Kokomo Tribune - Tuesday, November 7, 1944:
Lon Kemper, 73, a merchant in Greentown for nearly 50 years, died at 5:05 o'clock Monday afternoon at his home here as the result of a heart attack suffered about 11 o'clock Sunday night. While his health had been poor, he had been at his jewelry store every day through last Saturday.
Mr. Kemper was born April 11, 1871 in Shelby County, the son of John and Mary Kemper. When he was a small boy, the family moved to Howard County, settling on a farm nort6h of Greentown. This community has been his home since.
He married Miss Laura Hunsinger on October 6, 1894. Two children were born to them. One died in infancy. A daughter, Nada, grew to womanhood and married Willard Ball. Nada and Willard had a son, Robert, and when he was five weeks old, the young mother died, leaving her baby to the care of his grandparents who reared him as their own. The grandson now is in service in the U.S. Navy on the hospital ship Solace somewhere in the Pacific, and in his absence, his wife and son, Roger, are living with Mr. and Mrs. Kemper.
Mr. Kemper operated a watch and clock repair store in Greentown in 1897. Later, his brother, Ross, became associated with him n the jewelry business, a partnership that lasted until a few years ago when Lon Kemper bought out his brother and took his grandson as a partner, the firm name becoming Lon Kemper & Son. The business was one of the oldest in continuous operation in Greentown.
Surviving with the widow, grandson, and great-grandson is one sister, Mrs. Grace Marsh of South Washington Street, Kokomo, The brother, Ross, died in February of this year.
Mr. Kemper was a member of the Methodist Church where the funeral will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon with the pastor, the Rev. E. L. Ferris, in charge. Burial will be in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery. The body will be returned to the residence from the Mast & Ware Funeral Home at 7 o'clock Tuesday night.
Lon Kemper, 73, a merchant in Greentown for nearly 50 years, died at 5:05 o'clock Monday afternoon at his home here as the result of a heart attack suffered about 11 o'clock Sunday night. While his health had been poor, he had been at his jewelry store every day through last Saturday.
Mr. Kemper was born April 11, 1871 in Shelby County, the son of John and Mary Kemper. When he was a small boy, the family moved to Howard County, settling on a farm nort6h of Greentown. This community has been his home since.
He married Miss Laura Hunsinger on October 6, 1894. Two children were born to them. One died in infancy. A daughter, Nada, grew to womanhood and married Willard Ball. Nada and Willard had a son, Robert, and when he was five weeks old, the young mother died, leaving her baby to the care of his grandparents who reared him as their own. The grandson now is in service in the U.S. Navy on the hospital ship Solace somewhere in the Pacific, and in his absence, his wife and son, Roger, are living with Mr. and Mrs. Kemper.
Mr. Kemper operated a watch and clock repair store in Greentown in 1897. Later, his brother, Ross, became associated with him n the jewelry business, a partnership that lasted until a few years ago when Lon Kemper bought out his brother and took his grandson as a partner, the firm name becoming Lon Kemper & Son. The business was one of the oldest in continuous operation in Greentown.
Surviving with the widow, grandson, and great-grandson is one sister, Mrs. Grace Marsh of South Washington Street, Kokomo, The brother, Ross, died in February of this year.
Mr. Kemper was a member of the Methodist Church where the funeral will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon with the pastor, the Rev. E. L. Ferris, in charge. Burial will be in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery. The body will be returned to the residence from the Mast & Ware Funeral Home at 7 o'clock Tuesday night.
Kokomo Tribune - Tuesday, November 7, 1944:
Lon Kemper, 73, a merchant in Greentown for nearly 50 years, died at 5:05 o'clock Monday afternoon at his home here as the result of a heart attack suffered about 11 o'clock Sunday night. While his health had been poor, he had been at his jewelry store every day through last Saturday.
Mr. Kemper was born April 11, 1871 in Shelby County, the son of John and Mary Kemper. When he was a small boy, the family moved to Howard County, settling on a farm nort6h of Greentown. This community has been his home since.
He married Miss Laura Hunsinger on October 6, 1894. Two children were born to them. One died in infancy. A daughter, Nada, grew to womanhood and married Willard Ball. Nada and Willard had a son, Robert, and when he was five weeks old, the young mother died, leaving her baby to the care of his grandparents who reared him as their own. The grandson now is in service in the U.S. Navy on the hospital ship Solace somewhere in the Pacific, and in his absence, his wife and son, Roger, are living with Mr. and Mrs. Kemper.
Mr. Kemper operated a watch and clock repair store in Greentown in 1897. Later, his brother, Ross, became associated with him n the jewelry business, a partnership that lasted until a few years ago when Lon Kemper bought out his brother and took his grandson as a partner, the firm name becoming Lon Kemper & Son. The business was one of the oldest in continuous operation in Greentown.
Surviving with the widow, grandson, and great-grandson is one sister, Mrs. Grace Marsh of South Washington Street, Kokomo, The brother, Ross, died in February of this year.
Mr. Kemper was a member of the Methodist Church where the funeral will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon with the pastor, the Rev. E. L. Ferris, in charge. Burial will be in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery. The body will be returned to the residence from the Mast & Ware Funeral Home at 7 o'clock Tuesday night.
Lon Kemper, 73, a merchant in Greentown for nearly 50 years, died at 5:05 o'clock Monday afternoon at his home here as the result of a heart attack suffered about 11 o'clock Sunday night. While his health had been poor, he had been at his jewelry store every day through last Saturday.
Mr. Kemper was born April 11, 1871 in Shelby County, the son of John and Mary Kemper. When he was a small boy, the family moved to Howard County, settling on a farm nort6h of Greentown. This community has been his home since.
He married Miss Laura Hunsinger on October 6, 1894. Two children were born to them. One died in infancy. A daughter, Nada, grew to womanhood and married Willard Ball. Nada and Willard had a son, Robert, and when he was five weeks old, the young mother died, leaving her baby to the care of his grandparents who reared him as their own. The grandson now is in service in the U.S. Navy on the hospital ship Solace somewhere in the Pacific, and in his absence, his wife and son, Roger, are living with Mr. and Mrs. Kemper.
Mr. Kemper operated a watch and clock repair store in Greentown in 1897. Later, his brother, Ross, became associated with him n the jewelry business, a partnership that lasted until a few years ago when Lon Kemper bought out his brother and took his grandson as a partner, the firm name becoming Lon Kemper & Son. The business was one of the oldest in continuous operation in Greentown.
Surviving with the widow, grandson, and great-grandson is one sister, Mrs. Grace Marsh of South Washington Street, Kokomo, The brother, Ross, died in February of this year.
Mr. Kemper was a member of the Methodist Church where the funeral will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon with the pastor, the Rev. E. L. Ferris, in charge. Burial will be in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery. The body will be returned to the residence from the Mast & Ware Funeral Home at 7 o'clock Tuesday night.
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