Jamie Eyberg

Jamie Clay, son of William Leslie and Karen Kristine (Ruse) Eyberg, was born February 16, 1974 at Red Oak, Iowa. The family lived in Villisca for a short time before moving to Tabor where Jamie attended school. Jamie was active in 4-H and held a job at the local grocery store. After his graduation from high school in 1992 he attended Iowa State University studying education, english and creative writing. While at ISU he met Ann Frances Russmann. Ann Frances, daughter of Gary Lee and Jane Frances (Huse) Russmann was born February 24, 1976 at Harlan. She lived with her family in Avoca and started school at St. Joseph Elementary School in Neola. Ann then went to school in Avoca where she excelled in running in the track program. After graduating in 1994 she enrolled at Iowa State Universiy and met Jamie Eyberg. Jamie and Ann were united in marriage on July 27, 1996 at Avoca. They moved to Neola and then Council Bluffs where they bought their first home and completed their university degrees. Jamie finished his bachelor's degree at University of Nebraska at Omaha because Ann transfered to Creighton University where she earned her Pharmacy degree in 2000. Jamie worked in constuction for others and independently. Ann worked as a pharmacist at Walmart in Council Bluffs and Carroll before starting at Carroll Clinic Pharmacy. In 2001 they moved to an acreage south of Coon Rapids and into an old Sears Catalog home. When their daughter Kennedy Morgan was born they decided to double the size of their home and to match exactly the blueprint of the original home. They worked together to build and finish the interior of this addition. Observers would never detect, either in or out, the division between old and new. When their son Brendan Douglas was born in 2007, the decision was made for Jamie to remain at home and care for the children. Family was of utmost importance to Jamie and Ann and they both worked hard at whatever project was before them. On Saturday August 14, 2010, Jamie died as the result of an accident near their acreage south of Coon Rapids at the age of 36 years. Ann died the next day August 15, 2010, as a result of the same accident, at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines at the age of 34 years. Ann's gift of organs and tissue will benefit the lives of many others. Preceding them in death are Ann's father Gary Russmann in 2008 and her grandparents Albert and Lisle Russmann and Bernard and Mary Huse. They are survived by their children Kennedy and Brendan of Coon Rapids; Jamie's parents Bill Eyberg of Tabor and Karen Eyberg and special friend Ted Duchaine of Tabor; Ann's mother Jane Russmann of Avoca; Jamie's siblings and nieces and nephews: Melissa and husband Josh Gower and son Luke of Hannibal, MO; Jenna and husband Chris Esquibel and daughter Lannah of Overland Park, KS and Craig Eyberg and partner Mysti Brooks and their children Davian, Briar and Ronan of Council Bluffs; Jamie's grandparents Bud and Lorna Ruse of Randolph and Gene and Kathleen Eyberg of Atlantic; many aunts, uncles, cousins, other relatives and friends. Officiating Father Charles Huse, OAR Recorded Music "Sunrise, Sunset" from Fiddler on the Roof "Keeper of the Stars" Tracy Byrd "Forever and Ever Amen" Randy Travis Jamie's Casket Bearers & Honorary Casket Bearers Craig Eyberg Josh Gower Chris Esquibel Josh Vanderpluym Jerrod Enyart Charles Kock Brady Thomas Dan Johnson Ann's Casket Bearers & Honorary Casket Bearers Sarah Kock Colleen Hobus Kristi Nielsen Brenda Norton Nancy Eymann DeAnne Salerno Laurie McNeal Sarah Paladino Lisa Conklin