LAKEPORT, Calif. – Born June 3, 1937, in San Francisco, James (Jimmy) Frank Summers died Sunday, May 8, 2016, in Lakeport at the age of 78, a week after undergoing surgery for cancer of his right lung.

Shortly after leaving the city and arriving in Lakeport, at first to support his family's business, Jim became very active in banking and real estate, acting as manager, vice president and president for many local banks.

He eventually started his own mortgage brokerage from where he retired his suit and tie over a decade ago to pursue other interests closer to home.

Jimmy took great care in tending his home, his family and friends, not to mention taking a very active role in tending to this community. As a longtime member of Rotary and Chamber of Commerce, in his later years he was very proud to serve as chairman of the board for Sutter Lakeside Hospital.

Jim simply had a knack for business and people; he loved to make a deal and did so with integrity, through and through.

So many will miss his agreeable smile, shaking hands over coffee, over the sale of yet another one of his beloved cars or over loan papers putting them in their first home but may we all live more fully because of his touch upon our lives, showing us all better how to serve our families and community.

Neither his wife of 17 years, Janice Lee Summers, nor either of his children, Darlene Anne Cox or John Frank Summers, expected the news of his death so suddenly. "He really lived until he died," his family agrees. 

In addition to his wife and children he will be missed and survived by his grandchildren, Courteney, Jordan and Taylor Cox; and his stepchildren, Misha and Michael Cutburth.

Join us in honoring Jim's life and death by attending his viewing Sunday, May 15, from 2 to 4 p.m. with funeral services beginning at 11 a.m. Monday, May 16, both at Chapel of the Lakes, 1625 N. High St. in Lakeport.

Please come share your stories and love for our kind-hearted Jimmy at the reception to follow at the Havrilla's private residence located at 1620 Scotts Valley Road, Lakeport.

For further information contact Chapel of the Lakes at 707-263-0357 or 707-994-5611, or visit www.chapelofthelakes.com .