“He just had a huge zest for life,” Glenda Maxwell, his wife, said, remembering their travel- and adventure-filled marriage. Last week, Jim Maxwell, a 73-year-old father of two, died fighting the now 142,307-acre Falls fire in eastern Oregon when the single-engine air tanker he flew went missing. A massive search-and-rescue mission ensued, with firefighters, deputies from the Harney and Grant County sheriff’s offices and the U.S. National Guard looking for him. Jason Maxwell, Maxwell’s son and fellow fire pilot, had also been fighting fires that day in eastern Oregon. When he got the news around 6 p.m. that his father’s plane was missing, he joined the search. Read more at the link in our bio. 📸: Photo courtesy of Jason Maxwell #wildfires #jimmaxwell #obituary #easternoregon #oregon #theoregonian