James Edward Fagyal

James Edward Fagyal, 76, died Monday, October 5, 2020 at DePaul Hospital. Jim was a committed husband, father, father-in-law, grandfather, son, and brother. He loved fishing, hunting, and cooking for his family. He quickly earned and rightly deserved the respect and appreciation of those he met, supervised and served through his long career in law enforcement.

Jim was born on February 29, 1944, in St. Louis, to Alice and Stephen. Survivors include his beloved wife of 35 years, Nancy; one son, Andrew and wife Kate; one granddaughter, Josephine; and two nieces, Angela and husband Joseph and Grace and husband Stanley. Jim was preceded in death by his parents; his son, Daniel; his brother, Dean; and his sister, Audrey.

Due to COVID-19, a service will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to American Lung Association: https://www.lung.org/

 

 

10 Comments

  1. Angela and Joseph Van Leunen and Family on October 10, 2020 at 1:47 pm

    We will deeply miss our Uncle Jim and remember him always.



  2. Dorothy on October 10, 2020 at 3:32 pm

    My deepest sympathy my the Perpetual Light Shine on Him



  3. Candy Citrin on October 10, 2020 at 3:39 pm

    Jim was always a very kind person and will always be remembered! Prayers for comfort and peace!



  4. Lisa Pugh on October 10, 2020 at 4:08 pm

    Jim was always the kindest man. We loved him & will miss him very much.



  5. Stan and Grace Riggs on October 10, 2020 at 5:04 pm

    Uncle Jim will be deeply missed by our family.
    Continued prayers for you Nancy, Andy and Kate.



  6. Fr. Joe Weber on October 11, 2020 at 9:53 am

    My sincere sympathy to Nancy and all the family.



  7. Lisa Evans on October 11, 2020 at 12:04 pm

    My deepest sympathy for your loss. Jim was kind and genuinely interested in others.



  8. Bix Fisher on October 11, 2020 at 3:51 pm

    Jim was my training officer in 1978 when I started on the PD. We had some really fun and great times and some scary moments too. He gave me the basics I needed to be a good and respectful cop. I left the PD in 1985 and regret not keeping in touch. My heart felt sympathy to the family.



  9. Brian and Julie Hoffman on October 15, 2020 at 8:58 pm

    So sorry Nancy and Andy. We loved Jim!



  10. Craig Rettke on October 29, 2020 at 10:51 pm

    I met Jim when I was hired at the Police Department, in 1976. I was put on the same squad and have many, many memories from that. He was later promoted to the rank of Sergeant, and I again worked with him on his squad. Police work was difficult at times but my gosh, we had some fun times working together. He loved to fish and went with our squad on a fishing trip to Clearwater Lake in southern Missouri. I think he was the only one to catch any. We worked together until he retired. We had many long conversations covering everything from fishing, to hunting, to scouting and more. Very sad to hear this news. My thoughts are with his family.



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