Jim G. Giddings

Jim G. Giddings, age 89 of Mentor, passed away on April 20, 2024 at the University Hospitals Lake West Medical Center in Willoughby. He was born on November 26, 1934 in Cleveland, OH. James G. Giddings (Jim, or as grandma called him, Jamie) was born to Betty & Reed (Joshua) Giddings on November 26, 1934. He was the third child of three boys, Joshua “Reedy” & Francis “Skip”. Jim met Barbara “Barb” Joan Osborne in school in Wickliffe, Ohio during the 8th grade. Dad proposed and married mom on Saint Patrick’s Day 1955. They moved to Honolulu, Hawaii and spent their first four years of marriage there due to him being in the Navy. In 1959 he was honorably discharged and they moved back to Ohio to have their first child, a daughter, Terry, and eleven months later had a son, James “Jim”. At this time he was hired by Picker Corporation and started by stripping wires and working on x-ray equipment. Over the years, he was transferred to Livonia, MI, Grand Rapids, MI, Newbury, OH, Easton, MA and back to Ohio. He was blessed that while working with Picker, he had a chance with mom to travel the world. During this time, he had worked his way through the ranks and when he retired 43 years later was in charge of the IT Department. After mom’s death, he sold the house in Concord, Ohio and moved to Perry, Ohio. As the years progressed, the condo in Perry was sold and dad was moved to Governor’s Port, a senior living center in Mentor, Ohio. After mom died, dad was blessed once more and fell in love with Charlene Cann. They were together for 23 years up to dad’s death. Jim was very active at Saint Gabriel’s Catholic Church in the choir and as Eucharistic Minister. He is survived by his girlfriend, Charlene Cann; daughter, Terry (Ronald) Weber; son, James Giddings; grandchildren, Katie Hanley, Danielle (Frank) Milianta, and Jessica Giddings; nieces, Lynne Dowling and Deborah (Fred) Goerz. He was preceded in death by his wife, Barbara Giddings; parents, Joshua and Bertha Giddings; brothers, Joshua and Francis Giddings; daughter-in-law, Michelle Giddings and sister-in-law, Arline Giddings; niece, Beth (Kevin, surviving) Snyder. A funeral mass will be held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, April 30, 2024 at St. Gabriel Church, 9925 Johnnycake Ridge Rd., Concord Twp., OH 44060. Interment will be in All Souls Cemetery, Chardon, OH. Contributions may be made in his memory to the American Cancer Society online at https://www.cancer.org/ or to the American Macular Degeneration Foundation, PO Box 515 Northampton, MA 01061-0515; online at www.macular.org/want-to-help/donate Arrangements entrusted to the Brunner Sanden Deitrick Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Mentor, OH. Send flowers and offer condolences at www.brunners.com.

Jim G. Giddings

November 26, 1934 - April 20, 2024