James Ellroy Ostlie Fleck

James Ellroy Ostlie Fleck "Jim" "Jimmy" "PopPop", age 77, of Suwanee, GA passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, July 23, 2016 surrounded by his wife and family. Jim was a loving husband and loving caring father. Jim was a First Degree Knight in the Knights of Columbus following his father John C. Fleck who was a Grand Knight. He is an active member with St. Monica's Catholic Church. He truly enjoyed spending time with his grandchildren. Jim was born in Virginia, Minnesota, preceded in death by two sets of parents, Catherine Rosandich and Ellroy S. Ostlie; John C. Fleck and Agnes M. OBoyle Fleck, and his brother, Richard Fleck. Survived by wife of 47 years, Elizabeth J. Murry Fleck; daughters, Beth J. Fleck, and Laurie A. Fleck Sulflow; grandchildren, Heaven A. Sulfolw and James R. Sulflow; siblings, John N. Fleck, Rochester, MI, Sheryl A. Fleck Westmoreland, Monroe, NC and Sister Agnes Fleck, Benedictine Order. Many other nephews, nieces and other family members. Jim graduated from North Dakota State University with a Bachelor's Degree in Engineering. He served in the National Guard. He was Sergeant E5 in United States Army stationed in Bad Neustadt, Germany. He worked for Honeywell for 33 years as an International Director of North American Projects. In his spare time he liked to play cards (poker) with his friends. He enjoyed taking his grandson, Jimmy shooting and enjoyed taking his granddaughter, Heaven to dances. He enjoyed being a soccer coach to his grandchildren's teams and attending all of their sport events. In his retirement years his hobbies included cooking, avid reader, being a craftsman furniture builder, creating architecture drawings and all facets of home building. Jim's favorite story to tell his grandkids, were stories about his dog Lucky. He'd always start the stories with "Where Lucky was white, Sassy is Black (comparing Lucky with their current dog Sassy) and then go into funny stories about his favorite dog Lucky. We'd like to thank St. Monica's parish, Flanigan Funeral Home, and Georgia National Cemetery. Flowers can be sent to Flanigan Funeral Home at 4400 South Lee Street, Buford, GA 30518. A celebration of Jim's life will be held at Flanigan Funeral Home on Tuesday, July, 26, 2016 between 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Bring your stories and any other contributions you'd like to share about Jim. The mass will be held on Wednesday, July 27, 2016 at St. Monica's, 1700 Buford Highway in Duluth, GA 30097 at 11:00 a.m. with Father Jack Durkin to serve as celebrate. Following mass will be procession to Georgia National Cemetery, 1080 Veterans Cemetery Road, Canton, GA 30114 for the military burial. We hope you can join us. To express condolences, please sign our online guest book at www.flaniganfuneralhome.com. Arrangements by: Junior E. Flanigan of Flanigan Funeral Home and Crematory, Buford, GA (770) 932-1133.