James Fernando Da Rosa was born in Kitchener Ontario on January 13th 1977.
Fond memories of his childhood included spending time with his grandparents of which his grandfather passed on to James his love of fishing and his grandmother passed on to him his love of large family gatherings around the dinning table. He spoke affectionately of his aunts & uncles who mentored him each in their own special way. The time James spent at his uncles auto body shop developed a life long passion of cars and family. So much so that he became a truck and transport mechanic and often could be found in the back yard or garage fixing anything he could. If he didn’t know something he would learn by any means necessary including u tube until he got the job done. Though he was never successful in finding checkerboard paint.
He had many good friends throughout his life that he treated as family. The first of those were his school buddies Tim and Paul who he always kept in touch with as he condsidered them brothers from another mother. James spent many hours talking hunting with Tim as it was a shared passion. When James or Jimmy as he was affectionately known moved to Saskatchewan he was blessed to go on many deer hunting trips on his wife’s family farm near Unity.
James family ties meant the world to him. His sister Tara and nephew T.C. held a special place in his heart. As did his step family of Steve, Nikki, Tara and Ryan who he was especially close with. To James family was a feeling that was thicker than blood.
When James saw his life heading down a dark path he decided to make the hard decision to leave Ontario and everything he knew to move to Saskatchewan for a fresh start. With Radville becoming home he blossomed into his dreams. He soon met and married the love of his life, Donna and together they created a life full of passion.
He realized his lifelong dream of owning a 1969 GTO judge to restore. He started his own trucking company a couple years ago to be his own boss and enjoyed the friendships he developed throughout the trucking industry. In his down time when he wasn’t working on a project James enjoyed time around the fire talking with friends. He also loved going to Donna’s family farm. Besides yearly hunting trips James loved hanging out with Donna’s family. Especially Shawn and Kelsey who had Uncle James wrapped around their cute little fingers. He was proud to be able to help out and learn about cows from his brother in law.
With that said James life can not be summed up in a few simple sentences. He was many things to many people but one thing is for certain.... that great big teddy bear of a man was all heart.
A Celebration of James’s Life will be held at a later date.
“Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, Love leaves a memory no one can steal”
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