James Patrick Dougherty Jr. went to be with the Lord on June 18th, 2022 after a courageous battle with cancer. While at his home in Sheridan, Texas, he passed away peacefully surrounded by his family. He was 73 years young. James was born in Chicago, IL. to James Patrick Dougherty Sr. and Margaret Synnovia Dougherty on September 28, 1948. He is one of seven children. The family lived in Chicago until moving to California when he was three years old.
Jim attended Rio Linda High School and graduated in 1967. After high school, Jim attended Sacramento City College. During that time, he was drafted to the Vietnam War. He proudly served his country in the United States Army. Jim was in Vietnam during 1969 through 1970. He served as an infantry Sergeant. During his time in Vietnam and while assigned to infantry, he engaged in battles in Da Nang, Pleiku, and Quy Nhon to name a few. Upon completion of his tour, Jim was honorably discharged from the Army.
After his tour in Vietnam, he came back to Sacramento, California where he met Debora Lynne. They were married on December 18th, 1971 and celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on December 18th, 2021. They lived in Sacramento while Jim worked in residential construction his entire career. Jim loved woodworking and had a gift for building things. He took great pride in his craft. Jim built his current home in Texas by himself. A beautiful, loving home at that. Jim and Lynne would go onto have two children, Dana and Jimmy. Their daughter, Dana Christine, was born in Sacramento in 1972 and their son James Patrick III, was born in Sacramento in 1973.
Jim was a wonderful, loving and devoted father and husband. He always taught us to stand tall, be proud and he always supported us throughout the many accomplishments and difficulties in our lives. Jim was an optimistic and positive person and his warm smile always brightened up a room. Jim was a generous man and would do anything to help another person. He made friends quickly and was a loyal friend always. Jim had a great sense of humor and he would bite the tip of his tongue and tears would fill his eyes when he had a good belly laugh. He always appreciated a good practical joke. To relax, Jim enjoyed watching his Clint Eastwood and John Wayne western movies. He took pleasure in enjoying a cold margarita and a sweet dessert as well. Jim fancied himself a coffee connoisseur. He considered his morning black coffee from McDonald's a delicacy paired with a locally made donut.
Jim was the quintessential loving son, brother, husband, uncle, father, father-in-law and grandfather. He adored his 3 grandchildren. Jim was known as "Pops" and "Papa" to his grandchildren and enjoyed family time with all of them. Jim was preceded in death by his parents James and Margaret Dougherty and his sister Elaine Dougherty-Langton (sons Mike, Rick and daughter Lori). Jim is survived by his wife Debora Lynne, (nicknamed her "Babe"), his daughter Dana Christine (son Nicholas and daughter Alexis -Peaches), and son James Patrick III (daughter-in-law Kimberly), (son James Patrick IV), brother Tom Dougherty (Elizabeth), brother Dennis Dougherty (Grace, daughters Brandi and Jennifer), brother Pat Dougherty (Mary, son John and daughter Lucina), sister Deborah Dougherty, sister Maggie Rivers (Marcus, son Robert and daughter Cinnamon). Jim is also survived by his grandchildren, Nicholas Austin Mohler, James Patrick Dougherty IV, and Alexis Victoria Mohler.
A memorial service will be held at Mount Vernon Memorial Park at 10:00 a.m. on July 8th, 2022, located at 8201 Greenback Ln. Fair Oaks, CA. Reception immediately following at VFW Post 6604. 1300 Forrest Street, Folsom, CA.
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