Beatrice "Bea" "Beatty" L. Kemmerer
February 23, 1930 ~ November 2, 2013
Beatrice "Bea" "Beatty" L. Kemmerer, 83, formerly of Bremen, passed away at 5:10 am Saturday, November 2, 2013 in Milton Home, South Bend. She was born February 23, 1930 in Friendsville, PA to the late William and Cora (Reiss) Kemmerer. Bea was also preceded in death by her sister, Ellen Bowers; and brothers, Gilbert, Ralph, Stanley, William Jr. and Harley Kemmerer. She is survived by one brother, Luther Kemmerer of Quakertown, PA; two sisters-in-law, Eleanor Kemmerer of Allentown, PA and Salome Kemmerer of Hellertown, PA; and her dear friend, Bonnie Robbins of South Bend.
Bea moved to the Michiana area in 1951 coming from Pennsylvania. She retired in 1992 after 42 years with Uniroyal. Bea was quite an athlete in her younger years. She played, coached and umpired fast pitch softball. She played on the team for the Spaghetti Bowl Restaurant in Elkhart, who was also her sponsor. She went to the state play-offs several times. Bea also coached and played softball for Plain & Fancy in Goshen. She enjoyed umpiring for St. Joseph Catholic School volleyball teams.
Bea played a half season for the Ft. Wayne Daisies before leaving due to a minor injury. She then went to play for the 1951 South Bend Blue Sox Women's Professional Baseball Team and was inducted into the Hall of Fame. She also played a part in the movie "A League of Their Own".
She was also a member of the South Bend/Mishawaka Parkway Lanes Bowling League for 40 years, for which she was inducted into the Bowler's Association Hall of Fame. In fact, she participated in 40 national bowling tournaments.
Bea was an avid Notre Dame volleyball and women's basketball spectator for many, many years.
Funeral services for Bea will be held at 4:00 pm Friday, November 8, 2013 in the Palmer Funeral Home - River Park Chapel, 2528 Mishawaka Avenue, South Bend with Rev. Larry R. Biller officiating. Friends may visit with the family from 2:00 pm until the time of services on Friday in the funeral home.
Expressions of sympathy in memory of Bea may be donated to the National Kidney Foundation, 30 E. 33rd Street, New York, NY 10016 or the American Diabetes Association of Northern Indiana, 7363 E. 21st Street, Indianapolis, IN 46219. Online condolences may be left for the Kemmerer family at www.palmerfuneralhomes.com.
From www.southbendtribune.com
Former South Bend Blue Sox player player Beatrice L. Kemmerer, who appeared in the movie "A League of Their Own" about women's professional baseball, died Saturday at the age of 83.
The Bremen resident passed away in Milton Home in South Bend, where she had been living for less than a week.
Kemmerer, known as "Bea" and "Beatty," began her professional baseball career with the Fort Wayne Daisies before winding up in 1951 with the South Bend Blue Sox. She eventually was inducted into the women's baseball Hall of Fame.
Kemmerer appeared in Director Penny Marshall's 1992 film about the women baseball league of the 1940s and '50s, "A League of Their Own."
Bonnie Robbins, a friend, said Kemmerer was thrilled to be in the film.
"She was hesitant about it at first and we said, ‘Go, go, go!'" Robbins said. "It was a chance of a lifetime and she went. But she was the same ol' girl before and after that."
Kemmerer's brother, Luther Kemmerer, of Philadelphia, Pa., remembers a humorous anecdote about his sister's participation in the film.
"She said she was out on the field with Madonna and that she didn't know who Madonna was until one of the girls told her she was sharing a field with Madonna," Luther Kemmerer said.
"But she enjoyed being on the site on where the film was being conducted and I know that she and other women gave the director of the movie a lot of inside information on what could be done on the field."
According to a 2007 Tribune article, Kemmerer joined a group of former South Bend Blue Sox players in visiting the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League exhibit at the Northern Indiana Center for History. The former players reunited at the display titled "Women Who Played Hardball: The Real League of Their Own."
Kemmerer had told a Tribune reporter that if it was up to her, she would still be playing on the field.
"I'd still like to be playing, (but) oh too many aches and pains," Kemmerer said in 2007. "When you get our age, your mind says 'yes,' but your body says 'no!'"
She was an athlete from her younger years, playing, coaching and umpiring fast-pitch softball in the area, according to her obituary in The Tribune.
She also was a member of the South Bend/Mishawaka Parkway Lanes Bowling League for 40 years, for which she was inducted into the Bowlers Association Hall of Fame.
She retired in 1992 after 42 years with Uniroyal.
Funeral services will be at 4 p.m. Friday in the Palmer Funeral Home-River Park Chapel, 2528 Mishawaka Ave., South Bend.
"She was so proud of her time during her baseball years," Robbins said. "And she should be."
February 23, 1930 ~ November 2, 2013
Beatrice "Bea" "Beatty" L. Kemmerer, 83, formerly of Bremen, passed away at 5:10 am Saturday, November 2, 2013 in Milton Home, South Bend. She was born February 23, 1930 in Friendsville, PA to the late William and Cora (Reiss) Kemmerer. Bea was also preceded in death by her sister, Ellen Bowers; and brothers, Gilbert, Ralph, Stanley, William Jr. and Harley Kemmerer. She is survived by one brother, Luther Kemmerer of Quakertown, PA; two sisters-in-law, Eleanor Kemmerer of Allentown, PA and Salome Kemmerer of Hellertown, PA; and her dear friend, Bonnie Robbins of South Bend.
Bea moved to the Michiana area in 1951 coming from Pennsylvania. She retired in 1992 after 42 years with Uniroyal. Bea was quite an athlete in her younger years. She played, coached and umpired fast pitch softball. She played on the team for the Spaghetti Bowl Restaurant in Elkhart, who was also her sponsor. She went to the state play-offs several times. Bea also coached and played softball for Plain & Fancy in Goshen. She enjoyed umpiring for St. Joseph Catholic School volleyball teams.
Bea played a half season for the Ft. Wayne Daisies before leaving due to a minor injury. She then went to play for the 1951 South Bend Blue Sox Women's Professional Baseball Team and was inducted into the Hall of Fame. She also played a part in the movie "A League of Their Own".
She was also a member of the South Bend/Mishawaka Parkway Lanes Bowling League for 40 years, for which she was inducted into the Bowler's Association Hall of Fame. In fact, she participated in 40 national bowling tournaments.
Bea was an avid Notre Dame volleyball and women's basketball spectator for many, many years.
Funeral services for Bea will be held at 4:00 pm Friday, November 8, 2013 in the Palmer Funeral Home - River Park Chapel, 2528 Mishawaka Avenue, South Bend with Rev. Larry R. Biller officiating. Friends may visit with the family from 2:00 pm until the time of services on Friday in the funeral home.
Expressions of sympathy in memory of Bea may be donated to the National Kidney Foundation, 30 E. 33rd Street, New York, NY 10016 or the American Diabetes Association of Northern Indiana, 7363 E. 21st Street, Indianapolis, IN 46219. Online condolences may be left for the Kemmerer family at www.palmerfuneralhomes.com.
From www.southbendtribune.com
Former South Bend Blue Sox player player Beatrice L. Kemmerer, who appeared in the movie "A League of Their Own" about women's professional baseball, died Saturday at the age of 83.
The Bremen resident passed away in Milton Home in South Bend, where she had been living for less than a week.
Kemmerer, known as "Bea" and "Beatty," began her professional baseball career with the Fort Wayne Daisies before winding up in 1951 with the South Bend Blue Sox. She eventually was inducted into the women's baseball Hall of Fame.
Kemmerer appeared in Director Penny Marshall's 1992 film about the women baseball league of the 1940s and '50s, "A League of Their Own."
Bonnie Robbins, a friend, said Kemmerer was thrilled to be in the film.
"She was hesitant about it at first and we said, ‘Go, go, go!'" Robbins said. "It was a chance of a lifetime and she went. But she was the same ol' girl before and after that."
Kemmerer's brother, Luther Kemmerer, of Philadelphia, Pa., remembers a humorous anecdote about his sister's participation in the film.
"She said she was out on the field with Madonna and that she didn't know who Madonna was until one of the girls told her she was sharing a field with Madonna," Luther Kemmerer said.
"But she enjoyed being on the site on where the film was being conducted and I know that she and other women gave the director of the movie a lot of inside information on what could be done on the field."
According to a 2007 Tribune article, Kemmerer joined a group of former South Bend Blue Sox players in visiting the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League exhibit at the Northern Indiana Center for History. The former players reunited at the display titled "Women Who Played Hardball: The Real League of Their Own."
Kemmerer had told a Tribune reporter that if it was up to her, she would still be playing on the field.
"I'd still like to be playing, (but) oh too many aches and pains," Kemmerer said in 2007. "When you get our age, your mind says 'yes,' but your body says 'no!'"
She was an athlete from her younger years, playing, coaching and umpiring fast-pitch softball in the area, according to her obituary in The Tribune.
She also was a member of the South Bend/Mishawaka Parkway Lanes Bowling League for 40 years, for which she was inducted into the Bowlers Association Hall of Fame.
She retired in 1992 after 42 years with Uniroyal.
Funeral services will be at 4 p.m. Friday in the Palmer Funeral Home-River Park Chapel, 2528 Mishawaka Ave., South Bend.
"She was so proud of her time during her baseball years," Robbins said. "And she should be."
Beatrice "Bea" "Beatty" L. Kemmerer
February 23, 1930 ~ November 2, 2013
Beatrice "Bea" "Beatty" L. Kemmerer, 83, formerly of Bremen, passed away at 5:10 am Saturday, November 2, 2013 in Milton Home, South Bend. She was born February 23, 1930 in Friendsville, PA to the late William and Cora (Reiss) Kemmerer. Bea was also preceded in death by her sister, Ellen Bowers; and brothers, Gilbert, Ralph, Stanley, William Jr. and Harley Kemmerer. She is survived by one brother, Luther Kemmerer of Quakertown, PA; two sisters-in-law, Eleanor Kemmerer of Allentown, PA and Salome Kemmerer of Hellertown, PA; and her dear friend, Bonnie Robbins of South Bend.
Bea moved to the Michiana area in 1951 coming from Pennsylvania. She retired in 1992 after 42 years with Uniroyal. Bea was quite an athlete in her younger years. She played, coached and umpired fast pitch softball. She played on the team for the Spaghetti Bowl Restaurant in Elkhart, who was also her sponsor. She went to the state play-offs several times. Bea also coached and played softball for Plain & Fancy in Goshen. She enjoyed umpiring for St. Joseph Catholic School volleyball teams.
Bea played a half season for the Ft. Wayne Daisies before leaving due to a minor injury. She then went to play for the 1951 South Bend Blue Sox Women's Professional Baseball Team and was inducted into the Hall of Fame. She also played a part in the movie "A League of Their Own".
She was also a member of the South Bend/Mishawaka Parkway Lanes Bowling League for 40 years, for which she was inducted into the Bowler's Association Hall of Fame. In fact, she participated in 40 national bowling tournaments.
Bea was an avid Notre Dame volleyball and women's basketball spectator for many, many years.
Funeral services for Bea will be held at 4:00 pm Friday, November 8, 2013 in the Palmer Funeral Home - River Park Chapel, 2528 Mishawaka Avenue, South Bend with Rev. Larry R. Biller officiating. Friends may visit with the family from 2:00 pm until the time of services on Friday in the funeral home.
Expressions of sympathy in memory of Bea may be donated to the National Kidney Foundation, 30 E. 33rd Street, New York, NY 10016 or the American Diabetes Association of Northern Indiana, 7363 E. 21st Street, Indianapolis, IN 46219. Online condolences may be left for the Kemmerer family at www.palmerfuneralhomes.com.
From www.southbendtribune.com
Former South Bend Blue Sox player player Beatrice L. Kemmerer, who appeared in the movie "A League of Their Own" about women's professional baseball, died Saturday at the age of 83.
The Bremen resident passed away in Milton Home in South Bend, where she had been living for less than a week.
Kemmerer, known as "Bea" and "Beatty," began her professional baseball career with the Fort Wayne Daisies before winding up in 1951 with the South Bend Blue Sox. She eventually was inducted into the women's baseball Hall of Fame.
Kemmerer appeared in Director Penny Marshall's 1992 film about the women baseball league of the 1940s and '50s, "A League of Their Own."
Bonnie Robbins, a friend, said Kemmerer was thrilled to be in the film.
"She was hesitant about it at first and we said, ‘Go, go, go!'" Robbins said. "It was a chance of a lifetime and she went. But she was the same ol' girl before and after that."
Kemmerer's brother, Luther Kemmerer, of Philadelphia, Pa., remembers a humorous anecdote about his sister's participation in the film.
"She said she was out on the field with Madonna and that she didn't know who Madonna was until one of the girls told her she was sharing a field with Madonna," Luther Kemmerer said.
"But she enjoyed being on the site on where the film was being conducted and I know that she and other women gave the director of the movie a lot of inside information on what could be done on the field."
According to a 2007 Tribune article, Kemmerer joined a group of former South Bend Blue Sox players in visiting the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League exhibit at the Northern Indiana Center for History. The former players reunited at the display titled "Women Who Played Hardball: The Real League of Their Own."
Kemmerer had told a Tribune reporter that if it was up to her, she would still be playing on the field.
"I'd still like to be playing, (but) oh too many aches and pains," Kemmerer said in 2007. "When you get our age, your mind says 'yes,' but your body says 'no!'"
She was an athlete from her younger years, playing, coaching and umpiring fast-pitch softball in the area, according to her obituary in The Tribune.
She also was a member of the South Bend/Mishawaka Parkway Lanes Bowling League for 40 years, for which she was inducted into the Bowlers Association Hall of Fame.
She retired in 1992 after 42 years with Uniroyal.
Funeral services will be at 4 p.m. Friday in the Palmer Funeral Home-River Park Chapel, 2528 Mishawaka Ave., South Bend.
"She was so proud of her time during her baseball years," Robbins said. "And she should be."
February 23, 1930 ~ November 2, 2013
Beatrice "Bea" "Beatty" L. Kemmerer, 83, formerly of Bremen, passed away at 5:10 am Saturday, November 2, 2013 in Milton Home, South Bend. She was born February 23, 1930 in Friendsville, PA to the late William and Cora (Reiss) Kemmerer. Bea was also preceded in death by her sister, Ellen Bowers; and brothers, Gilbert, Ralph, Stanley, William Jr. and Harley Kemmerer. She is survived by one brother, Luther Kemmerer of Quakertown, PA; two sisters-in-law, Eleanor Kemmerer of Allentown, PA and Salome Kemmerer of Hellertown, PA; and her dear friend, Bonnie Robbins of South Bend.
Bea moved to the Michiana area in 1951 coming from Pennsylvania. She retired in 1992 after 42 years with Uniroyal. Bea was quite an athlete in her younger years. She played, coached and umpired fast pitch softball. She played on the team for the Spaghetti Bowl Restaurant in Elkhart, who was also her sponsor. She went to the state play-offs several times. Bea also coached and played softball for Plain & Fancy in Goshen. She enjoyed umpiring for St. Joseph Catholic School volleyball teams.
Bea played a half season for the Ft. Wayne Daisies before leaving due to a minor injury. She then went to play for the 1951 South Bend Blue Sox Women's Professional Baseball Team and was inducted into the Hall of Fame. She also played a part in the movie "A League of Their Own".
She was also a member of the South Bend/Mishawaka Parkway Lanes Bowling League for 40 years, for which she was inducted into the Bowler's Association Hall of Fame. In fact, she participated in 40 national bowling tournaments.
Bea was an avid Notre Dame volleyball and women's basketball spectator for many, many years.
Funeral services for Bea will be held at 4:00 pm Friday, November 8, 2013 in the Palmer Funeral Home - River Park Chapel, 2528 Mishawaka Avenue, South Bend with Rev. Larry R. Biller officiating. Friends may visit with the family from 2:00 pm until the time of services on Friday in the funeral home.
Expressions of sympathy in memory of Bea may be donated to the National Kidney Foundation, 30 E. 33rd Street, New York, NY 10016 or the American Diabetes Association of Northern Indiana, 7363 E. 21st Street, Indianapolis, IN 46219. Online condolences may be left for the Kemmerer family at www.palmerfuneralhomes.com.
From www.southbendtribune.com
Former South Bend Blue Sox player player Beatrice L. Kemmerer, who appeared in the movie "A League of Their Own" about women's professional baseball, died Saturday at the age of 83.
The Bremen resident passed away in Milton Home in South Bend, where she had been living for less than a week.
Kemmerer, known as "Bea" and "Beatty," began her professional baseball career with the Fort Wayne Daisies before winding up in 1951 with the South Bend Blue Sox. She eventually was inducted into the women's baseball Hall of Fame.
Kemmerer appeared in Director Penny Marshall's 1992 film about the women baseball league of the 1940s and '50s, "A League of Their Own."
Bonnie Robbins, a friend, said Kemmerer was thrilled to be in the film.
"She was hesitant about it at first and we said, ‘Go, go, go!'" Robbins said. "It was a chance of a lifetime and she went. But she was the same ol' girl before and after that."
Kemmerer's brother, Luther Kemmerer, of Philadelphia, Pa., remembers a humorous anecdote about his sister's participation in the film.
"She said she was out on the field with Madonna and that she didn't know who Madonna was until one of the girls told her she was sharing a field with Madonna," Luther Kemmerer said.
"But she enjoyed being on the site on where the film was being conducted and I know that she and other women gave the director of the movie a lot of inside information on what could be done on the field."
According to a 2007 Tribune article, Kemmerer joined a group of former South Bend Blue Sox players in visiting the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League exhibit at the Northern Indiana Center for History. The former players reunited at the display titled "Women Who Played Hardball: The Real League of Their Own."
Kemmerer had told a Tribune reporter that if it was up to her, she would still be playing on the field.
"I'd still like to be playing, (but) oh too many aches and pains," Kemmerer said in 2007. "When you get our age, your mind says 'yes,' but your body says 'no!'"
She was an athlete from her younger years, playing, coaching and umpiring fast-pitch softball in the area, according to her obituary in The Tribune.
She also was a member of the South Bend/Mishawaka Parkway Lanes Bowling League for 40 years, for which she was inducted into the Bowlers Association Hall of Fame.
She retired in 1992 after 42 years with Uniroyal.
Funeral services will be at 4 p.m. Friday in the Palmer Funeral Home-River Park Chapel, 2528 Mishawaka Ave., South Bend.
"She was so proud of her time during her baseball years," Robbins said. "And she should be."
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