Cowlitz County WA Archives Obituaries.....Hamrick, Amel LaVern 	 	 February 19, 2006
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Published in The Daily News on 2/25/2006.  www.tdn.com/obits
 
Amel LaVern died of a heart attack on February 19, 2006.

He was born in Chehalis, Washington on June 19, 1937.He entered the U.S. Navy 
in 1956 to 1960. The husband of Joann Salee Ganfield and father of 3 sons, 
Timothy Mark, Wesley Scott and Richard Lee Hamrick. All of Kalama, WA.   His 
son Richard is deceased as of Feb.19, 2005, one year to date. Vern and Joann 
celebrated their 45th wedding anniversary the 8th of this month. They have 
lived in Kalama at 1303 China Garden Road for about 30 years . Vern was quite 
the "handy man"at home, he loved to "putter" and "build" in his shop out back 
of his house. He love to create mini combustion engines, and planned to enter 
his in the "Old Timers Historical Fair", in Matlock, WA. in May of this year. 
His latest was building a log splitter. Also he loved to fish and rock hunt, 
traveling in their motor home and camping by a lake. Before retirement, he 
worked at the Grain Elevators here in Kalama. Vern was always one to greet you 
with a big howdy and a smile. Vern was the eldest son of Elmer Wesley and Agnes 
Irene Gates Hamrick. His brothers surviving him are: Eldrid Sherman Hamrick of 
Orting, WA., Darrell Taft Hamrick of South Beach, OR., Elmer W. Hamrick Jr. and 
Jared Lee (Jerry) Hamrick of Kalama and one sister, Elwanda C. Sampson of 
Kalama. Two brothers who preceded him in death are Carlos Aaron and Edgar T. 
Hamrick. Vern has one grandson, Nicholas Mark Hamrick of Kelso. A Memorial 
Service date is not yet set, but will be at 1303 China Garden Rd. in Kalama. 
His friends and family are welcome. 

Our hearts mourn. 

John 11:25 Jesus said: I am the resurrection and the life, he that believes in 
me, though he were dead, yet shall he live. 	


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