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LAFON -- James "Jim" Lowell LaFon, 91, a longtime Albuquerque resident, died on Sunday, June 21, 2009. He was born at home in Lelia Lake, TX in 1918 and grew up in Clarendon and Canyon TX during the Depression. His father, James Robert LaFon, was a farmer and his mother, Selma Edna LaFon was a housewife and teacher. Lowell came from a large family of six sisters and was the only boy. He learned to love fishing and being outdoors with his father, and attended public schools in Clarendon where he was an excellent student. Lowell was active in sports including golf and tennis and wrote for his high school newspaper. He graduated with a degree in business from West Texas State University in Canyon, TX and shortly thereafter enlisted in the Navy to serve in World War II. Lowell was an officer in the Navy and served in the South Pacific until the war was over. Following the war in 1946, he married Julia (Judy) Ann Kasinec from Masontown, PA and worked briefly for the U.S. Department of Labor before moving to Albuquerque in 1948, when he started a long and successful career as a real estate broker. During the next 30 years, Lowell and Judy raised four sons. He closed his business (American Agency Realty) in the mid 1970's and retired finding more time for golf, fishing, hiking, travel, and gardening, activities that his four boys also came to love. After Judy's death in 1981, Lowell met Roseanne Palmer who became his dear companion until his death. Lowell was a great dad and devoted husband who always had a quiet demeanor and met old age with grace and wisdom. Lowell died peacefully and according to his wishes, will be privately buried in Santa Fe National Cemetery next to his wife, Judy LaFon. He is survived by his sons, Scott of T or C, NM, Alan of Canyon, TX, Mark and wife, Leigh and their daughter, Christina of Denver, CO and Neal and wife, Joan and their sons, Maxwell and Weston and daughter, Calley of Franktown, CO, and Roseanne Palmer of Fullerton, CA. Lowell was preceded in death by his six sisters, Edna Mae Beville, Lynn Pope, Bernice Watters, Ruth Shanklin, Roberta Currie, and Bobbie Condron. Lowell was a kind and gentle man and will be fondly remembered by those he left behind. Friends may visit French, Lomas Location, Wednesday, June 24, 2009, 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Should friends desire, memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, 10501 Montgomery Blvd. NE, Suite 300, Albuquerque, 87111, Attn: Lorraine West. Please visit our online guestbook for Jim at RememberTheirStory.com French 10500 Lomas Blvd. NE (505) 275-3500
        Published on: Tue June 23, 2009