James Phillip Groschupf, 94

James "Jim" Groschupf was born Feb. 18, 1931. The second son of Dr. T.P. and Julie Groschupf of Bemidji, Minnesota. He graduated from Bemidji High School in 1948, where he played both golf and football. Jim attended Carleton College in Minnesota for one year, then returned to Bemidji State University (BSU) to pursue a degree in business. Jim served in the United States Army as an engineer supply specialist as a corporal, a noncommissioned officer in the Army, where he led his unit and received the National Defense Service Medal and Army of Occupation Medal in Germany in 1953. Jim and his life-long partner, Perk, met in college and have been married for nearly seventy years.

Jim worked at Plum Creek Lumber Company for thirty-four years in sales. He served on the Columbia Falls City Council, the Board of Directors of The Whitefish Lake Golf Course and was a member of the Hoohoo Lumber Organization and the Elk's Club. Jim was a five-time club champion at Whitefish Lake Golf Club, where he was also inducted into the Whitefish Lake Golf Course Hall of Fame. 

Jim was preceded in death by his son, Jeff; his parents; brother, Dick and wife, Dee and brother, Pete. 

He is survived by his wife, Perk; grandsons, Andre (Heather) and Micah; great-granddaughters, Rosella and Hazel and sister-in-law, Joyce Groschupf. 

In lieu of flowers, consider making a donation to The Groschupf Family Foundation through the Whitefish Community Foundation, P.O. Box 1060, Whitefish, MT 59937.

Funeral services will be held at St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church, 230 Baker Ave., Whitefish, MT 59937, on Monday, Sept. 22, at 11 a.m.