JAMES W. STICKLE of Yuma, AZ formerly of Bay City, MI died October 10, 2011 at the age of 85. He was a licensed funeral director for over 52 years, working at W.A Trahan Funeral Chapel in Bay City; RG & GR Harris Funeral Homes in Detroit; The Ira Kaufman Chapel in Southfield; A.H. Peters Funeral Home in Grosse Pointe Woods; Haley Funeral Directors in Southfield; Ross B. Northrop Funeral Home in Redford and retired from Johnson Mortuary in Yuma. He was a graduate of the Wayne State College of Mortuary Science.