Memorial Service for Jim Blumenthal

[oldjudge]

A memorial service for Jim will be held this Sunday at 4PM at the Wilshire Country Club in Los Angeles. Jim's wife Tiffany asked me to pass this on to all his collecting friends. I hope to see many of you there.

Jay

[Griffins]

Thanks Jay.

[Jaybird]

See you there, Jay. Thanks for the notice.

[Michael Peich]

Thank you for the notice, Jay. I will be there in spirit from Pennsylvania.

All best,
Mike

[Al C.risafulli]

And I from New Jersey.

I miss Jim, very much.

-Al

[jefferyepayne]

Same here from Virginia. RIP Jim.

jeff

[3-2-count]

Same here from Chandler, Arizona. RIP Jim. I miss you......

[Leon]

Goes without saying, will be there in spirit. Miss ya Jim......You were always my voice of reason on this board....

[edhans]

Add New York to the list.

[uffda51]

I will be attending on Sunday. I'll see you guys there.

[Wite3]

Ugh...My father is coming home from the hospital that day, otherwise I would be there. All my best to Jim, his family, and our friends.

Joshua

[danmckee]

The Hobby Lost an ICON! RIP my friend Jim

[CW]

I miss Jim.

I wish you the best in the next one, my friend.

[vintagewhitesox]

Add Chicago to that list. Jim was one of a kind. He is truly missed.

[oldjudge]

The Los Angeles memorial took place yesterday afternoon. In attendedce were over four hundred people, which goes to show how many lives Jim touched. It was good to see Tony Arnold, Jason Miller, Anthony Nex, Bruce Babcock, and Adam Warshaw, although I think it is very safe to say that we would have all preferred to meet under different circumstances. It was my first chance to meet Jim's wife Tiffany in person, and I was blown away by what a great person she is. Ben could not be in better hands.

[atx840]

Still genuinely heart broken over this.

[Griffins]

It was certainly a fitting tribute to Jim, and at times felt more like a wedding than a memorial- something that Jim would've wanted.
The stories of Jim's courage as he faced his own mortality were both heartbreaking and inspirational.

[Exhibitman]

That's for sure. So many of us who spoke or interacted with Jim over the last year of his life were unaware of the gravity of his condition or the struggle he had to get through daily life activities. A grand testament to the caliber of man Jim was that he never gave into depression or invited pity from his friends even when he was terminally ill. Talk about grace under pressure.

[Al C.risafulli]

All the more proof of what a great man and a good friend he was. The more I struggle to wrap my head around this, the more I realize it.

I'm still having a tough time dealing with this. Just an incredible man, someone that I will never forget.

-Al

[uffda51]

The most moving part for me was Jim's dad's story of the effort Jim made, in a very weakened condition, to get to one last game at Dodger Stadium with his dad and his son Ben. Three generations of Blumenthals. What a gift to Ben.

[ethicsprof]

your words are very touching.
thank you for sharing this story of Jim as he continues giving even so near the end.
all the best, Bruce

Barry