James Alfred Share, of Brodhead WI, passed away at the age of 94 on September 22, 2024, at the Monroe Hospice Home. 

Born on August 16, 1930, Jim was the youngest of the three children of Max and Edythe Share, Max was the proprietor of Share City Service, a fuel oil delivery business, and Edythe worked as a nurse.

Jim graduated from Monroe High School in 1949, where he lettered in football and track & field (pole vault and hurdles).

In 1951, during the Korean War, Jim was drafted into the U.S. Army. He worked in aircraft maintenance and was stationed in Japan.

After the Army, Jim pursued a degree in forestry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on the GI Bill, beginning his lifelong love for the Badgers. It was there, in front of the Memorial Union, that he met the love of his life, Mary Hein, in 1953. They married on June 30, 1956, at St. Rose Church in Brodhead, starting a life together that spanned more than six decades.

In 1957, they moved to Mary’s hometown of Brodhead, WI. Together, they built a home on 7th Avenue in 1960, where they raised six children— Sue, Laura, Cathy, Sally, Mike, and Stephen—and where Jim would reside for the rest of his life.

With a young family to support, Jim abandoned his quest for a degree in forestry and instead took a job at Beloit Corporation. Later, with the offer of higher pay, Jim went to work at General Motors in Janesville, until his retirement in 1988.

Jim is preceded in death by his parents, Max and Edythe (Sturzinger) Share, and sisters Ruthella Flannery and Maxine Helland. He is survived by his wife Mary (Hein) Share, and children Suanne (Kurt) Reed of Fort Atkinson, WI; Laura (Eric) Bingner of Fort Atkinson, WI; Catherine (James) Butts of Fort Atkinson, WI; Sally (Brad) Saunders of Brodhead, WI; Michael (Rose Courie) of Winston-Salem, NC; and Stephen (Melanie Kranz) of Middleton, WI, along with 13 Grandchildren and 16 Great-Grandchildren.