James Richard Dunphy passed away peacefully at his home in Rathdrum, Idaho on January 15, 2014. James was born December 13, 1927 in Trenton, New Jersey. He married his loving wife, Amelia Ann on October 20, 1951. He served in the Navy during the Korean War training as a fighter pilot, but then was transferred to Radar Surveillance.He worked as a Technical Writer for General Dynamics Corporation (Convair) in San Diego, California; Clare Pendar in Post Falls, Idaho; Instrumentation Laboratories, American Sign & Indicator and Itron in Spokane, Washington; then as a Senior Technical Editor for Boeing and wrote Procedures for the nuclear clean-up in Hanford, Washington. He also had his own side businesses: "Moonlighters" Technical Writing & Editing and sold Real Estate for a period of time.He was a member of the Society For Technical Communication.James is survived by his wife of 62 years, Amelia Ann; sons Thaddeus (Irene) of Rathdrum, Idaho; Edward of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho; Michael (Heidi) of Monroe, Oregon; Christopher (Nicole) of Everett, Washington; and Francis (Belle) of Rathdrum, Idaho and daughter Sister Mary Tarcisius of Lafayette, Louisiana. Also, his sisters Eileen Small, Mary Ann Stokes, Kathy Marasco, Bernadette Alfrets and Joan O'Connor and brother Patrick Dunphy. He was preceded in death by his father, James and mother Bernadetta, his older brother Hubert Edward, and his younger brother Richard (Uncle Dick).He has 16 grandchildren; 6 great grandchildren and one on the way. James loved his Catholic Faith; holding to the Traditional practices and not the modern changes introduced at Vatican Two. He had a grotto built on his property in Rathdrum to honor Our Lady of Lourdes, and would spend hours there watching the birds frolic in the waterfall and praying the Rosary.He enjoyed classical music, raising rabbits, sailing, reading, gun collecting, and spending time with his children and grandchildren.