James "Jim" Wendell Cogswell

James "Jim " Wendell Cogswell passed away Sept. 25, 2024.

He was born in Spokane, Wash., on Sept. 15, 1941 to Jack and Elsie Cogswell. He grew up on the family farm in Espanola, Wash., where he had many great memories with older brother, Warren, and younger, brother, Darrell, and sister, Janice.

Jim and his brothers spent much time as young men working on cars out on the farm. Jim had a '69 Ford Fairlane and Darrel had a Ford Mustang. The boys used those cars to race against each other.

Jim graduated from Medical Lake High School in 1959 and then attended Eastern Washington University to pursu...