James R. “Jim” Royal, 81, of Bluffton passed away on Friday, Jan. 27, 2023, at 6:55 p.m. at Lutheran Hospital of Fort Wayne. Jim was born on June 25, 1941, in Fowlerton, (Grant Co.) Ind. to Arthur and Alta (Rhodes) Royal. He married Bonnie S. James on Aug. 10, 1962, in Hartford City, Ind. Jim…