Obituary of Elzine Jamison

Graveside services will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, December 21st in Villisca Cemetery, Villisca, IA. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Oak Grove United Methodist Church or the Villisca United Methodist Church. Coffee & dessert will be served at the Villisca Community Building following the graveside service Amy Elzine Jamison, 101, of Oak Grove, Missouri, passed away Friday, December 14, 2018 at Oak Grove Nursing & Rehab. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, December 20th at the Oak Grove United Methodist Church. The family will receive friends from 1:00 p.m. until service time at the church. Graveside services will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, December 21st in Villisca Cemetery, Villisca, IA. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Oak Grove United Methodist Church or the Villisca United Methodist Church. Elzine was born July 12, 1917, in Adams County, Iowa, one of twelve children of Elias and Anna (Retland) Johnson. She was united in marriage February 27, 1938 to Floyd W. Jamison. To this marriage, four children were born, Connie Sue, Kenneth Kirk, Kaye Diette, and Kim Floyd. Elzine was a member of the Oak Grove and Villisca United Methodist Church, the Oak Grove Women’s Bridge Club, and the United Methodist Women. She was also a member of the Villisca Eastern Star, the Villisca Band Mothers, and was on the Board of the Good Samaritan Retirement Home. Elzine was preceded in death by her husband, Floyd in 1972; daughter, Kaye Wiese in 1999; her parents; and seven siblings: Gladys Johnson, Pearl Danielson, Earl Johnson, Orville Johnson, Kenneth Johnson, Wesley Johnson, and LaDonna Deitchler. Her survivors include daughter, Connie Melhorn (Hank) of Oak Grove; two sons: K. Kirk Jamison (Trula) of Lincoln, NE, and Kim F. Jamison (Kathy) of Briarcliff, TX; son-in-law, Paul Wiese of Gladstone, MO; seven grandchildren: Kristi Smith, Mark Melhorn, Matthew Jamison, Jonathan Jamison, Jason Jamison, Kane Jamison, and Kimina Jamison; nine great-grandchildren: Tyler Melhorn, Kayelee Smith, Connor Smith, Collin Smith, Annaliese Jamison, Eldon Jamison, Rosemary Jamison, William Jamison, and Ossian Jamison; one brother, Wayne Johnson of Corning, CA; and three sisters: Lola Hasselquist of Malvern, IA, Vernita Kruse of Mineola, IA, and Orla Jean Jackson (Roger) of Henderson, IA.