Emil Timothy Hampton Jr.

Emil Timothy Hampton Jr., 61, of Wasilla, Alaska, passed away peacefully on Saturday, Aug. 19, 2017.

Emil was born in 1956 in Inglewood, California, and traveled throughout the world and later attended Notre Dame International School in Rome, Italy, and Marymount International School of Rome, College Du Leman in Versoix, Switzerland. He also studied engineering at Northrup Institute of Technology.

In his early career he worked for Boeing and worked in Aircraft Crash Recovery. Emil has spent 40 years in the plumbing industry and the last 20 years with Ferguson Plumbing as an Outside Salesman. Ferguson was his second family, where he was passionate about plumbing and considered the local Plumbing Geek, making lifelong friends with his co-workers and customers who he truly held dear to his heart.

There wasn’t anything that Emil could not fix. Emil was generous with his time to lend a helping hand and spent his free time working on cars, motorcycles and snow machines. He loved camping and building bonfires with friends and family. He enjoyed riding his Harley with his brother-in-law David Barnum or cruising with the top down in his Mustang. Emil had an extensive music collection and played a sweet “Stairway to Heaven” on his guitar.

Emil always put family first and was a loving son, father, brother and friend. He always had a positive outlook and infectious sense of humor. Emil is survived by his father Emil Hampton Sr., sisters Susan Barnum (Alaska), Stephanie Spraggon, (Washington) Gabrielle Llacuna (Washington) daughter Anna Lee Hampton (Alaska), Son Emil Hampton III (Alaska), Ashley Werner (Alaska) Gavin Rutherford, Jasper Family and 6 grandchildren Aurora, Amelia, Emil IV, Rosco, Keirra, Jaxon, and Bailey.

Please join Emil’s Celebration of Life at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 2, 2017, at the Grandview Inn and Suites – 2900 E. Parks Highway in Wasilla, Alaska.

Arrangements cared for by Janssen’s Mat-Su Funeral Home.