E. James Szabo, 86, of Bluffton, died 8:40 a.m., Dec. 4, 2010 at the Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton. He was born April 15, 1924, in Elyria to James E. and Irma Kokai Szabo. On Sept. 24, 1949, he married Jean Ann Steinman and she survives.
Mr. Szabo retired from Pella Window and Door in 1994 and managed Steinman Lumber Company in Bluffton. A graduate of Baldwin-Wallace College, he was a violinist in the Lima Symphony Orchestra for over 40 years where he had been concertmaster, played in the Simon String Quartet and was a member of the music faculty at Bluffton College.