Received notice of Classmate

Jim Cahill

passed away 

Monday September 14, 2020

James "Jim" Lee Cahill,78, passed away in his home in Ankeny on September 14, 2020 surrounded by love and family.

A visitation will be held 2:00-3:30 p.m. Saturday, September 19, 2020 at Ankeny Memorial Funeral Home (4208 N Ankeny Blvd). A prayer service will start at 3:30 p.m.

Jim was born on January 28, 1942 in Mason City, Iowa to Calla and Hank Cahill. He married his high school sweetheart, Patricia "Pat" Margulies, February 28, 1962. Together, they raised four children and later welcomed eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild. 

He loved his Patty truly, deeply, and fiercely. But his unconditional love for her radiated to everyone around him. Their home had an endless supply of love. Their door was always open and their kitchen table had a near constant stream of visiting friends, neighbors, and family. Jim's love didn't just extend to the people in his life. He had a soft spot in his heart for all animals, from the multiple rescue animals he and Pat welcomed into their home, all the way down to an army of well-fed neighborhood squirrels he always made sure to leave peanuts for. When you think of what embodies a home, you think of the Cahills. 

Jim had his ornery moments, but no one in his life ever doubted his love for them. His family will miss hearing "hey honey" as they walk in the door and--as much as they may not want to admit it--his seemingly endless supply of corny jokes.

He is survived by his sister, Judy; his children Shannon, Shelley, Scott (Amber), and Steve; his grandchildren Meredith, Veronika (Zachary), Hannah (Teague), Domenic, Garrett (Audrey), Oliver, Rylee (Bryan), and Hallie; and his great-grandson, Barrett. 

Jim is preceded in death by his parents, his brother Donnie, and brother in-law, Terry, and his beloved wife Patty.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the Animal Rescue League in Jim's name.

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A Perfect Marriage?

A man and woman had been married for more than 60 years. They had shared everything. They had talked about everything. They had kept no secrets from each other, except that the little old woman had a shoe box in the top of her closet that she had cautioned her husband never to open or ask her about.

For all of these years, he had never thought about the box, but one day, the little old woman got very sick and the doctor said she would not recover.

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"Boy, I’d give anything to sink this putt", the golfer mumbles to himself. 

 

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Thinking the man is crazy and his answer will be meaningless, the golfer also feels that maybe this is a good omen, so he says, "Sounds good to me," and promptly sinks the putt!

 

Two holes later, he mumbles to himself again, "Gosh, I wish I could get an eagle on this one."

 

The same stranger is suddenly at his side again and whispers, “Would it be worth giving up another quarter of your sex life to make an eagle?"

 

Shrugging, the golfer replies, "Okay." And, amazingly, he makes the eagle. 

 

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"Definitely," the golfer replies, and sure enough he makes the eagle and wins the match. 

 

As the golfer is walking to the club house, the stranger walks along beside him and says, "I haven't really been fair with you because you don't know who I am. I’m Satan, and from this day forward you really will have no sex life at all."

 

“Nice to meet you," the golfer replies. "I'm Father O'Malley.”

 

Last year, I replaced all the windows in my house with those expensive double pane energy efficient kind. But this week, I got a call from the contractor complaining that his work had been completed a whole year and I had yet to pay for them.

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