James LuVern Kroll 52, of Anchorage Alaska passed away Monday, February 14, 2011 at Providence Hospital in Anchorage Alaska after a short but courageous battle with end stage liver failure. <\/p>\n
Jim was born on March 3, 1958 @ ST John\u2019s Hospital in Helena MT to Vern and Winona (Boe) Kroll. Jim was raised in Boulder Mt, and graduated from Jefferson High School in 1976. After graduation, Jim traveled and held various jobs before going to Anchorage in 1990 and worked for the US Postal Service. It was in anchorage where Jim met his future bride, Karen Kempton, and they were married on July 29th, 2000 in Helena MT. <\/p>\n
Jim was truly a free spirit and lived the way he wanted. He had a great connection with kids and animals, due to his huge heart and compassionate understanding. Jim was an avid fisherman and had many great times while “wetting a line.” <\/p>\n
His quirky sense of humor and unique vocabulary was sure to put a smile on the face of everyone he met and knew. Jim enjoyed long rides in the mountains, nicknames, his cats and birds, camping, the Seattle Seahawks, but most of all, family. One of his biggest joys was when his daughter Felicia was born, he loved being a dad. Even though Jim lived in Anchorage for the past 20 years Jim\u2019s final request was to be laid to rest in Montana which he’s always considered to be his home. Jim will be forever missed. (GONE FISHING) <\/p>\n
Jim is survived by his wife Karen of Anchorage; daughter, Felicia Kroll of Anchorage; parents, Vern and Winona Kroll of Boulder; brothers, Mike (Kristie) Kroll, John (Raylene) Kroll, Joey Kroll, Dan (Janna) Kroll; sisters, Verna Kroll and Lori Kroll. Jim is also survived by numerous nieces and nephews, whom he loved as his own and a very large extended family and abundance of friends who also brought enjoyment to his life. <\/p>\n
Funeral Mass will be 11:00 a.m. Saturday, Feb 26 at St. Catherine\u2019s Catholic Church, 214 S. Elder Street in Boulder. Viewing hours will be prior to the Mass beginning at 9:00 a.m. at the church. Burial will follow at Boulder Cemetery. A reception will be held in the Social Center of the church immediately following the burial service. In lieu of flowers donations may be given to the Jim Kroll Memorial Fund C\/O First Boulder Valley Bank P.O. Box 207 Boulder, MT 59632. Arrangements are under the direction of Anderson Stevenson Wilke Funeral Home, Helena. Condolences may be sent to the family by visiting: www.aswfuneralhome.com.<\/p>\n","photo":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/318918_profile_pic.jpg","youtube_video_url":"","family_email":"","family_first_name":"","family_last_name":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case\/768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/case"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}