Jim Lindsey, the only son of Maude and Jim Lindsey, was born in El Paso May 21, 1933. After a memorable life of accomplishment and service, he was struck by Parkinson’s disease and cancer, dying peacefully Dec. 27, 2011, at home in Solvang, Calif.
At Princeton, Jim joined Quad and roomed with Don Mahaney. He wrote a compelling thesis on Hemingway and Erskine Caldwell, then took his skills into a successful advertising career, after which he and his wife, Charlotte, retired to the Santa Ynez Valley, backdrop for Jim’s greatest joys — time with family, wonderful reunions, and special visits with grandchildren. Jim’s second joy was travel with Charlotte to cities on five continents and cruises on the waters between.
In 25 years in the valley, Jim chaired two school boards and served St. Mark’s in the Valley Episcopal Church as senior warden, endowment board chair, and co-chair of the Carriage Classic. For seven years, as president of Santa Ynez Valley Hospital Foundation, Jim led a multimillion-dollar capital campaign and a merger with Cottage Hospital of Santa Barbara. He served on the YMCA capital campaign and the Santa Ynez Valley Historical Society board and was named a Paul Harris Fellow by the Rotary Club.
Jim is survived by Charlotte, his wife of 56 years; three children; a daughter-in-law and son-in-law; and five grandchildren.