James "Jimmy" Ray Hatfield

Jimmy Hatfield, 59, of Malvern, passed away July 19, 2015 at the Hospice with Heart Home in Glenwood. As per Jimmy's wishes, cremation has taken place.

A celebration of his life will be held at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 22, 2015 at Fairview Hills Golf Course in Malvern. In lieu of flowers, memorials in Jimmy's name, are directed to the Fairview Hills Golf Course or to Hospice with Heart.

Loess Hills Funeral Home of Malvern assisted the Hatfield family with arrangements.

James Ray Hatfield, the youngest of four children of Dorothy Jean (Thomas) and Everett Percy Hatfield, was born on April 19, 1956 in Red Oak, Iowa. He grew up in Malvern, Iowa where he attended Chantry Elementary, Malvern Junior High and High School, graduating with the "Class of 1975". Jimmy worked for Standard Chemical Company in Malvern before going to school to become an electrician. He worked in the Omaha, Nebraska area as an electrician until 2005. Jimmy worked for Agriland FS in Malvern as a chemical spray operator until 2009. He became head groundskeeper at the Fairview Hills Golf Course in Malvern and was a familiar face to all who golfed there.

Jimmy and Shelly Miller were married on September 10, 1983 at St. John Lutheran Church in Mineola, Iowa. They were blessed with two children, Derrick and Jami. The couple divorced in 1997.

If anyone needed to find Jimmy, all they had to do was go to the golf course. He was fun loving, had a great sense of humor, a great guy to know, and a good friend to all who knew and loved him.

As Jimmy's health continued to decline, he was recently admitted to Hospice with Heart in Glenwood, Iowa. Jimmy passed away there on July 19, 2015 at the age of 59 years, and 3 months. He was preceded in death by his parents; and brother Larry Hatfield.

Jimmy is survived by his son Derrick Hatfield, and daughter Jami Bammer and husband Matt, all of Parker, CO; sisters, Linda Stortenbecker and husband Leo of Silver City, IA and Bonnie Hatfield of Malvern; niece Angie Slaughter and husband Chris and their boys of Glenwood; nephew Brian Stortenbecker and wife Kelly and their daughter of Silver City; ex wife Shelly Ross of Glenwood; and by his many, many friends.