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Helen Leona <I>Breimayer</I> Kemmerer

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Helen Leona Breimayer Kemmerer

Birth
Ionia County, Michigan, USA
Death
21 Jun 1989 (aged 75)
East Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA
Burial
Smyrna, Ionia County, Michigan, USA Add to Map
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Helen Leona Breimayer obtained a degree in nursing from the University of Michigan but little is known of her professional career. in 1949, she is mentioned as chief of nurses for the Red Cross Regional Blood Center in Washington, DC. In 1964 she and her sister Florence Turner are mentioned in the society pages of the Grand Rapids Press. She may have resided with her sister and her husband.

On 6 Mar 1944 in Kansas City, KS, Helen married Jack Benjamin Kemmerer b. 14 Feb 1914 in Dennison TX, d. 30 Nov 1972 in Los Angeles, CA, parents Claude B. Kemmerer and Florence "Floy" Westlake (memorials 192264509 and 192264549). There is no information about how and where they met.

The Kemmerer family moved from Texas to Parsons, KS, before Jack B. Kemmerer became a U.S. Navy service member or employee. In 1934 in Los Angeles, CA, he married Harriett Dorothy Maynard, who is listed as his wife in the 1940 U.S. Census and his WWII Draft Registration card. They apparently divorced before his marriage to Helen in 1944. Prior to 1949 they divorced, and In 1949 in Las Vegas, NV, Jack married Helen Grace Dean. There are several news articles published under the byline Jack B. Kemmerer.

Photo from the estate of Helen Gagner Little
Helen Leona Breimayer obtained a degree in nursing from the University of Michigan but little is known of her professional career. in 1949, she is mentioned as chief of nurses for the Red Cross Regional Blood Center in Washington, DC. In 1964 she and her sister Florence Turner are mentioned in the society pages of the Grand Rapids Press. She may have resided with her sister and her husband.

On 6 Mar 1944 in Kansas City, KS, Helen married Jack Benjamin Kemmerer b. 14 Feb 1914 in Dennison TX, d. 30 Nov 1972 in Los Angeles, CA, parents Claude B. Kemmerer and Florence "Floy" Westlake (memorials 192264509 and 192264549). There is no information about how and where they met.

The Kemmerer family moved from Texas to Parsons, KS, before Jack B. Kemmerer became a U.S. Navy service member or employee. In 1934 in Los Angeles, CA, he married Harriett Dorothy Maynard, who is listed as his wife in the 1940 U.S. Census and his WWII Draft Registration card. They apparently divorced before his marriage to Helen in 1944. Prior to 1949 they divorced, and In 1949 in Las Vegas, NV, Jack married Helen Grace Dean. There are several news articles published under the byline Jack B. Kemmerer.

Photo from the estate of Helen Gagner Little


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