Obituaries

In 1976, he moved to Olney, where he went to work for Montgomery College, teaching fire science and English composition. In addition to running the fire science program, he helped set up the career center, where he tutored students in writing. He also appeared in community theater and as an extra in a 1980 film, "Raise the Titanic."

He received a second master's degree in 1990 in writing and literature from Goddard College in Plainfield, Vt., and he wrote more than 100 articles for newsletters and trade magazines. He attended a number of churches over the years, was ordained as a minister by Festival Church in Adams Morgan and returned to Heritage Christian Church in Silver Spring before his death.

He counseled prisoners in the Montgomery County Detention Center and a state prison in Jessup. He began working on a third master's degree in pastoral counseling at Loyola University, but did not complete the work.

His marriage to Janet Ulrich ended in divorce.

Survivors include two children, Jerry Ulrich of Jefferson, Md., and Lori Kaufman of Burtonsville; his mother, Madeline Maibach of Peoria; and five grandchildren.

Amos Towle CampPrinting Shop Owner

Amos Towle Camp, 76, owner of a Northern Virginia printing company, died of a heart attack Aug. 27 at Inova Fairfax Hospital. He lived in Annandale.

Mr. Camp was born in Columbus, Ohio, and grew up in Norfolk. After graduating from Davidson College in North Carolina in 1950, he served in the 82nd Airborne Division during the Korean War.

He lived in Norfolk, where he was a salesman, and then moved to Arlington in 1965. He was a salesman for a business record-keeping company until 1970, when he opened Camp Distributors, an Alexandria printing company that later moved to Falls Church.

He printed many church and civic newsletters, as well as the Graybeards, the official magazine of the Korean War Veterans Association. He retired in 1989.

As a longtime member of the Kiwanis Club, Mr. Camp supported the admission of women to the Kiwanis Club and printed documents advocating that cause. (Women were first accepted as Kiwanis members in 1987.)

In the 1980s, he led a Kiwanis lobbying effort in Congress in support of legislation providing reparations to Japanese Americans held in internment camps during World War II. He held several prominent positions in the Kiwanis Club in Northern Virginia.

Mr. Camp lived in Arlington before moving to Annandale in 1991. He was a Sunday school teacher and Bible study leader at Arlington United Methodist Church and later at Capital Baptist Church in Annandale.

He was a past commander of Post 225 of the American Legion in Falls Church. After retiring from the printing business, he was a sales representative of Pharmenex dietary supplements and Nu Skin skin-care products.

His marriage to Patricia Camp ended in divorce.

A son from that marriage, Stephen Camp, died in 2003.

Survivors include his wife of 16 years, Emelina R. Camp of Annandale; a daughter from his first marriage, Tracey C. Furman of Kensington; five stepchildren, Jose Maria Garcia, Jayne Redding and Jo Flood, all of Woodbridge, Janice Cana of Manila and Jem Sabado of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; two brothers; one sister; and 15 grandchildren.