Date : 01 Feb 2010
Location : Cedar Memorial Park, Cedar Rapids, IA
Timothy Robert Jamerson, 51 of Phoenix, formerly of Cedar Rapids, died Friday, Jan. 22 in his home. Memorial Mass will be 10 a.m. Monday at St. Pius X Catholic Church. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday at Brosh Chapel in Cedar Rapids, located at 2121 Bowling Street SW, with celebration of Life Service at 7 p.m. Private family inurnment will be held at Cedar Memorial Cemetery.
Tim was born Sept. 23, 1958, in Waterloo, the son of Robert and Glennes Burger Jamerson. He graduated from Columbus High School in Waterloo. He married June Burkholder on March 8, 1980, in Cedar at St. Patricks Catholic Church. He attended the University of Northern Iowa and received a degree in Education. While at UNI he was very active in Track and Field.
He was an All-American pole vaulter in 1979. Tim worked at Allen Motor Company and for Ar-Jay Center, both in Cedar Rapids. He moved to Phoenix in 2006 and worked as a respite care provider for United Cerebral Palsy of Central Arizona providing care for his nephew Nicholas Jamerson.
Tim is survived by his daughters Sarah (Justin) Zimmerman of Cedar Rapids and Stephanie (Derc) Albrecht of Ankeny; a grandson Jordan Zimmerman; his parents Bob and Glennes Jamerson, sisters Susan (Jack) Thayer, Kris (Jim) Wahl and Lori (Roger) Keegan; brothers Craig (Peggy) Jamerson and Paul Jamerson; 10 nieces and nephews and one great-nephew, all of the Phoenix, Ariz,. Area.
Tim was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents Harold and Bernice Jamerson and maternal grandparents Burton and Norma Burger, as well as his brother Robert Jamerson.
Memorials may be directed in Tim's name to United Cerebral Palsy of Central Arizona or the UNI Track & Field Department and can be sent to PO Box 10542 Cedar Rapids, IA 52410-0542.
Online condolences may be expressed to the family at www.broshchapel.com
Cedar Rapids Gazette - Jan 29, 2010