- Following a courageous battle with lymphoma, Jerome H. Kamps, 85, Beaver Dam, died on May 4, 2015. Jerry was born in Appleton, WI, on January 27, 1930. With an interjection of four years in the Air Force, he graduated from Lawrence University, Appleton WI, in 1956, and received an MFA degree in art education from the University of Wisconsin, Madison in 1963. He began teaching at the Beaver Dam High School in 1957, and retired in 1991.
He was a charter member and co-founder of the Beaver Dam Area Community Theatre and of the Beaver Dam Area Arts Association.
Jerry is survived by his wife Annette; children, Maureen (Art) Noe, Hartford; Colette (Steve) McLaughlin, Phoenix, AZ; Teresa (Greg) McCulloch, Baraboo; Jeremy Kamps (Trixie and her daughter, Sofia Kioko), Brooklyn, NY; his grandchildren, Jacob and Ryan Lawrence, Virginia and Grace Noe; and six step-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by son, Steven Jerome in 1967; parents, Harold and Virginia (Lally) Kamps; sister, Virginia (James) Groh, and brother, Richard (Josie) Kamps.
A Mass of Christian Burial for Jerry will be held on Friday, May 8, 2015 at 11:30 a.m. at St. Katharine Drexel Parish, 511 S. Spring St., Beaver Dam. Father Michael Erwin will serve as celebrant. Immediately following the Mass, a luncheon will be served at Mission Hall. Inurnment will take place at St. Patrick's Catholic Cemetery, Beaver Dam at a later date.
Visitation will take place on Thursday, May 7, 2015, from 5-8 p.m. at Cornerstone Funeral & Cremation Services, 135 Keller Blvd., Beaver Dam and also on Friday, prior to the Mass at church, beginning at 10:30 a.m.
Memorials may be directed to Beaver Dam Area Community Theatre, Beaver Dam Area Arts Association, Dodge County Historical Society, St. Katharine Drexel School, Hillside Hospice, or Cancer Research Center at UW-Madison.
Cornerstone Funeral & Cremation Services in Beaver Dam is honored to be serving the family. You may send private online condolences or sign the family's guest book at www.cstonefs.com.
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1930 - 2015 (85 years)
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