BRACKEN, James Albert

bluemountaineagle.com 19 Feb 2013 James Albert Bracken, 78, died Feb. 13 at Blue Mountain Nursing Home in Prairie City. A graveside service was held Feb. 16 at Prairie City Cemetery. Mr. Bracken was born Oct. 28, 1934, in Rock Spring, Wyo., to William and Ruth (Gardener) Bracken. In 1951, he graduated from high school in Jackson Hole, Wyo. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1953-1957, where he ranked as an E-5 and attended the Naval Aeronautical School. He graduated from the University of Wyoming in 1959. On Dec. 19, 1964, he married Judith P. Story in Lakeview. He worked as a project engineer for the U.S. Forest Service, and retired in 1985. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, gunsmithing, reading and traveling. Survivors include his wife, Judith Bracken of Prairie City; daughter, Angie Hughes of Mountain Home, Idaho; and grandsons, Colton Schulze of Fort Campbell, Ky., and Sawyer Schulze of Boise, Idaho. Memorial contributions may be made to the Prairie City American Legion, the John Day Elks Lodge, or Pulmonary Fibrosis Research through Driskill Memorial Chapel, 241 S. Canyon Blvd., John Day, OR 97845.