James Ludwig Liese was born on July 15 1932 in Philadelphia PA to Ludwig and Anna (Kuhl) Liese. He was born hearing and speech impaired. He attended Pennsylvania School for the Deaf and graduated in 1951. His activities in school included football and printing. He often worked at Liese Sporting Goods (his father's store) on Market St in Philadelphia PA which was near the Benjamin Franklin Museum House. His parents owned a summer home in Ocean City NJ. During the summers he often worked as an ice man. He also spent time fishing and water skiing. After his graduation from high school, he worked for America Business Systems as a printer in Philadelphia PA. He met Miss Barbara Lee Pomicter and a short time later married her in Elkton MD. During the first part of their marriage, they lived in his parents home. They later bought a house in Riverside NJ. During that time, he worked for the Sentinel Ocean City newspaper, his son was born and he built a 14 foot boat from a kit. He then went back to America Business Systems in Philadelphia PA. In the early 1960's, he moved to Denver CO with his wife and son. There he worked as a printer for the Denver Post and took classes at Front Range Community College. He was also a deaf ski director for the Deaf USA Olympic Skiers competitions held in Europe. After he got a buyout from the Denver Post, he moved to Bradenton FL where he worked for Wellcraft boat builders and got a 33 foot CSY sail boat which he named the Silent Wanderer. After leaving Wellcraft, he took Barbara out on the boat several times, but never for any length of time. Barbara passed away in 1992 from breast cancer. After her death, he sailed to the Bahamas three different times with friends. They had no GPS at that time and used a compass to find their way. His first love was sailing, through thunderstorms, rain and lightening. He said that he had the wind in his heart. His high school yearbook said his ambition was to own a boat and live under the Florida skies. He moved to Colorado to be near his son, John, and two grandchildren. Here, he met Susan Marie Tomko Elstad. On December 24 1997, James married Susan in her Lakewood CO home. He taught American Sign Language, was an emission inspector, worked at the Post Office during the holiday season and did wood working in his spare time. Due to his age and the cost of maintaining the boat, he had to sell the Silent Wanderer. After his wife Susan retired, they moved to Florida where he loved to walk on the beach. James and Susan took cruises on cruise ships since he did not have his own boat any more. At 85, he died at their home in Boynton Beach FL on October 15 2017, due to complications with cellulitis and a blood clot in his leg. His body has been cremated, with expectations of half of his ashes going to the Colorado mountains and the other half going to the ocean. Per his request, there was no Memorial service.