Submitted by: Mary Jo Koran

SB 6/8/2001

James A. Dosman

Sept. 24, 1924 - June 6, 2001

James A. Dosman, 76, of Springfield, Ill., died at 5:21 a.m. Wednesday, June 6, in St. John's Hospital.

He was born Sept. 24, 1924, in Mishawaka, Ind., to the late John A. and Edith M. (Arnold) Dosmann.

On Jan. 20, 1973, in Worthington, Ohio, he married Nancy H. Stark, who survives. He is also survived by a brother, Charles A. (Dorothy) Dosmann of Mishawaka; a brother-in-law, O. Porter (Carol) Stark of Brentwood, Tenn; three sisters-in-law, Marge Dosmann of Cleveland Heights, Ohio, Helen Dosmann and Ellen Heaton Dosmann, both of South Bend; and by 35 nieces and nephews.

He was a member of Christ the King Parish and a member of American Legion Post #32. He was formerly in administration for the Illinois Department of Revenue, retiring in 1986. He was also an inventor with a U.S. patent on Jan. 26, 1999, on fluid power transmission for a turbo jet and a rocket power system, and held a patent on a vehicle gas turbine power system. He was a graduate of Purdue University, and was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force serving during World War II.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday, June 11, in Bisch Funeral Home West, 2931 S. Koke Mill Road, with Father David Lantz officiating. Friends may call from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday, June 10, in the funeral home. Interment will be at Camp Butler National Cemetery. Interveterans Burial Detail of Sangamon County will conduct military graveside services.