James L. Ballinger, 82, of Cheyenne, died Thursday, March 2, 2017 at Cheyenne Regional Medical Center.
He was born February 21, 1935 in Springfield, Illinois, a son of Floyd L. and Flora Marie (Hayes) Ballinger. James received his schooling in Illinois. He married RuthAnn Pelham on October 7, 1956 in Springfield. They lived in various locations including Dallas, Texas where Jim was the Senior Vice President of Finance at Chase Bank. Following his retirement they moved to Mesa, Arizona where they resided for eleven years before coming to Cheyenne four years ago to be near their daughter.
James was member of North Christian Church. He enjoyed photography, golfing, singing and Church work.
Survivors include his wife RuthAnn of Cheyenne; daugthers, LeAnn (Ken) Hopkins of Cheyenne; Lora Boyden of Buena Vista, Colorado; four grandchildren, Chris Stump of Denver; Jesse (Shauna) Boyden of Leadville, Colorado; Amber (Mike) Royce of Buena Vista, Colorado; Jason (Nicole) Hopkins of Northglenn, Colorado and five great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
Memorial Services will be held on Saturday, March 11, 2017 at 11:00 a.m., at North Christian Church.
Cremation has taken place at Wiederspahn-Radomsky Chapel.