Jamie J. Pottebaum 1973-2011

POTTEBAUM, FREIBURGER, WESSELS, DEUTMEYER

Posted By: Cheryl Moonen (email)
Date: 1/20/2015 at 16:56:33

July 31, 2011 - Dubuque Telegraph Herald

DYERSVILLE, Iowa -- Jamie J. Pottebaum, 38, of Dyersville, died Thursday, July 28, 2011, at his residence as the result of an accident.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 2, at St. Francis Xavier Basilica, Dyersville, with the Rev. Noah Diehm officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. Monday, Aug. 1, at Kramer Funeral Home, Dyersville, where there will be a parish scripture service at 4 p.m.

He was born on Feb. 1, 1973, in Manchester, son of Donald and Connie (Freiburger) Pottebaum. He graduated from Beckman High School with the class of 1991 and attended Kirkwood Community College.

He married Angie Wessels on Oct. 20, 2001, at St. Francis Xavier Basilica in Dyersville.

Jamie was a creative artist who used his talents as the owner and operator of Distinctive Crete for 10 years.

Jamie enjoyed water skiing, golfing, hunting, fishing, camping with his family and generally being outdoors.

Surviving are his wife, Angie; two children, Alex and Callie; his parents, Don (Jean) Pottebaum and Connie Pottebaum, all of Earlville; siblings, Rick Pottebaum, of Earlville, Norm (Lisa) Pottebaum, of Dyersville, Jesse (Sara) Pottebaum, of Orlando, Fla., Marty (friend, Shawna Burkle) Pottebaum, of Earlville, and Julie (Mike) Deutmeyer, of Luxemburg; his mother-in-law, Cheryl Wessels, of Dyersville; brothers- and-sisters-in-law, Jim (Mary) Wessels, of Dyersville, Doug Wessels, of Phoenixville, Pa., Matt (Laura) Wessels, of Milwaukee, and Tracie (fiance, Joel Urmanski) Wessels, of Sheboygan, Wis.; and 11 nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his grandparents, John and Helen Freiburger and Emil and Calista Pottebaum; and his father-in-law, Richard "Breeze" Wessels.