Obituary of Barbara Hays Kamp

     Barbara Hays Kamp, a brilliant, beautiful, kind, loving, funny, and spectacular wife, mother, grandmother, daughter, sister, and aunt, died on June 4, 2023. She was predeceased by her mother, Amelia Burg Hays. She is survived by her father, Harry B. Hays, her husband of almost 55 years, Arthur J. Kamp, her children, Sara Kamp Collins and her husband, Scott Collins, and Nathaniel Hays Kamp and his wife, Elizabeth Edelman Kamp, her grandchildren, Maya Collins, Sophia Collins, Michael Kamp, Benjamin Kamp and Caroline Kamp, her siblings, David Hays and Joanne Marasco, Thomas Hays, M.D. and Ellen Friedland, James B. Hays and Ruth Mathewson Hays, and numerous nieces and nephews.

     Barbara attended Kenmore East Senior High School and earned a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Education from University of Buffalo, and a Juris Doctor from William and Mary’s Marshall Wythe School of Law. She taught school for one year in Newport News, VA, and practiced law for 43 years in partnership with her husband, including the last 22 years with the Newport News, Virginia law firm of David, Kamp & Frank, after which she and her husband retired to Reston, Virginia, to be close to their children and grandchildren.

     She served as president of the Newport News Education Foundation, the Newport News Bar Association, and the Peninsula Women’s Network, and was a member of the Oyster Point Rotary Club. Barbara was also an adjunct law professor at William and Mary’s Marshall Wythe School of Law and a member of the Board of Directors of numerous other organizations. Her leadership and intelligence were recognized by so many organizations.

      Barbara and Arthur traveled through much of Europe, became certified scuba divers at Barbara’s suggestion, and dived in much of the Caribbean. Barbara loved flowers, and loved gardening, baking, and walking with her husband through Reston, but most of all she loved spending time with her family.

     The celebration of her life, in Reston has been scheduled for Saturday July 15, 2023 with reception to follow.  The celebration of her life, in Buffalo, New York, where she grew up, has been scheduled for August 12, 2023. The locations and times will be available at  www.adamsgreen.com/ The family requests that remembrances be made in the form of contributions to Cornerstones in Reston.