John Edward Ammerman, 34, of Stillwater, passed away peacefully on June 3rd, 2024, at Regions Hospital in St. Paul with his parents and a cousin, Debra Buschette at his side, from complications of cardiomyopathy.
John was born March 23rd, 1990, in Fallbrook California to Kelly and Jocelyn (Razal) Ammerman. His family moved to Minnesota in 1993, attended Stillwater and White Bear Lake schools and graduated from Stillwater Area High School in 2008.
He was preceded in death by grandparents, Guia and Jose Razal of the Republic of Philippines; Patricia Ammerman of Stillwater and Thomas Ammerman of Florida; uncles, Ronilio “Ronnie” Razal, Ariel Razal, Glendo Razal of the RP, and Michael Ammerman of Florida.
John is survived by mother, Jocelyn “Josie” Razal; father, Kelly Ammerman; brother, Thomas Jose Ammerman of Stillwater; uncle, Razalito “Boboy” (Maria) Razal of RP; uncle, Jerry Ammerman of Stillwater; cousins, Rayze Paul and Rezelyn Razal of RP.
John had a number of nicknames, ‘Johnny Tsunami, John John, JJ, JDM (Japanese Do Magic) for his love of Japanese sports cars, and Cat Whisperer ‘. He enjoyed playing sports, baseball, football, weightlifting, and especially playing youth hockey at St. Mary’s Point. John loved working on his sports cars, hanging out with his friends, and his cats, (all of which were strays until they rescued us). He also loved all types of pets, military air shows, every type of car and truck show, and watching MMA and WWE Wrestling events. He was a Cub Scout in Pack’s 113 in Bayport and 114 in Stillwater, then joined the Boy Scouts of Troop 114 of Stillwater. At the time of his passing, John was a Security Agent with Relative Intel of Minneapolis where he was known as the Rock for his reliability, judgement and flexibility to cover shifts at last moment.
John was a very proud American and very proud of his Philippine heritage. He grew up to be a fine man and always strove to do the right thing, still had many dreams to fulfill, had a great sense of humor, was very thoughtful, very respectful, very hardworking, and had a heart of gold- evidenced by taking stray cats out of harm’s way and providing a safe home with care, compassion, and companionship.
His final hours were spent with his parents, and Cousin Debra at his side, listening to Dragonforce and with his former cat, ‘Shadow’ in a heart shaped, keepsake urn in his hand. He was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy in 2019 and has battled courageously for 5 years.
In lieu of flowers, please donate to Cat Rescues such as: Davidloop65, Cats of San Bernadino, Willy Wonka Adoption, Animal Ark in Hastings MN. Honorary Pallbearers: Tom Ammerman, Enrique Torjesen, Chris Tran, Matt Nelson, LaRue ” Junior ” Palmer, Kent Marcuson, Rezelyn Razal and Rayze Razal.
Visitation 10 AM, Celebration of Life 12 PM, followed by a luncheon. Saturday July 27, 2024 Bayport American Legion 263 3rd St N Bayport, Minnesota.