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NAPLES, Fla. - James Russell Bryden, 66, of Naples, Fla., Vermilion, Ohio, and formerly of Williamstown, passed away peacefully Sunday (Nov. 22, 2009) in Tampa, Fla., surrounded by his wife and children.

Jim was born Jan. 10, 1943, in Oberlin, Ohio, the son of the late Russell and Beatrice Bradley Bryden.

Jim enjoyed being with family and friends, playing golf, fishing, or meeting with friends to watch a game. He always looked forward to playing poker with his buddies. Jim was a member of the Marietta Boat Club. He loved boating, especially going on rendezvous. He also loved working with his friends at Triad Resources of Reno, Ohio, his second family.

Jim courageously fought Acute Myelogenous Leukemia and persevered with the loving compassion of two anonymous bone marrow donors. Because of their kindness he was able to celebrate eight years with his wife, watch his grandchildren grow, spend time with his friends and help advance the cure for blood related cancers.

He leaves behind his wife, Linda Bryden (Wingrove); daughter, Jennifer Butchko, and husband, Greg, of Vermilion, Ohio; son, Jeffrey Bryden, and wife, Wendy (Martin), of Moose Pass, Alaska; stepdaughters, Dara Holcombe (Delancy), and husband, David, of Grovetown, Ga., and Ashley Rine (Delancy), and husband, Terry, of Charleston, W.Va. Also surviving are six grandchildren, Jake, Danni and Macey Butchko, Cody and Casey Bryden and Brock Holcombe; his sister, Alice Joppeck, of Amherst, Ohio; and nieces and cousins.

Jim was preceded in death by his parents and his brother-in-law, Frank Joppeck.

Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday (Nov. 28, 2009) at the Marietta Chapel of Cawley & Peoples Funeral Home, 408 Front St., Marietta, with Patricia L. Peoples officiating. The family will be greeting friends beginning at noon on Saturday.

The family suggests that memorial donations could be directed to the Bone Marrow Transplant Research Fund at Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Institute, In Memory of James R. Bryden, Cleveland Clinic, P.O. Box 931517, Cleveland, Ohio 44193-1655, for the further advancement to finding a cure for blood cancers; or your time spent donating blood or platelets for the people still fighting this disease would be a wonderful contribution in Jim's honor.

Cawley & Peoples Funeral Homes offers online condolences through their Web site, www.cawleyandpeoples.com .