Services for James L. Fiedler, 61, of 1583N 250E, Logansport, will be held at 10 a.m. Friday in Fisher Funeral Chapel.
     Mr. Fiedler died at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, July 28, 2001, in St. Luke's Hospital, Jacksonville, Fla.
     Born March 23, 1940, in Logansport, he was the son of Lowell E. and Carol E. Forgey Fiedler. On Aug. 21, 1993, in Logansport, he was married to Jo Ann Rader, who survives.
     Jim pioneered the high-performance racing spring division at Rockwell International, now known as Matthew-Warren, where he worked for 42 years. He was instrumental in establishing their spring designs as the dominant spring throughout all classes of the auto racing industry.
     His professional associations include NASCAR, Indy Car, Formula One and SEMA.  (A picture of Jim and Dale Earnhardt, Sr. talking about racing and springs is available here.)
     Also surviving are three daughters, Kim Boster, Logansport, and Ronda Rader and Rozlyn Rader, both of Fort Wayne; one son, Michael Rader, Las Vegas, Nev.; and one granddaughter, Emily Boster, Logansport.
     Pastor William Art Maloney will officiate at the services.
     Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday in the funeral chapel.

~~~Pharos-Tribune Obituaries - July 31, 2001~~~

Fisher Funeral Home has an online obituary and a place to send codolences to the family for those too far away to attend in person. Condolences here.
 

    Jim had been waiting eight months for Mayos in Jacksonville, Florida, to call him for a liver transplant.  Throughout Jim's life, he had various blood transfusions because of his hemophilia, and through one of those transfusions, he contracted Hepatitis C.  Eventually he developed cancer in the liver and needed a transplant.  He underwent surgery on Monday, July 20, 2001, and was doing well until Friday when things took a drastic turn for the worse.  There were several problems and he died in the hospital in Jacksonville on Saturday morning, July 28.

More information will be available as it is received.  Bob Hardin...