January 26, 2016 Share your Memorial with Family & Friends
"He was always the Kid from Hamden? Jim was my oldest friend. We grew up together in Hamden, then a small town next to New Haven. It was a working-class town and proud of it. Our parents had lived through the Depression and taught us that ?money didn?t grow on trees?. They passed on values that we could live by?honesty, respect, hard work . To use a word not often heard now, decency. Living in the Pine Rock area of Hamden, we both went to Helen Street grammar school. Then on to Hamden High, nestled in an apple orchard, where we were blessed with enthusiastic teachers who taught us to learn. It was a kinder gentler time. Lots of mischief, no taste for malice. An example of our high jinx was soldering the metal shop teacher?s lunch box to a work table. Another was our stealth tactics, sneaking in to the local movie theaters. Our music: The Platters, The Ronettes, Elvis Our radio: Sky King, Sgt. Preston, The Shadow Our movies: Debbie Reynolds, Doris Day, Jimmy Stewart Our TV: Jack Benny, Bob Hope, Lawrence Welk Fun and Games: Pond hockey at Sanford Barn Skinny-dipping at Sleeping Giant Necking at East Rock ?Necking?? Talk about ?kinder, gentler times?! We lived them! Like many of us kids in Hamden, we were the first in our families to go to college. Jim invited me a DEKE house winter Carnival at Colgate which might well have been the inspiration for Animal House. We connected again in Boston where I met Jule who was the perfect life mate for Jim. Lots of parties and dinners in Boston and Marblehead! Jim went on to be an all-star stock analyst, regularly making the Wall Street Journal?s ?best? list. Fortune 500 companies fell over themselves to get a hearing with Jim Despite that big-deal environment ?he was always the Kid From Hamden?! He loved Hamden and the High School so much that he would not only go to reunions of his own class ?57 but those before and after his. A steadfast friend. For my 65th birthday , Jim presented me with A Hamden High football jersey. Instead of asking me for my number and thereby showing his hand, he went to the high school and spent hours searching over archives to find a picture of me with my jersey. I cherish that jersey as a reminder of the love that Jim put into it. God bless you Jim Dougherty!
Posted by Dick Barthelmes Hamden High ?56 on May 30, 2017
"We shared some good times as young couples in the 1960s. All our heartfelt condolences."
Posted by Dave and Betsy Seaman, Hamden 1950s and 60s on May 30, 2017
We were so sorry to learn of Mr. Dougherty's passing. He and his wife were patients in our dental practice since they came to the Brunswick area years ago. He was a devoted husband and a very caring man. I was the hygienist that was lucky enough to care for both Mr. Dougherty and Julia. I always looked forward to their visits and when Julia could no longer make it to the office, looked forward to seeing Mr. Dougherty and catching up with Julia as well. Rest in peace.
Posted by Michelle Moroney on May 30, 2017
Jim was an amazing, funny, kind man. I enjoyed my years working for him in his home in Brunswick which he loved to talk about and tell stories. We would joke on how the pictures and photos that lined the hall would always seem to be out of place needing to be straightened, it was the ghost of Mckeen St! He would talk adamantly of his beloved wife Julie and their times spent in Bethel and how he would look for her headlamp after a day spent cross country skiing. I missed Jim when he moved, but we occasionally talked by phone. Rest in peace great man.You will be missed.
Posted by Karn Aumick on May 30, 2017
As a room mate, fraternity brother, and business partner at Colgate and a condo owner at my resort in Bethel, Maine, I always appreciated Jim's incisive mind, sharp sense of humor and dedication to hockey, his longtime passion. He will long be remembered and missed by many.
Posted by Dick Rasor on May 30, 2017
Jim was a fellow classmate and Deke at Colgate with me. My late wife, Marcia, and I saw Jim and Julia whe he was at Wharton getting his MBA I the mid-sixties. Jim always loved Colgate hockey and as President of The Silver Puck Club, I very much appreciared his support of this most important Colgate sport. We had lost touch over the years but I was truly saddened to learn of his death. He was an all around good guy.
Posted by Jerry Quill on May 30, 2017
A memorial service will be planned for a later date. Please leave your contact information if you would like to stay posted on details.
Posted by Molly Dougherty on May 30, 2017
We communicated infrequently over the years, but communicate we did. We especially shared an interest in Irish history, which linked together our family histories. Visits as lads at his home in Hamden, CT and mine in Nutley, NJ, and much later as seasoned and, perhaps, cynical professionals at his home in Larchmont, NY, remain fond memories. I will indeed miss my cousin, Jim.
Posted by Richard Hutch on May 30, 2017James D Dougherty
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