Obituary of Jack Schlamp

SCHLAMP Jack. With his greatly saddened family by his side, Jack Schlamp passed away after a long battle with cancer on December 27, 2008. Jack was predeceased by his parents, Jacob and Helena; his brother, David; parents-in-law, Jacob and Katharine Knelsen; brother-in-law, Abe Berg; sister-in-law, Betty Knelsen; nephews, Jonathan Wiebe and Kenneth Knelsen; and great-niece, Amanda Janzen. Jack is survived by his wife, Janette, of 45 years and 13 days; son, Raymond (Roseann) and grandsons: Logan, Kelton, Dawson and Keegan; son, Randy (Tracey); son, Terry (Jackie) and grandchildren, Neasha and Theoren. Also survived by his sisters and brothers: Carol (John) Wiens, Gus (Marge) Schlamp, Minnie Berg, Marge Schlamp, Bernard (Pauline) Schlamp, Agatha (Neil) Neufeld, Betty (Bill) Ginter, Bill (Mary) Schlamp, John (Kathy) Schlamp, Phillip (Brenda) Schlamp, Cornelia (Bill) Funk, Anna (Bernie) Giesbrecht; and brothers and sisters – in-law: John (Nancy) Knelsen, Tina (Keith) Grose, Jake (Sally) Knelsen, Ed (Loreen) Knelsen, Marianne (Bob) Janzen; as well as numerous nieces and nephews. Jack was born on March 26, 1944 in Vanderhoof, B.C., Jack’s family moved to the Swift Current area in 1948 where their family grew to thirteen children. Jack and his siblings early years were spent helping on the family farm. He accepted Jesus as his Savior in his late teens. He met Janette in 1960 through friends and they were married in 1963. Jack worked in construction before starting his own company, Schlamp Construction, in 1967. Jack and Janette’s first son, Raymond was born in 1964, Randy followed in 1966, and Terry in 1974. As the boys were growing up they lived in several of the houses Jack built. Moving to the farm in 1979 marked their 10th and final family home. At this time he traded his tool belt for coveralls to start grain farming and later raising cattle. His interests included driving horses, collecting and restoring buggies and tractors and attending auction sales far and wide. His creative ingenuity brought many farm inventions and projects that either improved his operations or others. Jack was industrious, inquisitive, faithful, generous and enjoyed fellowship with family and friends. He was a dedicated loving husband, father and grandpa. His strong faith in God helped him through his pain and his trials. His quirky sense of humor was enjoyed by many and his interest in people was always focused into ‘twenty questions’ . . . or more! Jack will be sadly missed and remembered always. Memorial donations may be made to Gideon’s International. The Service Of Celebration Of His Life was held on January 2, 2009 at 2:00 p.m. at Bridgeway Community Church with Pastor Cliff Janzen officiating. The organist was Mary Henderson and the Song Leader was Carole Martens. The violinist was, Barry Dueck and special music was performed by Tim Orthner and Myron Hildebrandt. A Family Thank you was read by Jack’s son, Terry Schlamp. A Tribute was read by Jack’s brother, Ben Schlamp and a Eulogy was read by Herman Neufeld. The ushers were: Ed Froese, Richard Weetman, Pete Froese, Alden Westrom and Harv Martinez. The pallbearers were: Jake Schlamp, Ken Wiens, Ed Hofer, Darcy Neufeld, Perry Schlamp and Rob Schlamp. The interment was held at Hillcrest Cemetery, Swift Current, Saskatchewan. Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Parkside Memorial Funeral Home, Swift Current, Saskatchewan. For further information or to sign the family book of condolence visit our website parksidefuneralhome.com.