggest love was anything to do with Harley Davidson Motorcycles and he would proudly wear anything with their logo on it, and would want to stop in any parking lot where he saw a parked Harley. At the Positive Directions Christmas parties he was adopted by Steve and Cathy who always would give him gifts related to his passions which always made Jim feel as special as he was. He participated in Special Olympic bowling and somewhere in his life he learned to bowl with all the right mechanics and had a sweet follow through. He loved to dance and had quite the repertoire of moves when given the opportunity to show them off. He lived his last two years at Magnum Care in Hastings, where the U.S. Flag became a focus of his attention. Jim will be missed and remembered by many!