{"id":1946,"date":"2020-05-28T06:04:30","date_gmt":"2020-05-28T10:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/?p=1946"},"modified":"2020-05-28T06:04:30","modified_gmt":"2020-05-28T10:04:30","slug":"obituary-notice-james-e-jim-scofield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/?p=1946","title":{"rendered":"Obituary Notice &#8211; James E. &#8220;Jim&#8221; Scofield"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FORESTVILLE:\u00a0 James E. &#8220;Jim&#8221; Scofield, 71, of Dye Road, Forestville, passed away Thursday, May 21st, 2020 at the Dunkirk Rehabilitation &amp; Nursing Center, Dunkirk, following a lengthy illness.\u00a0 He was born in Buffalo, on May 8, 1949, the son of the late Edwin A. and Rosemary (Fix) Scofield.<\/p>\n<p>James was a graduate of Lancaster High School and was a private first class in the U.S. Army, serving as a Medic during the Vietnam War.\u00a0 He worked as a Filter Operator for the Erie County Water Authority in Sturgeon Point, for 25 years, retiring in June 2004.<\/p>\n<p>Survivors include his wife Theresa (Monin) Scofield of Forestville, whom he married on September 20, 1976, in the Town of Villenova and two sisters, Linda Sturm, of Cowlesville; and Margaret Dauman, of Dennison, TX.\u00a0 Private funeral services will be held with Military Honors from Riles &amp; Woolley Funeral Home in Forestville, with Rev. James Witherington, Jr., Hospice Chaplain, officiating.<\/p>\n<p>The family suggests memorials may be made to Chautauqua Hospice &amp; Palliative Care, 20 W. Fairmount Avenue, Lakewood, NY 14750.\u00a0 To post condolences or memories go to www.rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Usflag.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1218\" alt=\"usflag\" src=\"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Usflag.gif\" width=\"102\" height=\"76\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Army.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-941\" alt=\"Army\" src=\"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Army.jpg\" width=\"78\" height=\"77\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Army.jpg 163w, https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Army-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 78px) 100vw, 78px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FORESTVILLE:\u00a0 James E. &#8220;Jim&#8221; Scofield, 71, of Dye Road, Forestville, passed away Thursday, May 21st, 2020 at the Dunkirk Rehabilitation &amp; Nursing Center, Dunkirk, following a lengthy illness.\u00a0 He was&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1946"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1946\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1947,"href":"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1946\/revisions\/1947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}