James D. Seese passed away suddenly on Friday, April 1, 2011, of severe pancreatitis. Jim was a potato farmer near Alamosa, Colorado for 32 years and retired in Tucson, AZ full time after selling the farm in 2003. He is survived by his wife, Patty; daughters, Kathy Seese-Kirlin (Travis), Jennifer Seese, Jamie Zene (Matt). He also has a brother, Larry (Marty) from Surprise, AZ. He has six grandchildren, Aaron and Alyssa Seese, Victoria and Olivia Kirlin, and Trenton and Kinsey Bratz. Jim was a member of the Tucson Rotary Club and an avid fly fisherman. He also enjoyed playing golf with all of his buddies and shooting skeet. A Celebration of Life will be held at Desert Skies Methodist Church on North Houghton Rd. at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 9, 2011. In lieu of flowers, his family requests donations to the Tucson Rotary Club's Reading Seed Program at 3900 E. Timrod Street, Suite 4, Tucson, AZ 85711. Arrangements by ADAIR FUNERAL HOME, Dodge Chapel. - Arizona Daily Star