Jacqueline A. 'Jacki' (Hamm) Gerbitz

MADISON-Jacqueline A. “Jacki” (Hamm) Gerbitz, age 71, of Madison Wisconsin, passed away on Tuesday, June 18, 2013, from cancer at Oak Park Place in Madison. She was born on June 18, 1942, in Bellingham, Wash., the daughter of Randall and Vivian Hamm. Jacki married Johnny Gerbitz on Aug. 28, 1963. She graduated from East High School in Salt Lake City, Utah , and received her teaching degree from the University of Utah. She taught math for several years in the Granite School District in Salt Lake City, Utah, before moving around the country with her husband while in the Federal Highway training program. The Family was permanently assigned to the Wisconsin Office in 1973. She stayed home to raise her children until they became school age. Jacki then took a bookkeeping/sewing/sales clerk position with Northwest Fabrics. She also made many quilted items and Christmas ornaments for a local craft fair for many years. In 1980, she started working for the State Bar of Wisconsin, and retired from their Publications Department after 25 years in 2005. She greatly enjoyed traveling, playing bridge/cards, the WOW group, quilting, and rubber stamping with family and friends. Jacki loved to follow and participate in all kinds of sports such as skiing, hiking, racquetball, volleyball, softball, and bowling. Jacki took some fabulous trips to National Landmarks, Europe, Hawaii, and Alaska; as well as annual trips with the WOWS, and to friends and families homes across the United States. She enjoyed High Power competitions and was a member of a Palma team which once set a women’s National Long Range record. Jacki was known to be genuine, unpretentious, fun loving, gregarious, and never met a person with whom she couldn’t be friends with. She is survived by her husband, Johnny; daughter, Julie Gerbitz-Goldsworthy (Brian) of Wisconsin; son, Jeff Gerbitz (Jane) of Wisconsin; brothers, Terry Hamm (Joyce) and his family of Oregon and Tom Hamm (Patch Polen) and his family of Oregon. She was preceded in death by her parents. A Celebration of Life is tentatively planned for Saturday October 19, 2013th. Please contact Julie at 608-695-2002 for more information. Online condolences may be made at www.gundersonfh.com. Gunderson East Funeral & Cremation Care 5203 Monona Drive (608) 221-5420 A Celebration of Life is tentatively planned for Saturday October 19, 2013th. Please contact Julie at 608-695-2002 for more information.