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Raymond Gustav Kamps

Male 1927 - 2017  (90 years)


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  • Name Raymond Gustav Kamps 
    Born 28 May 1927  Coleman, Marinette Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 28 Oct 2017  Greenville, Outagamie Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Riverside Cemetery, Menominee, Menominee Co, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I42133  Little Chute Genealogy
    Last Modified 30 Oct 2017 

    Father Louis William Jesse Kamps,   b. 15 Jun 1903,   d. 16 Apr 1985  (Age 81 years) 
    Mother Elsie Minnie Ida Behnke,   b. 12 Dec 1903, Grover, Marinette Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 01 Aug 1991  (Age 87 years) 
    Family ID F20165  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Beverly Ann Berg,   b. 03 May 1930, Menominee, Menominee Co, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 May 1989  (Age 59 years) 
    Married 21 Feb 1953 
    Children 
     1. Debra Rae Kamps
     2. Diane Kamps
     3. Doree Ann Kamps,   b. 17 Jul 1963,   d. 17 Jul 1963  (Age 0 years)
    Last Modified 21 Jul 2022 
    Family ID F14542  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Rose Marie Voss,   b. 21 Apr 1929,   d. 29 Jun 2018, Greenville, Outagamie Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years) 
    Married 06 Jan 1990 
    Last Modified 21 Jul 2022 
    Family ID F199478  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Notes 
    • Raymond Kamps, age 90, New London passed away on Saturday, October 28, 2017 atLiving Tree Estates, Greenville. Ray was bom on May 28, 1927 in Coleman WI, son of the late Louis and Elsie Kamps.

      Ray served his country in the US Amry during WWII. He was united in marriage to Beverly Berg on February 21, 1953. She preceded him in death on May 18, 1989. He married Rosemarie

      Martin on January 6, 1990. Ray and his four brothers worked for Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, making them the largest single family group working for NML at the time. Ray was a Charter Life Underwriter and a lifetime member of the Million Dollar Roundtable. Ray was a proud longtime member of the New London Rotary Club and received numerous Paul Harris Fellowship Awards. He founded the annual Rotary Tree Planting Project which over the years was able to plant hundreds of trees to beautify the New London area. He was also an avid outdoorsman.

      He is survived by his wife Rosemarie; daughters Debra (Bill) Fermanich and Diane (Bill) Riedl; a son Chris (Cherri) Berg; step-daughter Lisa Martin; step-son in-law Jim Jaeger; grandchildren, Christopher, Robert, Jessica, Crista, Cyndi, Caitie, Chad, Holly, Eric and five great-grandchildren. He is further survived by brothers and sisters, Louis Kamps, Gerald (Sally) Kamps, Roland (Sue) Kamps, Elsie (Hugo) Sandelin, Hilbert (Janice) Kamps, Ruth List, and Rita (Eddie) Van Sliedricht, sister-in-law, Lorraine Kamps, Joan Kamps, Sharon Kamps, Rita Berg, Sharon (Tom) Nueman, Lore Prien and brother-in-law, Greg Berg, David (Kathy) Peot, Guenther Voss.

      Ray was preceded in death by his parents, first wife Beverly, two infant daughters, infant granddaughter, four brothers, a sister, three brother in-laws and three sister in-laws.

      A memorial service for Ray will be held on Wednesday November 1,2017 at Trinity Lutheran Church, New London with Rev. Bil Sutlief officiating. Visitation will be held at the church on Wednesday from 9:00 until the time of service.

      In lieu of flowers donations to the Rotary Scholarship Fund would be welcomed.

      Cline & Hanson Funeral Home 209 W. Cook Street, New London, WI 920-982-3232