{"id":424295,"date":"2026-08-05T08:02:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T08:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/424295\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T08:02:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T08:02:08","slug":"james-hearn-san-diego-union-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/424295\/","title":{"rendered":"James Hearn \u2013 San Diego Union-Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\t\t\tJames Hearn \t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tOBITUARY\t\t<\/p>\n<p>James Robert Hearn passed away peacefully in his sleep on June 22, 2026. Born in Wilmington, DE to James Guley and Loleta Elsie Hearn, Jim graduated from Wilmington High in 1950 and enlisted in the Navy, serving for 30 years. Jim married his beloved wife, Charlotte, on Nov 23, 1957 and shared 53 years together until her death in 2011. With their 3 daughters, Jim and Charlotte settled in Mira Mesa in 1978. In 1980, Jim retired as a CWO-4 and graduated from Miramar College with an A.A. in Management, receiving his M.A in Human Behavior from National University in 1987. In 1995, Jim completed the Retired Senior Volunteer Patrol Program and served for 30 years with RSVP Mira Mesa\/Scripps Ranch. For his dedication to the community, the San Diego City Council proclaimed July 1st as \u201cJim Hearn Day\u201d in 2014 and he was named Mira Mesa Town Council\u2019s 2015 Volunteer of the Year. Jim\u2019s extensive time volunteering also included the SDPD Museum, Balboa Park, Mira Mesa Little League, AYSO, and Boy Scouts. He enjoyed supporting San Diego sports teams, reading, and the casino. Jim was a wonderful and loving son, brother, husband, father, and (great) grandfather. He is survived by his daughters Janet and Laura, his grandchildren, his great-grandchildren, and his great-great-grandchildren. Predeceasing him are his daughter Kim, wife Charlotte, sister Ruth, and brother George. There will be a Celebration of Life on Sunday, August 30th, 12-3 pm at the Mira Mesa Senior Center.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"James Hearn OBITUARY James Robert Hearn passed away peacefully in his sleep on June 22, 2026. Born in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":424296,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[74,76,75],"class_list":["post-424295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=424295"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424295\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/424296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=424295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=424295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=424295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}