In Loving Memory

Our friend and mentor Jim Mitchell passed away March 25, 2014 in Bellingham, WA.  


Jim served as a local leader for NAIFA Northwest (WA), as State President and IFAPAC Chair for many years. He is known far and wide in the northwest and has friends all over the country through his involvement with the PAC. He led our Washington IFAPAC for about 15 years before handing the baton to me in 2008. (I handed off to a YAT, Alex Collins, this year).

The picture is of Jim in New Orleans where he and I attended IFAPAC training in 2008. We were out watching the Mardi Gras parades in the cold rain but he was having the time of his life. That big smile was Jim’s trademark – he had one for everybody.

His wife, Diane, also a long-time member of NAIFA, is surrounded by their children and many local friends inside and outside of NAIFA. Jim always said she was his sustaining influence for every success he had. In case you want to send a card or note:

Dianne Mitchell

2209 Ontario St.
Bellingham, WA  98229-4027

Richard Ek
IFAPAC Co-Chairman