James Ralph Lathrop

James Ralph Lathrop (Col. Jim) was born December 1,1935, in Madison, Wis. He passed away peacefully June 9, 2015, surrounded by friends and family.

He was the sixth child of Ralph and Dessa Lathrop. He was baptized at the Congregational Church in Columbus, Wis. At the age of five, his family moved to Seattle. He graduated from Broadway High School in Seattle and earned his BA from the University of Nebraska at Omaha.

He later went on to complete many military schools while in service at the Pentagon and elsewhere. He served in the army during the Vietnam War, where he built a school for Vietna...