James J. "Jim" Gasser, 25, of Rt. 1, Monticello, died at 4:02 a.m. Dec. 11, 1992, in the emergency room of Wishard Hospital in Indianapolis.  He died from injuries sustained in an automobile accident in Indianapolis.

  Born June 1, 1967, in Fairmont, Minn., he was the son of Rev. Ellis K. and Joanne Accola Gasser of Rt. 3, Delphi.  His marriage was on May 9, 1992, in Delphi, to Tina M. Johnson.
  He was a 1985 graduate of Delphi Community High School and a 1989 graduate of Purdue University.
  For the past three months he had been a Farm Bureau insurance agent with the White County Farm Bureau in Monticello.
  Following his college graduation, he was the assistant manager for the Pizza Hut on the levee in West Lafayette, working there for more than two years.  He had worked at Indiana Beach for nine years, and was ride supervisor the last four years.
  While in high school, his activities included National Honor Society, Hi-Y, band, and drama.  He also was very active in Carroll County 4-H.  He was a 1984 delegate to Hoosier Boys State.
  At Purdue, he was a member of Chauncey Cooperative.
  He was a member of First Presbyterian Church of Delphi where his father is pastor.
  Surviving with his wife and parents are one brother, John P. Gasser, a sophomore at Franklin College; and his maternal grandmother, Ione Accola of Prairie Du Sac, Wisc.
  Services were Monday at the First Presbyterian Church with Rev. James Rankin and Rev. David Smook officiating.  Burial was in Bedford Cemetery, Monon.  Horn Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
  Memorials may be made to the First Presbyterian Church of Delphi.
 
Obituary notice taken from the Carroll County Comet, Wednesday, December 16, 1992