James L. "Jim" Tonne of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, died the evening of September 21st, 2025 at Methodist Medical Center in Oak Ridge, TN. Jim was born in Shawano, Wisconsin in 1936. Even as a child, Jim was curious about all the things mechanical and electrical. He earned his amateur radio license while a sophomore in high school and his commercial radiotelephone operator's license while a senior. After college and a two-year stint in the military came a half-century of working in the engineering ...
