Kathleen Kamp

SUN CITY - Kathleen Kamp of Ortonville, Minn. formally of Sun City, Ariz. died due to complications of Alzheimer's on June 10, 2016. She was born Nov. 7, 1930 in Detroit Mich. She is the youngest daughter of Edith Doris Kamp. Other siblings include, Doris Bursheim of Ortonville, Minnesota, and Edith Fraser of Sandiway, England. Kathleen was a second mother and helped raise her two nieces, Kathleen Marihart of Madison, Minn., and Edie Barrett of Ortonville, Minn. As a young person, Kathleen lived most of her life in Mich. and then relocated to Ariz. in the early 1960s. She lived on Desert Forest Circle in Sun City, Ariz. from 1971 until 2008, when she moved to Minn. to be closer to family. Kathleen worked for many years with TWA reservations, she then became a travel agent. Her last career choice was as the social director at The Sun City Lakes Club, a private dining club. A shower of sympathy cards would be welcomed. Cards may be mailed to The Kamp Family at 741 Highland Highway, Ortonville, MN 56278. Cards will be forwarded to Edith Fraser in England. We will host a Celebration of Life at Lingonberry's in Ortonville, Minn. Lingonberry's is owned by Khedija Benaissa previously of Sun City and was Kathleen's coworker at The Sun City Lakes Club as well as good friend. This will be an afternoon tea, for family, friends, caregivers, medical personnel, and for those people in the public whose lives have been touched by Alzheimer's. We will host this later in the summer, the public invitation will be announced in The Ortonville Independent.