Obit: Kampmeyer, Jamison N. #2 (1977 - 2012)

Contact: Robert Lipprandt

Email: bob@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Hackel, Hellyer, Kampmeyer, Meier, Suckow, White

----Source: The Tribune - Phonograph (Abbotsford, Clark Co., Wisconsin) Wednesday, March 7, 2012, page 16, column 1

Kampmeyer, Jamison N. (May 25, 1977 - March 4, 2012)

Jamison N. Kampmeyer, age 34, died in the line of duty, Sunday March 4, 2012, while fighting a fire at the Abbotsford Movie Theater.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held 11 a.m. Friday, March 9, 2012, at the Colby High School. Father Daniel Hackel will officiate. Burial will be in St Mary’s Cemetery, Colby.

Members of the Marathon County Sherriff’s Department, Colby Volunteer Fire Department and the Marathon County Honor Guard will serve as pallbearers. Visitation will be held from 4-8 p.m. Thursday, March 8, 2012, at the Colby High School, and again on Friday from 9:30 a.m. until service time at the high school. The Maurina-Schilling Funeral Home, Colby is assisting the family with arrangements.

Jamison was born May 25, 1977, in Superior, Wisconsin, the son of John and Patricia (White) Kampmeyer. He graduated from Colby High School and the UW River Falls, where he was also a member of the Phi-Sigma-Kappa Fraternity. Jamison then attended the NTC Police Recruit Academy.

On October 20, 2001, Jamison was united in marriage to Amy E. Suckow, at St Mary’s Catholic Church in Colby.

Jamison was currently a Detective with the Marathon County Sheriff’s Department, where he was a S.W.A.T. team member and Field Training Officer. Jamison represented the Sheriff’s Department as a regional member of the Midwest Tactical Officers Association. He was also proud to be a member of the Marathon County Sheriff’s Department Honor Guard.

Jamison was also a Lieutenant on the Colby Volunteer Fire Department where served as an EMT. Additionally, He was an Adjunct Defense & Arrest Tactics Instructor at NTC.
He was a member of St Mary’s Catholic Church, Colby.

Hunting and fishing were some of Jamison’s favorite pastimes.

He is lovingly survived by his wife, Amy Kampmeyer, Colby; children, Jack, Henry and Miles all at home. Parents, John and Patricia Kampmeyer, Unity, maternal grandmother, Dorothy White, Naperville, IL, sister, Suzanne Kampmeyer, Abbotsford, brothers, Patrick (Sara) Kampmeyer, Aurora, IL and Steven Kampmeyer, Prescott, WI. Father and Mother –in-law, Elly and Mary Suckow, Unity, Brothers –in-law, Todd (Quincy) Suckow, Sacramento, CA, Chris (Marxa) Suckow, Galveston, TX and Matt (Vanessa) Suckow, Altoona, WI, Nieces, Veronica Hellyer, Kayt Kampmeyer, Emerson, Camden, Emilia and Amara Suckow and Nephews, Alex Kampmeyer and Ethan Meier further survive Jamison.

Paternal grandparents, Ralph and Isabelle Kampmeyer and maternal grandfather, Leroy White preceded Jamison in death.

A memorial will be established in Jamison’s memory for an educational fund for the children.