This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: O'Brien, Cape, Almquist, Barrett, Pech, Carlson, Hanelley Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SRB.2ACE/11819 Message Board Post: PJ: 12/22/1966: James O’Brien, 70, of 132 Weeks St., a former city policeman, died in the Fenton Park Nursing Home at 5:45 a.m. today, December 22, 1966. Mr. O’Brien was a traffic officer for the Jamestown Police Dept. for 26 years prior to his retirement from the force in May, 1953. Following his retirement as a policeman, he was employed as a guard at the Marlin-Rockwell Co., division of TRW Inc., Jamestown plant until 1960. A resident of Jamestown since 1926, he was born in Punxsutawney, Pa., Aug. 6, 1896, a son of James and Anne Cape O’Brien. Mr. O’Brien attended the Zion Covenant Church and held memberships in the Kendall Club, the Jamestown Fraternal Order of Eagles and the Chautauqua County Deputy Sheriff’s Association. His wife, Mrs. Olga Almquist O’Brien, died July 11, 1952. His son Maj. Paul J. O’Brien was killed in action Dec. 1, 1943 in Burma in an air engagement as a pilot with the 14th Air Force in China under the command of Gen. Clair Chenault. The major was graduated from West Point June 11, 1941 and was a member of the West Point football teams. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Paul E. Barrett, Jamestown; a grandson, James P. Barrett, Jamestown; two granddaughters, Mrs. Bruce Pech, Cambridge, Mass.; and Miss Judy Ann Carlson, New York City; a great granddaughter, Kristen Pech and a sister, Mrs. Lawrence Hanelley, Punxsutawney. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in the Lind Funeral Home. The Rev. Eldon H. Johnson, pastor of the Zion Covenant Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Lake View Cemetery. PJ: 12/24/1966: There are many Jamestowners who can think back 13 and more years ago to recall Jim O’Brien, the popular city traffic policemen who could be both stern in his handling of the cars at the intersection of Main and Third Streets and still a good natured and smiling friend with a friendly wave for all who passed. He also served at Main and Second Streets to show he played no favorites. His death on Thursday in the Fenton Park Nursing Home recalls him and his important part in the lives of so many who passed his corner. Jim O’Brien was a Jamestown policeman before the city had traffic lights but whether he was working with a light or not he had control of the traffic that passed and his control was largely due to the respect people had for him and his friendly enforcement of the law. The loss of his brilliant son, Major Paul J. O’Brien, in 1943 during an air engagement in Burma was a tragic loss to Officer Jim and the whole town seemed to mourn with him and his wife. While at West Point Major O’Brien had been a member of the football team and his sports career was closely followed by local friends. It was just 10 years after the death of his son that Jim O’Brien retired from the Jamestown police force. He had served for 26 years as a policeman and he was a good one. He made a host of friends in that time and many of them can still remember his smiling greeting either at the center of the busy intersection or along the sidewalks. There are many of us who are glad that we knew him.