Dr. James Malcolm Hitch

Dr. James Malcolm Hitch
Born: June 08, 1925 Died: May 19, 2006
Dr. James Malcolm Hitch of Sequim died of age-related causes. He was 80. He was born in Lewistown, Mont., to Dorris Nelson and Rhoda Gilmore (Adriance) Hitch. Dr. Hitch served as a naval aviator from November 1943 to June 1949 and from November 1952 to November 1953. He married Marian Joan Jackson on Aug. 11, 1946, in Colorado Springs, Colo. As a doctor of veterinary medicine, he had a general practice at Malta, Mont., for more than 22 years. He also worked in federal veterinary meat inspection in Glasgow, Mont., and Idaho Falls, Idaho, for 10 years. Dr. Hitch was a member of the Association of Naval Aviators, American Veterinary Association, Montana Veterinary Medical Association and American Contract Bridge League. In addition to his wife, survivors include sons Michael Hitch of Bozeman, Mont., David Hitch of Boulder, Colo., and Dixon Hitch of Malta, Mont.; and son and daughter-in-law Mark and Maggie Hitch of Port Ludlow. Other survivors are daughters and sons-in-law A.C. Hitch-Schutt and John Schutt of Ferndale, and Adrienne and Robbin Wagner of Lewistown, Mont.; sister Barbara Anderson of Cooper Landing, Ala.; and four grandchildren. Dr. Hitch was preceded in death by brothers Quinlan Hitch and Charles Hitch, and sister Margaret Haight. Services: None. Drennan-Ford Funeral Home, Port Angeles, is in charge of arrangements. Memorials: Hospice of Clallam County, P.O. Box 2014, Port Angeles, WA 98362; or Boys & Girls Club of the Olympic Peninsula, P.O. Box 4167, Sequim, WA 98382.

James married Marian Joan Jackson on 11 Aug 1946 in Colorado Springs, El Paso Co., CO.¹ (Marian Joan Jackson was born on 23 Mar 1926 in Pueblo, CO ¹.)