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James (Jim) Elliott, BCom, died Sept. 12, 2016, aged 96, in Yakima, WA. Despite growing up during the Depression, Jim was able to attend Queen’s, albeit at great sacrifice to his family. As a new grad, he enlisted in the Royal Canadian Navy and, following his war service, moved to Yellowknife, where he opened a hardware store and met his future wife, Lee Weber Mason. His later career was spent in Yakima, in the hospitality/hotel industry. Backpacking, cattle-ranching, skiing and sailing were favourite pastimes. James was predeceased by his wife Lee in 2006, and is survived by his son Rand (Janis); daughter Kristin (Robert); stepson James (Aldene) Mason; four grandchildren and several great-grandchildren.