John R. Kramm

John Kamm Services: 1 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 30, Hugeback and Chenoweth Funeral Home, Nashua. Visitation: 5-7 p.m. today, Jan. 29, funeral home. NASHUA, Iowa -- John R. Kamm, 70, of Nashua, died Friday, Jan. 26, 2007, at Mercy Medical Center, in Mason City. The Rev. Carol Gailey will officiate the service. Inurnment will be in Evergreen Cemetery in Rudd at a later date. Memorials may be directed to the family. Mr. Kamm was born Jan. 26, 1937, in Rudd, Iowa, the son of John J. and Velma M. (Felix) Kamm. He graduated from Rudd High School in 1955. He served in the U.S. Army with HQ Co. 4th TTCC from Jan. 27, 1956, to Nov. 12, 1957. After leaving the service, he went to Iowa State University where he earned a degree in electrical engineering in 1963. He lived in Muscatine for a time then moved back to Rudd from 1968 to 1972. He then moved to Garner, where he worked for Garner R.E.C. for seven years as a surveyor. He married Carol F. Hundt Aug. 9, 1974, at the Little Brown Church in Nashua. They moved to Wilton in 1979 and he worked as an engineering technician for Stanley Consultants for 20 years, retiring in 1993. In 1994, he and his wife moved to t...[more]

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r present home in Nashua. He enjoyed fishing, camping, gardening, home projects, motorcycling and lecturing his children. He was a loving and caring husband, father and grandfather. He never gave up on life or those closest to him. He is survived by his wife; four daughters, Margaret Kamm of Wapello, Jacqueline (Cliff) Bohling of Solon, Melanie Paarman of Wilton and Julie (David) Schiele of Enoree, S.C.; 11 grandchildren, Kama Wollenhaupt, April Bohling, Matt Bohling, Danielle Pedersen, Brooke Rohde, Whitney Bohling, Caleb Paarman, Preston Paarman, Michael Schiele, Megan Schiele and Marcia Schiele; four great-grandsons, Mason Denny, Triston Trujillo, Ty Schiele and Demarco Dudley; two brothers, Robert Kamm of Pryor, Okla. and Marion "Jack" (Norma) Kamm of Charles City. He was preceded in death by his parents and one brother, Larry Kamm.