James Edward Palm

James Edward Palm, age 78 of Vancouver, WA, passed away on Friday, December 2nd of natural causes. James was born on August 29, 1944, to Edward Oscar Frances Palm and Elizabeth Lavonne Bultman in Wisconsin. After James graduated from High School, he attended a vocational school for college. James spent the majority of his life working for Boeing in Seattle, WA as a welder for 11 years, and later on as a tool designer for the company another 17 years, until he retired in 2005. There was a period of time when James lived in California as a surfer and made beautiful hand carved gunstocks and surfboards near the local beach. In 1968, James met Charlee Theresa Pond at Stevens Pass Lodge in Washington and married May 1, 1968. James Edward Palm and Charlee Theresa Pond went on to have one child, Amy Lou (Palm) Fulton. They divorced January 1, 1971. In 1975, James met Cathy L. Bingham in Wenatchee WA. at a local coffee shop. Cathy previously had two children of her own, Robert and Laura Watne.? James and Cathy married June 1st, 1996.? They divorced June 1st, 2003, but loved each other and remained together throughout their lives, settling in Vancouver, WA. James is best known for being a master craftsman and firearms specialist. Over his lifetime, if he wasn't at the gun range, he would be busy creating all kinds of artwork, wood carvings and furniture. He was an alpinist, having climbed many difficult peaks in the Pacific Northwest. Having a great love for the outdoors, the family recalls his instant ability as a child to pick up ice skating and water skiing on the nearby lakes of his hometown. He was known to be a "hot-dogger" snow skier, performing complex aerial flips and spins. He took full advantage of Puget Sound region by scuba diving in his younger years and sea kayaking on the weekends as he got older. James also had a love for animals, especially the ferrets he owned while living a quiet life. As a young child, he raised a fox pup, a flying squirrel and a crow from finding them in the woods. James was predeceased by his father Edward Oscar Frances Palm who passed away in 1976 and his mother Elizabeth Lavonne Bultman who passed away in 1989. James is survived by his sister Donna Pratt, his daughter Amy Fulton and grandson Kent Fulton who are still alive, as well as his ex-wife Cathy, whom he loved, his two stepchildren, Robert and Laura Watne, and step-grandchildren Kyle and Logan Watne.

James Edward Palm

August 29, 1944 - December 2, 2022