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John L. "Jack" Kamper, 74, of Highland, Ill., died Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2002, at St. Joseph Hospital in Highland.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Paul Catholic Church in Highland. The Rev. David Peters will officiate. Burial will be in St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery with military honors by Lee Iten Post No. 439, and American Legion and VFW Post No. 5694, both in Highland.
Mr. Kamper was born Dec. 20, 1927, at Palmer to John A. and Matilda "Millie" (Kunze) Kamper. He was raised in Palmer and graduated from high school in Grand Island.
He served in the U.S. Navy from Jan. 5, 1946, to Oct. 31, 1947. He was a ship machinist at Newport, R.I., U.S. Navy Training Station in the Atlantic. Following his discharge he worked as a land surveyor for the U.S. Bureau of
Reclamation in Nebraska. He worked as a machinist for the Cornhusker Army Depot in Grand Island and the Naval Ammunition Depot in Hastings. He then worked for the Mike Missie Base in Mead.
He married Wilma Elvira Corbeil on May 8, 1950, in Hastings. In 1966, he moved from Wahoo to Highland and worked for the Granite City Army Depot in Granite City, Ill. After it closed, he was transferred to the U.S. Army Aviation Systems Command in St. Louis until retiring in December 1982.
He enjoyed hunting, fishing, golf, gardening, dancing and playing cards, especially Euchre.
He was a member of St. Paul Catholic Church, Knights of Columbus Council No. 1580 and was a life member of VFW Post No. 5694, all in Highland.
Survivors include his wife; one son and daughter-in-law, Thomas and Debbie Kamper of Thomson, Ill.; three daughters and a son-in-law, Connie and Michael Seger of St. Jacob, Ill., Jolene Campbell of Springfield, Mo., and Joyce Kamper
of Highland; seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a son, David John Kamper; one brother, William Kamper, and one grandchild.
The Grand Island Independent (Nebraska), Feb. 15, 2002
John L. "Jack" Kamper, 74, of Highland, Ill., died Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2002, at St. Joseph Hospital in Highland.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Paul Catholic Church in Highland. The Rev. David Peters will officiate. Burial will be in St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery with military honors by Lee Iten Post No. 439, and American Legion and VFW Post No. 5694, both in Highland.
Mr. Kamper was born Dec. 20, 1927, at Palmer to John A. and Matilda "Millie" (Kunze) Kamper. He was raised in Palmer and graduated from high school in Grand Island.
He served in the U.S. Navy from Jan. 5, 1946, to Oct. 31, 1947. He was a ship machinist at Newport, R.I., U.S. Navy Training Station in the Atlantic. Following his discharge he worked as a land surveyor for the U.S. Bureau of
Reclamation in Nebraska. He worked as a machinist for the Cornhusker Army Depot in Grand Island and the Naval Ammunition Depot in Hastings. He then worked for the Mike Missie Base in Mead.
He married Wilma Elvira Corbeil on May 8, 1950, in Hastings. In 1966, he moved from Wahoo to Highland and worked for the Granite City Army Depot in Granite City, Ill. After it closed, he was transferred to the U.S. Army Aviation Systems Command in St. Louis until retiring in December 1982.
He enjoyed hunting, fishing, golf, gardening, dancing and playing cards, especially Euchre.
He was a member of St. Paul Catholic Church, Knights of Columbus Council No. 1580 and was a life member of VFW Post No. 5694, all in Highland.
Survivors include his wife; one son and daughter-in-law, Thomas and Debbie Kamper of Thomson, Ill.; three daughters and a son-in-law, Connie and Michael Seger of St. Jacob, Ill., Jolene Campbell of Springfield, Mo., and Joyce Kamper
of Highland; seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a son, David John Kamper; one brother, William Kamper, and one grandchild.
The Grand Island Independent (Nebraska), Feb. 15, 2002
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John L. "Jack" Kamper, 74, of Highland, Ill., died Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2002, at St. Joseph Hospital in Highland.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Paul Catholic Church in Highland. The Rev. David Peters will officiate. Burial will be in St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery with military honors by Lee Iten Post No. 439, and American Legion and VFW Post No. 5694, both in Highland.
Mr. Kamper was born Dec. 20, 1927, at Palmer to John A. and Matilda "Millie" (Kunze) Kamper. He was raised in Palmer and graduated from high school in Grand Island.
He served in the U.S. Navy from Jan. 5, 1946, to Oct. 31, 1947. He was a ship machinist at Newport, R.I., U.S. Navy Training Station in the Atlantic. Following his discharge he worked as a land surveyor for the U.S. Bureau of
Reclamation in Nebraska. He worked as a machinist for the Cornhusker Army Depot in Grand Island and the Naval Ammunition Depot in Hastings. He then worked for the Mike Missie Base in Mead.
He married Wilma Elvira Corbeil on May 8, 1950, in Hastings. In 1966, he moved from Wahoo to Highland and worked for the Granite City Army Depot in Granite City, Ill. After it closed, he was transferred to the U.S. Army Aviation Systems Command in St. Louis until retiring in December 1982.
He enjoyed hunting, fishing, golf, gardening, dancing and playing cards, especially Euchre.
He was a member of St. Paul Catholic Church, Knights of Columbus Council No. 1580 and was a life member of VFW Post No. 5694, all in Highland.
Survivors include his wife; one son and daughter-in-law, Thomas and Debbie Kamper of Thomson, Ill.; three daughters and a son-in-law, Connie and Michael Seger of St. Jacob, Ill., Jolene Campbell of Springfield, Mo., and Joyce Kamper
of Highland; seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a son, David John Kamper; one brother, William Kamper, and one grandchild.
The Grand Island Independent (Nebraska), Feb. 15, 2002
John L. "Jack" Kamper, 74, of Highland, Ill., died Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2002, at St. Joseph Hospital in Highland.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Paul Catholic Church in Highland. The Rev. David Peters will officiate. Burial will be in St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery with military honors by Lee Iten Post No. 439, and American Legion and VFW Post No. 5694, both in Highland.
Mr. Kamper was born Dec. 20, 1927, at Palmer to John A. and Matilda "Millie" (Kunze) Kamper. He was raised in Palmer and graduated from high school in Grand Island.
He served in the U.S. Navy from Jan. 5, 1946, to Oct. 31, 1947. He was a ship machinist at Newport, R.I., U.S. Navy Training Station in the Atlantic. Following his discharge he worked as a land surveyor for the U.S. Bureau of
Reclamation in Nebraska. He worked as a machinist for the Cornhusker Army Depot in Grand Island and the Naval Ammunition Depot in Hastings. He then worked for the Mike Missie Base in Mead.
He married Wilma Elvira Corbeil on May 8, 1950, in Hastings. In 1966, he moved from Wahoo to Highland and worked for the Granite City Army Depot in Granite City, Ill. After it closed, he was transferred to the U.S. Army Aviation Systems Command in St. Louis until retiring in December 1982.
He enjoyed hunting, fishing, golf, gardening, dancing and playing cards, especially Euchre.
He was a member of St. Paul Catholic Church, Knights of Columbus Council No. 1580 and was a life member of VFW Post No. 5694, all in Highland.
Survivors include his wife; one son and daughter-in-law, Thomas and Debbie Kamper of Thomson, Ill.; three daughters and a son-in-law, Connie and Michael Seger of St. Jacob, Ill., Jolene Campbell of Springfield, Mo., and Joyce Kamper
of Highland; seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a son, David John Kamper; one brother, William Kamper, and one grandchild.
The Grand Island Independent (Nebraska), Feb. 15, 2002
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