John Hamm

Funeral Mass for James J. Hamm, 74, of Shawnee, was Saturday, Nov. 28, at St. Joseph Catholic Church. Burial was in Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Kansas City, Kan.
Mr. Hamm died Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009.
He was born Nov. 9, 1935, in Kansas City, Kan., the son of Reginald and Ann Poplauski Hamm.
Mr. Hamm served in the U.S. Army and was stationed in Germany. He retired from Proctor & Gamble after 38 years.
He was a member of the  P&G Retirees, Lithuanians of America, and St. Joseph Catholic Church. 
Survivors include his wife of 52 years, Mary A. Hamm; five children, Charles (Sheila), Gail O’Connor (Walter), Kenneth, Timothy (Lori), and Kevin (Theresa); 12 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Ann Marie Borusheski and Charlene Hamm.
The family suggests memorials to the Parkinson Foundation or Catholic Charities, sent in care of Amos Family Funeral Home, 10901 Johnson Drive, Shawnee, KS 66203.