Jim Arbuckle
Historian and cyclist Jim Arbuckle, son of legendary San Jose historian Clyde Arbuckle, died in a biking accident in the Willow Glen neighborhood. According to Sukhdev Singh of Foxworthy Gas & Repair at the corner of Foxworthy and Meridian avenues, around 11:40 a.m. a man waiting at the bus stop saw Arbuckle pass by on his bicycle and then fall off.
Arbuckle, 72, lived in the home his father built in the southern area of Willow Glen on Franquette Avenue. A San Jose native, Arbuckle inherited his love of cycling from his father, a championship bicycle racer who participated in the 1924 Olympic trials. The younger Arbuckle cycled competitively in his early years, and often won the Northern California District Championship.
Arbuckle also shared his father's passion for the preservation of San Jose history belonging to several local historical preservation clubs including the Mountain Charlie Chapter 1850 of E Clampus Vitus. Arbuckle was heavily involved in the organization his father founded, History of San Jose, as well as Preservation Action Council of San Jose, and was the former president of the California Pioneers of Santa Clara County.
He also completed his late mother's work on the history of women in San Jose, publishing the finished book in 2003. Arbuckle traveled extensively in Europe, riding his bicycle where he could. Arbuckle is survived by his sister, Susan, of Toronto, Canada.
Humbug number 2 in 1975 of the Mountain Charlie Chapter 1850 of E Clampus Vitys.
Historian and cyclist Jim Arbuckle, son of legendary San Jose historian Clyde Arbuckle, died in a biking accident in the Willow Glen neighborhood. According to Sukhdev Singh of Foxworthy Gas & Repair at the corner of Foxworthy and Meridian avenues, around 11:40 a.m. a man waiting at the bus stop saw Arbuckle pass by on his bicycle and then fall off.
Arbuckle, 72, lived in the home his father built in the southern area of Willow Glen on Franquette Avenue. A San Jose native, Arbuckle inherited his love of cycling from his father, a championship bicycle racer who participated in the 1924 Olympic trials. The younger Arbuckle cycled competitively in his early years, and often won the Northern California District Championship.
Arbuckle also shared his father's passion for the preservation of San Jose history belonging to several local historical preservation clubs including the Mountain Charlie Chapter 1850 of E Clampus Vitus. Arbuckle was heavily involved in the organization his father founded, History of San Jose, as well as Preservation Action Council of San Jose, and was the former president of the California Pioneers of Santa Clara County.
He also completed his late mother's work on the history of women in San Jose, publishing the finished book in 2003. Arbuckle traveled extensively in Europe, riding his bicycle where he could. Arbuckle is survived by his sister, Susan, of Toronto, Canada.
Humbug number 2 in 1975 of the Mountain Charlie Chapter 1850 of E Clampus Vitys.
Jim Arbuckle
Historian and cyclist Jim Arbuckle, son of legendary San Jose historian Clyde Arbuckle, died in a biking accident in the Willow Glen neighborhood. According to Sukhdev Singh of Foxworthy Gas & Repair at the corner of Foxworthy and Meridian avenues, around 11:40 a.m. a man waiting at the bus stop saw Arbuckle pass by on his bicycle and then fall off.
Arbuckle, 72, lived in the home his father built in the southern area of Willow Glen on Franquette Avenue. A San Jose native, Arbuckle inherited his love of cycling from his father, a championship bicycle racer who participated in the 1924 Olympic trials. The younger Arbuckle cycled competitively in his early years, and often won the Northern California District Championship.
Arbuckle also shared his father's passion for the preservation of San Jose history belonging to several local historical preservation clubs including the Mountain Charlie Chapter 1850 of E Clampus Vitus. Arbuckle was heavily involved in the organization his father founded, History of San Jose, as well as Preservation Action Council of San Jose, and was the former president of the California Pioneers of Santa Clara County.
He also completed his late mother's work on the history of women in San Jose, publishing the finished book in 2003. Arbuckle traveled extensively in Europe, riding his bicycle where he could. Arbuckle is survived by his sister, Susan, of Toronto, Canada.
Humbug number 2 in 1975 of the Mountain Charlie Chapter 1850 of E Clampus Vitys.
Historian and cyclist Jim Arbuckle, son of legendary San Jose historian Clyde Arbuckle, died in a biking accident in the Willow Glen neighborhood. According to Sukhdev Singh of Foxworthy Gas & Repair at the corner of Foxworthy and Meridian avenues, around 11:40 a.m. a man waiting at the bus stop saw Arbuckle pass by on his bicycle and then fall off.
Arbuckle, 72, lived in the home his father built in the southern area of Willow Glen on Franquette Avenue. A San Jose native, Arbuckle inherited his love of cycling from his father, a championship bicycle racer who participated in the 1924 Olympic trials. The younger Arbuckle cycled competitively in his early years, and often won the Northern California District Championship.
Arbuckle also shared his father's passion for the preservation of San Jose history belonging to several local historical preservation clubs including the Mountain Charlie Chapter 1850 of E Clampus Vitus. Arbuckle was heavily involved in the organization his father founded, History of San Jose, as well as Preservation Action Council of San Jose, and was the former president of the California Pioneers of Santa Clara County.
He also completed his late mother's work on the history of women in San Jose, publishing the finished book in 2003. Arbuckle traveled extensively in Europe, riding his bicycle where he could. Arbuckle is survived by his sister, Susan, of Toronto, Canada.
Humbug number 2 in 1975 of the Mountain Charlie Chapter 1850 of E Clampus Vitys.
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