Joseph D. Jamail

Joseph D. Jamail, 99, a well-known and well respected member of the Cambridge community, passed away Thursday, February 5, 2004 at the Cardinal House in Cambridge. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11:00am on Monday, February 9, 2004 at St. Benedict Catholic Church, Cambridge, with the Rev. Father Robert D. Borer and the Rev. Father Paul Hrezo officiating. Burial will be at Mt. Calvery Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 9pm on Sunday, February 8, 2004 at the Bundy-Law Funeral Home. The Rotary Club of Cambridge will conduct a Memorial Service at 7:00pm. A Christian Wake Service, conducted by Father Robert D. Borer, will be at 8:00pm. Joe was born in the Republic of Lebanon in the town of Wadeshaheen, on the 19th day of March, 1904, the son of the late David Aoun and Anna Dahdooh Jamail. He came to the United States on January 20, 1920 with his late brother, Louis Jamail, and has resided in Cambridge ever since. For 38 years he and his brother operated what was known as the American Restaurant on Wheeling Avenue. He retired from the restaurant business in 1958. Joe was a member of St. Benedict Catholic Church, Life Member of the Knights of Columbus, Life Member of Elk's Lodge in Cambridge, and Senior Member of Rotary Club of Cambridge, serving on the Board of Directors for 3 years. He was also a former member of the Cambridge Country Club and the Chamber of Commerce, serving on the Board of Directors for 3 years. He was proceeded in death by 2 sisters, Adele Bejani, and Mary Forallah, who lived in Lebanon; 3 brothers, Sam and Mike, both burried in Houston, Texas, and Louis, buried here in Cambridge, Mt. Calvery. He leaves 2 daughters, Mary Ann, Mrs. James T. Murphy, Georgianna, Mrs. Steve Soltis, 2 grandsons, Dennis J. Murphy, and Steven M. Soltis, all of Pickerington, Ohio. He is survived by 18 nieces and nephews, including Jocelyne Davis, Cambridge, Adele Elias, Roanoke, Va., Mimi Malouf, San Francisco, Ca., and John Jamail, of Cambridge. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Benedict Catholic Church, 714 Gomber Avenue, Cambridge, Ohio 43725 of Hospice of Guernsey, P.O. Box 1165, 9711 East Pike. Cambridge, Ohio 43725.

Joseph D. Jamail

March 19, 1904 - February 5, 2004