Tonnia L. James Mrs. Tonnia James of Fox Run Drive in Saukville passed away at the age of 43 years on Sunday evening August 23 2009 after battling an antibiotic resistant lung disease that left her in need of a double lung replacement.nbsp; During her last days at home she had been surrounded with her loving family.nbsp; Tonnia was born in Cedar Rapids IA on April 20 1966 daughter of Ronald E. and Laura L. Schmeider Goltz.nbsp; She grew up in the Iowa City / Amana area.nbsp; Ms. Goltz attended and graduated from the University of Iowa. On February 8 1997 she was united in marriage with Michael F. James in Elizabeth IL.nbsp; The couple moved to Saukville shortly afterwards. Tonnia had been employed as a recruiter or ldquo;headhunterrdquo; with Baker Tilly in Milwaukee for the last nine years. nbsp;Mrs. James was also an active member of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Grafton participating in the Board of Parish Education and the Board of Evangelism.nbsp; An avid NASCAR fan she and her family attended three or four races a year while she was still able to.nbsp; Her love of racing helped influence her son Joshua who became active in racing himself.nbsp; She supported her son in his sport spending many weekends at the racetrack.nbsp; Later she set up a Sunday School at the racetrack naming it KARTC (Kids Are Reaching Towards Christ) Ministries.nbsp; In her quiet time at home Tonnia enjoyed gardening and bird watching.nbsp; Mrs. James is survived by her loving husband Michael James of Saukville their son Joshua also of Saukville step-children Tyler of Thorton CO Jason (Jena) Allison and Stephen all of Janesville nbsp;her parents Laura (Steve) Rosenberger and Ronald Goltz both of Amana and parents-in-law Jimmy and Bettie James of Plattsburg MO.nbsp; She is further survived by 1 brother Jereme Goltz of Cedar Rapidsnbsp; 2 sisters: Brittany (Todd) Weiss also of Cedar Rapids and Abby Goltz of Waterloo IA 3 brothers-in-law: Erick (Lisa) James Billy James Both of Plattsburg MO and Goebel (Sherry) James of Edgerton MO nieces nephews other relatives co-workers and many friends.nbsp; Funeral Services will be held at 3PM on Wednesday August 26th at St. Paul Lutheran Church 701 Washington St. Grafton.nbsp; Rev. Chris Navurskis will officiate.nbsp; Tonnia will be laid to rest in St. Paul Cemetery Grafton. The family will receive friends at the CHURCH on Wednesday from 1-3PM.nbsp; Memorials in Tonniarsquo;s name are suggested to St. Paulrsquo;s Youth Group Renovation Project or The Milwaukee Rescue Mission. br /Service:br /pspan style=font-size: 18pt;span style=font-family: Georgia;span style=font-size: 12pt;Funeral Services will be held at 3PM on Wednesday August 26th at St. Paul Lutheran Church 701 Washington St. Grafton.span style=mso-spacerun: yes;nbsp; /span/span/span/span/pbr /Cemetery:br /pspan style=font-family: Georgia;span style=font-size: 12pt;St. Paul Cemetery Grafton/span/span/p