Obituary of James Pitney

James PitneyJUNCTION CITY — A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. March 14 at the United Methodist Church in Junction City for James Bushnell “Jim” Pitney of Junction City, who died Feb. 14 of age-related causes. He was 89.He was born June 13, 1920, in Clatskanie to Clarence and Ellen Van Volkinburgh Pitney. He married Betty Zeller on Oct. 17, 1943, in Corvallis. She died in 2000. He married Betty Pipes in 2005. They divorced in 2009.He attended Oak Grove School and graduated from Junction City High School. He held a bachelor’s degree in agriculture from Oregon State University, graduating in 1942. He was a farmer, selling milk from the diary, and he operated a grass seed business.Survivors include three daughters, Alice Norris and Helen Kelley, both of Oregon City, and Nancy Pitney of Portland; a son, John of Eugene; a brother, Elvan of Sherwood; eight grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.Arrangements by Murphy-Musgrove Funeral Home in Junction City. Remembrances to the church or the Jim Pitney Memorial Endowment Fund, Education Together Foundation in Junction City.