As Earl William Hamm always said, "I started dying the day I was born. Earl started on June 19,1956 and completed the task on March 23, 2015 in Kuna, ID. I still have the two dollars that was given to me at my birth-so I can honestly say that I've never been broke a day in my life." Earl graduated from Council High School in 1974 and then graduated from ISU with a Diesel Mechanics Diploma in 1976. He worked in mining, on farm equipment, trucks, motorcycles, snowmobiles, lawn & garden equipment & chainsaws. He knew how to fix almost anything, and if he didn't know how, he'd figure a way around the problem. Earl also enjoyed his more than 10 years on the Desert View Subdivision's water-board. "I married the love of my life, Patty, in 1988 and have been deeply in love with her for more than 27 years now.". He always made his wife's heart beat a little faster when he entered the room, and sadden a little when he left. Like Biscuits and Gravy, they went together, he mused. He enjoyed traveling with Patty-where ever they might have ended up. "We saw more things accidentally than we ever planned to purposefully." Earl helped Patty raise her two sons and many foster sons, whom he considered his own. His life was greatly enriched by the love of these boys. His kids and grandkids love him dearly, and that love was returned to them many times over. Earl was a big kid who never really grew up. Patty was always scolding him for teasing/rough-housing with any kids who were around He was also extremely active in community service in the Kuna area, often spending several days a week working to get the local food-banks literally TONS of fresh produce. Earl was a firm believer in "Run what you brung." Meaning what God gave you should be good enough. It was always good enough for him. His chest puffed out a little when he heard the Star Spangled Banner and his eyes teared whenever he heard Amazing Grace played on the bagpipes. Earl was an avid fisherman, spending his last years seeking that monster sturgeon at Swan Falls. . He enjoyed spending most of his time with family and friends fishing, camping or BBQing on the family island. It didn't take much of an excuse to get together, eat and BS. Everyone always said that Earl was the biggest flirt they had ever seen, and he was proud if it. He always had all his nurses wrapped around his little finger and enjoyed pestering them as much as possible. In many ways Earl came to realize that having Marfan Syndrome was actually a blessing in disguise. Because of it, Earl and Patty never took a day for granted, not a moment. It was always in the back of their mind that this may be their last day, their last hour together-and they tried to make the most of it. They never waited "until later" to say how much their relationship meant, to say "I love you, I appreciate you, I admire you or I LIKE you. Earl is survived by his wife, Patty Wassmuth-Hamm, many sons, mother Frances Hamm, siblings Roy Hamm, Annette (Barry) McDaniel, Brenda Gerten and preceded in death by his father, Richard Hamm and brother Arnold Hamm. God looked around His garden And found an empty place. He then looked down upon the earth And saw your tired face. He put his arms around you And lifted you to rest. God's garden must be beautiful He always takes the best. He saw the road was getting rough And the hills were hard to climb, So He closed your weary eyelids And whispered "Peace be thine" It broke our hearts to lose you But you didn't go alone, For part of us went with you The day God called you home. - Pallbearers: Mike Bernier, Ben Bernier, Joe Downing, Billy Moyer, David Ireland, Dave Fisher, Tom Atwood, David Harrison. From Earl: Things I Love My Wife My Kids ALL my family Friends Fishing ICE COLD water Teasing Grandkids Forests Camping My animals Service: Friday, March 27, 2015 11:00 a.m. Kuna United Methodist Church 260 W. 4th Street Kuna, Idaho
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