Obituary of Lloyd Anthony Camp

Lloyd Anthony Camp, age 75, passed away peacefully on Friday, January 4, 2019 at Cape Canaveral Hospital Hospice in Cocoa Beach, Florida.  Lloyd was born on August 1, 1943 in Staten Island, New York to the late August Camp and Mary Fabrizzio.  He is survived by his spouse Theresa Camp.

He was a retiree from the NYS Commission of Corrections and Berkshire Farms in New York.  As a NYS retiree he and his wife moved to Merritt Island, Florida in 2015 to be with their daughter Michele who passed away in 2017.  They were so happy that they moved as they were able to spend memorable times with their daughter riding their bikes, going on cruises and of course enjoying her dad’s home cooking.

Lloyd served in the US Army for 3 years as a 95B (Military Police), including service in the Republic of Vietnam and separated as a Specialist 4 (E-4).  He had been a member of Rolling Thunder, Florida Chapter 1 and he and his wife enjoyed riding their Gold Wing Trike flying his 3×5 flags.  He was also a member of the VFW 4534 in Rockledge, Florida.  Tradition would be to meet Michele and have their hamburgers every Sunday afternoon which they all enjoyed.

In 1978 Lloyd built a house for his family from the wood on his property in Averill Park, NY.  He had friends in Averill Park that became a big family helping each other during the rough times.  His hobbies were gardening, woodworking, leather and arts and crafts.  His Christmas ornaments are very popular with family and friends.

He enjoyed the sunrise at Jetty Park and walking on the pier.  He looked forward to cruises, visiting NJ to see the grand daughters and their family and attending 911 in New York City in memory of Theresa’s brother Faust Apostol who was a fireman in Little Italy.

Military funeral services escorted by Rolling Thunder will be held in June 2019 at Cape Canaveral National Cemetery, 5525 US Highway 1, Mims, Florida.

 

The sunrise and the beauty of the beach

 

was always breathtaking.

 

Because we loved, there will be tears.

 

Because we laughed, there will be memories.

 

Because we lived, there is still joy.

 

Look for the angels in your life they

 

are everywhere.

 

I wait for the time when we can soar

 

together again, both aware of each other.

 

Until then, live your life to its fullest

 

I did it my way.

 

~~~~~~This memo was written by his wife Theresa to the Hospice Unit at Cape Canaveral Hospital~~~~~~

 

TO: The Hospice Unit

 

FROM: Theresa Camp

 

RE: Lloyd Camp

 

DATE: January 20, 2019

 

I would like to thank everyone in the Hospice Unit for taking special care of my husband Lloyd Camp during his stay from December 6, 2018 to January 4, 2019.

 

I want to give you a background of how we dealt with Lloyd’s cancer when he was diagnosed in April 2016 of Stage Four Lung Cancer with three months to live.

 

As New York State Retirees we moved to Florida in 2015 to be with our daughter but she passed away in 2017 and then our fight became even harder for us to pursue but we continued.

 

During our strong fight he was on chemo, radiation and Keytruda.  We were able to go to Las Vegas, Tampa, Bahama Cruises, our grand daughter’s high school graduation and to my brother’s firemen 911 yearly visit to NYC.  We were also part of the Rolling Thunder riding our trike with the members to special occasions and to Daytona or just enjoying the beautiful weather of Florida.

 

He loved to watch the sunrise at Jetty Park and walking on the pier.  We made it a habit to get there every morning.

 

We had a couple of periods of being admitted to the hospital but that didn’t stop us.

 

Our last visit was to the Moffitt Cancer Center in which they recommended three treatments of Avastin (Chemotherapy).  He was able to do one dose before we had to be admitted to Cape Canaveral Hospital and eventually being transferred to your Hospice Unit.

 

During his stay I was able to be with him in a recliner and eventually on a sofa.  Only went home one overnight but I felt so much more relaxed staying at the hospital knowing that he was sleeping and also being taken care by your Unit.

 

He had a beautiful view of Port Canaveral and was treated with dignity during his stay there.

 

I know he loved all of you and after one of you would bathe him or turn him or just even come over to see how he was and if he needed anything he would whisper to me give her or him an ornament.

 

In 1978 Lloyd and I built our house from the wood on our property in Averill Park, NY.  He also did a lot of wood crafts.  His Christmas Ornaments are very popular with our friends and family.  He also did leather crafts and was getting really good at it.  He loved working with his hands and when he told me at the hospital he couldn’t move them I reminded him of everything he had done with them all the 50 years that I was married to him.  That broke my heart!

 

I have brought to the Hospice Unit Christmas ornaments that Lloyd has made during the years.  I was going to bring them in next year but believe it or not he has been telling me to give them to you now.  Please remember us with our lighted Christmas Tree with all his ornaments that we had in the room.

 

I had him cremated and he will have a Military funeral service at the Cape Canaveral National Cemetery in June 2019.  Our grand daughters are in College now and they and their family are an important part of our lives.

 

I want to thank you for giving us the peace and dignity that my husband Lloyd Camp deserved.  He was a Vietnam Veteran and as you know I stayed four hours after he was deceased and to see Ammen Family Cremation and Funeral Care take him out of the room with an American Flag draped over him was exactly how he had wanted to leave Cape Canaveral Hospice Unit.

 

Thank you and I want to tell you that everyone in the Hospice Unit has a special gift that you give to someone during his last days of life.

 

I thank God for the extra time given to us and having known all of you.  God Bless you all!

 

Theresa Camp

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