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Joan L. "Jody" Kamm (nee Chamberlain) passed away quietly on Maui, Hawaii on February 28, 2001. Jody spent her childhood near the shores of Puget Sound in then-rural Federal Way. She graduated from the University of Washington / Swedish Hospital School of Nursing in 1954, and was in Public Health nursing for the next 13 years. She was the perfect loving mother to her children, Heidi, Ralph, Jr. ("Buzz") and Jim, and was the perfect wife to her husband, Ralph. Jody had many interests and hobbies including skiing, tennis, sailing, flyfishing and rowing. She was also an avid reader. Her most important life-long hobby, however, was contract bridge and she was both a zealous and expert player. She was a member of Broadmoor Golf Club, the Lake Washington Garden Club and the Seattle Yacht Club -- with sailboat cruising being an important family activity for many years. Her personal warmth, sense of humor, and true concern for others won her many, many friends. She spent the last seven years with scleroderma, a debilitating disease, but she "never allowed herself to be defined by her illness" in the words of one of her close friends. Nothing in her life was ever as important to her as her enduring love for, and dedication to, her family. Her life added to the lives of others, and the memory of Jody will occupy a permanent and cherished spot in their hearts. In addition to her husband and 3 children, she is survived by her sister, Dorothy, and two grandchildren, Taylor and Sydney -- all of whom she loved very much. Memorials may be sent to the Swedish Hospital Foundation. (Obituary reprinted from the Seattle Times / Post Intelligencer) For more information about The
Scleroderma Society
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