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Joseph
Francis Jamison Sr. Age 92 of Wilmington, DE, passed away May
10, 2009. Joseph was born in Wilmington to the late
Robert and Margaret O Hara Jamison. A graduate of Wilmington HS and attended
the University of Delaware and Wharton School Pennsylvania. Joseph served in
the U.S. Army's 70th Field Artillery. The Co founder of Brandywine Nurseries
in 1946, he was formally the Forester for the City of Wilmington. One of the
founding Members of the Delaware Nursery and Landscape Association, Joseph
was inducted in to the DNLA Hall of Fame in 1995. He was an avid golfer and
loved to winter with friends in Florida. Joseph is survived by his children,
Joseph F. Jr., Brien and his wife Betsy, Ellen Kullman and her husband
Michael, all of Wilmington, DE and Mary Chris Parsons and her husband Jay of
Dove Canyon, CA. He is also survived by 7 grandchildren, Mathew Parsons,
Becky, Meg and Brien Jamison and Maggie, David and Stephen Kullman. He was
preceded in death my his wife Margaret; his sister, Eleanor and his brothers,
Robert and Francis. A viewing for Joseph will be held on
Wednesday, May 13, from 6-8 pm in the MCCRERY MEMORIAL FUNERAL HOME, 3924
Concord Pike, Wilmington, DE 19803. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held
on Thursday, May 14, at 10 am, in St. Joseph on the Brandywine Catholic
Church, 10 Old Church Rd., Wilmington, with interment in the adjoining
churchyard. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests
contributions to St. Thomas the Apostle RC Church, 301 N. Bancroft Parkway
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