Jackie "Jack" Laverne Rampy Obituary (1936

Mr. Jackie "Jack" LaVerne Rampy, age 88 years, of Madison, Indiana, Jack L. Rampy, husband, father, grand and great grandfather, passed away on July 25,.2024. He was born July 21, 1936 in Edina, Missouri to Thelma Hayden Rampy and Glen Tyhurst Rampy. He was the eighth of 10 children with seven brothers and 2 sisters. He graduated from Edina High School and attended Kirkville State Teachers College (Now Truman State University) on a music scholarship. Jack was a hard worker all his life starting at the age of 16 when he traveled to California and worked inspecting vinyl records for RCA. Beginning the following summer, he traveled around the western U.S. doing demanding work in the oil fields. Jack enlisted in the Army in 1958 between the Korean and Vietnam Wars. He was fully vested after two years with the rank of staff Sergeant. After leaving military service, he then trained and became a store manager for P.N. Hirsch and Company, working for them for 29 years. His career began in Greenfield, Indiana and he worked in Attica, Warsaw and Madison, Indiana stores. Jack met his wife Carol Sue Warbritton while working in Attica and they married on December 30, 1961. They have two children- Jackie Armstrong and Jeff Rampy. While living in Attica, Jack founded the first chapter of the Jaycees and was appointed as the first president of that chapter. When P.N. Hirsh closed in the early 1970s, Jack moved on to work in retail with Walmart for the next 17 years. He retired from there but returned to retail work at Tractor Supply and then finally retired from retail after that endeavor. During his retirement years, he continued to work as a grounds keeper at various golf courses in the Madison and Scottsburg area. He ended his years of employment with the Prince of Peace School System as a maintenance supervisor, which he did for seven years. Jack attended various churches in his lifetime, but eventually made First Christian Church-Disciples of Christ Madison his home church where he sang in the choir, was an elder and served as the property committee chairperson. Jack enjoyed singing, was a "chronic" whistler, enjoyed a competitive game of golf, and flying his airplane. He relaxed during beach vacations with his family. Please Click Here to View the Video Tribute. Please Click Here to View the Funeral Service Recording A LOVING FAMILY Jack will be forever missed by his wife Carol of 63 years, his daughter and namesake Jackie Rampy Armstrong and her partner Jon M. Browning, and his son Jeff Rampy and his wife Katie. He will also be missed by his grandchildren Allison Armstrong and her partner Stephon, Matthew Armstrong and his partner Ashleigh Rae, Jenna Armstrong and her partner Drew Gibbs, Tylor and his wife Abby Rampy, Jarod Rampy and Cameron Rampy. He will also be missed by his great-grandchildren, Cohen, Payton and Emmitt. He will be missed by his former son-in-law Mike Armstrong and his brother Larry of Fort Madison, lowa. Lastly, he will be missed by his three sisters-in-law, two brothers-in-law, and many nieces and nephews all of which loved him dearly. Jack was preceded in death by his parents. Six brothers, and two sisters who passed down the traits for the foundation of a Rampy legacy of love. FUNERAL CEREMONY Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, July 31, 2024, at 11:00 a.m., by Bro. Bob Hicks at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centre, 325 Demaree Drive Madison, Indiana. Interment will be at a later date at the Indiana Veterans Memorial Cemetery, 1415 North Gate Road in Madison, Indiana with military honors provided by the Fort Knox Ceremonial Unit and the Major Samuel Woodfill Post No. 9 of the American Legion. VISITATION Friends may visit Tuesday, July 30, 2024, from 4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. and Wednesday, July 31, 2024, from 10:00 a.m. until the time of service at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centre, 325 Demaree Drive in Madison, Indiana. MEMORIAL EXPRESSIONS Memorial contributions may be made to the Hickory Creek Remembrance Fund. Cards are available at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centres of Hanover and Madison. Online condolences, remembrances and memorials can be left at www.morgan-nay.com Place An Online Donation To send a flower arrangement in memory of Jackie "Jack" LaVerne Rampy, please click here to visit our sympathy store.