THE COMPLETE INTERACTIVE

James "Jimmy" Leroy Ammon Obituary

Aug. 10, 1927 — June 22, 2016

Jim Ammon, 88, of Salem died Wednesday, June 22, in his sleep at Avamere Court in Keizer.
Born in Albany to Henry and Mary (Theissen) Ammon, he was one of their 10 children; two died young.

He attended Scravel Hill Grade School and then transitioned to Albany Union High School where he finished ninth grade and high school in Albany, graduating in 1945. While in high school he won the State Farmer Degree in Future Farmers of America and the National Jr. Vegetable Grower.

Jim attended Oregon State University and graduated with a degree in agricultural education. He took one year and two terms off to save money to complete his degree. After graduation he taught biology and Future Farmers of America (FFA) for a few years in Corbett, Oregon. He was actively involved in agriculture in the Willamette Valley. In 1954 he went to work as a fieldman at Blue Lake Packers. In 1960 he took a position with Polk County Extension Service as an extension agent for two years. In 1962 he transferred to Marion County to work in the same role until 1967. In 1967 he went to work as the field superintendent for seven years at Blue Lake Packers/AgriPac. Semi-retired he continued to work summers at Stokely Van Camp and National Frozen Foods in Albany.

In 1945, he met Lois Larsen in Albany. They were married on Aug. 23, 1947. They had three children, Dawn, Bob and Jim; each had their own families.

He will be remembered was a warm and loving friend, husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather.
His survivors are Dawn Plotts and husband David of Mill City, Bob Ammon and wife Jane of Salem and James Ammon and wife Beth of Albany; grandchildren Ken and Melissa Allison, Krista and Kenny

Schade, Jamie and Shane Thurston, Kim and Mark Gayman, Nick and Dianna Plotts, Erin Smith, Tom and Jenny Ammon, Erik Ammon and fiancée Danielle Hayward, Ben Ammon, Chris Ammon and Ashley Camhi, and Anne Marie and Brian Wright; great-grandchildren Levi and Kinley Schade, Kodee Allison, Colin and Keilyn Thurston, Jordyn and Avery Gayman, Landon and Emma Plotts, Henry and Casey Ammon, Danté Ammon and LaDamian Wright.