Jim “Hust” Husting passed away on December 20, 2024. A celebration of life will be held on January 26, 2025.
Jim moved to Camano Island in December 2021 and joined SWS in January 2022. He is a graduate of the Class of 2022 and served on the Board of Directors as Co-Vice President then transitioning to treasurer in 2023.
Jim held a career in the turfgrass industry where he was a golf course superintendent for over 30 years, as well as an Adjunct Professor at Delta Community College, in California, where he taught Horticulture classes virtually.
“He was a pillar of the industry in this area,” said Lou Silveira, a former assistant to Husting at Woodbridge and now the club’s head superintendent. When Woodbridge had an opening for an assistant in 1998, Silveira knew immediately after his interview that it was where he wanted to be.
“When I came here, I saw Jim had a presence in the industry,” Silveira said. “He was a go-getter. He was spunky. He was known as the ‘Poa dude’ because he grew it better than anyone else in the Central Valley. I knew right away he was the person I wanted to mentor me.”
Husting came to California in the early 1980s after earning a bachelor’s degree in Latin American studies in 1976 from Kent State University in Ohio. After discovering he could earn a living working outdoors on a golf course, he earned a technical degree in turfgrass management from Cal Poly in 1983.” – Posted by John Reitman, TurfNet
Read more about Jim’s life and legacy here and the Legacy page here.
Scott Chase, Jim Husting and Mary Gage at Camano Island State Park boat ramp on July 1st of 2023.
