Jeannette, 78, a resident of Portland community, died Wednesday morning, October 23, 2024 at her home in Portland, Oregon.

Jeannette F. Kamp was born on June 13, 1946, in Hartford, Connecticut, to her mother, Florence Faust, and father, Samuel Faust. Two years into her life, Samuel, her father passed away due to colon cancer, which was attributed to his time in service at the Battle of the Bulge. This caused her family to move to Miami, Florida, to be closer to her grandparents. Her mother, Florence, remarried Anthony Lucyk and moved to Mountain Dale, New York, when Jeannette was ten years old.

From a young age, Jeannette found a love in caring for others, which is why in 1964, after graduating from Fallsburg High School in New York, she pursued a career in nursing. In 1968, Jeannette earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Miami in Florida. In the same year, she married Arthur Kamp, and they moved to Midland, Michigan, where she worked full time as a registered nurse. They soon volunteered to become foster parents before having children of their own.

In 1972, they welcomed their first daughter, Valerie, followed by Lorraine in 1979. During their upbringing, Jeannette showed support for their hobbies as a soccer and hockey mom, girl scout leader, pony club leader, 4-H leader, all while working with the youth at church and in her local community. She even started a girls’ hockey league that traveled all over the Midwest and Canada. Despite being heavily involved in the community and her children’s lives, she earned her master's degree in education and counseling in 1975 from Central Michigan University and later became a nursing instructor.

In 1997 Jeannette and her family moved from Michigan to Oregon. In the following years after the end of her marriage Jeannette remained dedicated to her career, family and building a new community in Oregon. In 1999, she joined Sunset Church in Portland, Oregon, where she began to volunteer.

In March of 2001, Jeannette adopted her son, Mark, a seven-year-old from Karaganda, Kazakhstan, whom she fell in love with during a summer program hosted by Orphan’s Overseas. Shockingly, just two years later at the age of 56 she was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. Despite her diagnosis, she still continued to work, volunteer in her community, and support Mark just as much as she had with Lorraine and Valerie. After 44 years of working as a registered nurse and teaching for 20 years, Jeannette retired in 2013. After retiring, she continued to volunteer in her community and cared for her grandchildren. She continued her fight against Parkinson's until her last breath.

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