\t\t\tJames Gerald Ames \t\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\tOBITUARY\t\t<\/p>\n
James Gerald Ames of Jefferson Twp passed away Thursday, November 27th at St. Mary \u2018s Villa Nursing home, Elmhurst Pa peacefully into the arms of his Savior, Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n
\nJim was born on August 20th, 1941 in Hornell, NY. Son of Gerald Ames and Virginia (Rollins) Ames. Jim was a graduate of Canaseraga High School in NY. He went on to serve 4 years in the US Navy. He also graduated from Philadelphia College of Bible Seminary in 1971 and obtained an associates degree at Rochester Community College in NY. Jim worked as a salesman for Prudential for many years and also the retail shoe business. In his retirement he also worked at Weis Market in Hamlin, PA. Jim was a member of Light of Christ Church, member of the Gideons Ministry, and a friend of Bill W.<\/p>\n
\nHe also enjoyed soccer, baseball, basketball, golf, hunting, gardening, and reading the bible. He loved everyone around him and wanted them all to feel Christ\u2019s love! Jim was marked by his undeniable strength and fortitude in everything that he did.<\/p>\n
\nSurvivors include his ex wife\/best friend Sandy, Jefferson Twp, children, Tim, Jefferson Twp, Scott Jefferson Twp, sister Judith Lenton, and several neices, nephews and cousins. He was preceded in death by his sister, Jacqueline Rathburn.<\/p>\n
\nOn January 24th, 2026 a visitation will be held at 10:00 AM, a celebration of life service at 11:00 AM and a luncheon to follow at Light of Christ Church in Mount Cobb.<\/p>\n
\nIn lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Light of Christ\u2019s Church or the Gideons Ministry.<\/p>\n
\nHis family would like to thank the staff at the WB VA Hospital ICU, the WB General Hospital PAM unit, the East Mountain WB Geisinger Hospital (3rd floor) and St. Mary\u2019s Villa in Elmhurst for their expert and compassionate care.<\/p>\n
\nJames Gerald Ames<\/p>\n
\nNovember 27, 2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"James Gerald Ames OBITUARY James Gerald Ames of Jefferson Twp passed away Thursday, November 27th at St. Mary…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":66594,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":{"0":"post-66593","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-scranton","8":"tag-scranton","9":"tag-scranton-headlines","10":"tag-scranton-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66593"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66593\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}