Jim Wilusz, 86 years young and a life-long Toledo resident, lost his battle with bladder cancer on May 15, 2015 and is dancing his way to heaven. Jim was a 1947 graduate of Woodward High School. He then received his education degree from Purdue University and his Masters degree from the University of Toledo. Continue Reading
Jim Wilusz, 86 years young and a life-long Toledo resident, lost his battle with bladder cancer on May 15, 2015 and is dancing his way to heaven.
Jim was a 1947 graduate of Woodward High School. He then received his education degree from Purdue University and his Masters degree from the University of Toledo. He then returned to his alma mater as a teacher, ultimately becoming a coach of a variety of sports, Athletic Director and Boys Dean. After 40 years, he retired and started to embrace even more his other passions of golf and dancing. Jim was inducted to the Woodward High School Hall of Fame in 1990, and has been a loyal Woodward High School volunteer serving on the Hall of Fame Committee and many reunion groups.
Jim was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War. He most recently married Elma (Reddish), his loving wife of twenty years. He was previously married to Virgie (Jakubowski) for 36 years, who has been in heaven for the last 23 years.
Jim had a true gift of improving the lives of others; his family, students, players and all who waited to dance with the saddle-shoed man at The Elks. In addition to loving to dance, he was an avid golfer who remembered every hole he played and lived to play the game. He also enjoyed the flowers that he loved to plant in their yard during the summer months and the lights he enjoyed putting up outside during the Holidays.
In addition to his wife Elma he is survived by his daughter, Dana (Larry) Hooper, step-son George (LouAnn) Managhan and step-daughter Alyce (Jeff) Juby. Additionally, Jim has two grand-children Ashley (Adam) Hill and Bryan (Haley) Johnson. He was also blessed to have three great grand- children: Sean Kolling, Easton Hill and Emme Johnson. Their beloved dog, Benji, will also miss him greatly.
Visitation will be Monday, May 18th from 2:00 PM to 8:00 PM at the Urbanski Funeral Home, 5055 Secor Road, Toledo, Ohio 43623 where the Funeral Service will take place on Tuesday, May 19th at 11:00 AM. Cremation will follow.
Donations can be made to the Woodward High School Hall of Fame Committee or The Toledo Area Humane Society.
Arrangements entrusted to Urbanski’s Bedford Funeral Chapel, 8300 Lewis Avenue, Temperance, MI. (734)847-3841. Online condolences may be shared at www.bedfordfuneralchapel.com .
Dana and family this is your cousin Cheryl. I was unable to come to visitation or the funeral. I was so sad to hear of your fathers passing. My sympathies and best wishes are with you and your family.
To the family of Jim, I was so sorry to read of Jim's passing. You all have my deepest sympathies and condolences. I'm so sorry that I'm not driving any longer but I do wish to send to you all my condolences. I was teaching at Woodward from 1970 to 1990 and have many happy memories of those years but currently have a few restraints on some activities as I'm chasing 90. Best wishes to you all !!!
He was my favorite teacher at Woodward. Always struggled with math, until he became my teacher. He was a wonderful man.
One of the BEST teachers ever! Freshman algebra @WHS 1962/63. R.I.P.
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