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Johannes “John” Kempers

Birth	:	3 Oct 1872 Sioux Center, Sioux County, Iowa, USA
Death	:	14 Mar 1946 Sioux Center, Sioux County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Bootle Cemetery, Bootle, Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, England
Coordinate	:	53.4627680, -2.9787450
Plot	:	North section just west of the east side (N-S)cemetery road, going west row 10, rows are staggered.
Description	:	John Kempers Dies After Long Illness Mr. John Kempers passed away at his home here on Thursday evening, March 14, 1946 after a lingering illness due to cancer. He had reached the age of 73 years, five months and eleven days. Death came to him on the day of their 51st wedding anniversary. Mr. Kempers was born in Sioux County on Oct. 3, 1872 and grew up in this community. On March 14, 1895 he was united in marriage to Miss Annie Rozeboom. To this union eleven children were born, ten of which now mourn his loss with... Read More	John Kempers Dies After Long Illness Mr. John Kempers passed away at his home here on Thursday evening, March 14, 1946 after a lingering illness due to cancer. He had reached the age of 73 years, five months and eleven days. Death came to him on the day of their 51st wedding anniversary. Mr. Kempers was born in Sioux County on Oct. 3, 1872 and grew up in this community. On March 14, 1895 he was united in marriage to Miss Annie Rozeboom. To this union eleven children were born, ten of which now mourn his loss with their mother. One child was born in 1906 and passed away in infancy. The ten children are: Dena (Mrs. Win. A. Schuiteman) Sioux Center; Gerrit of Sioux Center; Rev. John of Mexico; Dr. Bert of Albuquerque, New Mexico; Hermina (Mrs. Bert Mouw) of Orange City; Johanna (Mrs. Win. Beernink) of Sioux Center; Bernard of Washington D.C.; Lillian (Mrs. Richard Warntjes) of Sioux Center; Betty (Mrs. Edward Heneveld) of Muskegon, Michigan; and Marion of Sioux Center. Also surviving him are 27 grandchildren and one great grandchild, two brothers Barney Kempers and James Kempers. He was preceded in death by two brothers, Gerrit who died August 24, 1909 and Simon who died July 25, 1935. Also preceding him in death were three grandchildren. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Kempers made tbeir home on a farm northeast of Sioux Center where his son Gerrit now lives. They made their home there for 25 years and then retired from farming and moved to their present town home where they have lived for twenty six years. :Mr. Kempers was an active an willing worker both in church and community affairs. He was a member of the First Reformed Church where he served as a consistory member for twenty four years. He served as superintendent of the Sunday school for four years and was also a Sunday school teacher for many years. He was a catechism instructor for twenty two years. Funeral services were held on Tuesday afternoon at one o'clock at the home and at one-thirty at the First Reformed Church. Rev. L. A. Brunsting officiated. Burial took place in the family plot at the local cemetery and acting as pall bearers were Henry Wesselink, P.E. De Vries, P.S. Schut, Gerrit De Herder, P. De Zeeuw and J.E. Vermeer. Honorary pall bearers were all the menwho had served as consistory members with him during his years of service. -Obituary from The Sioux Center News (3/21/1946)

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Johannes “John” Kempers death on 14 Mar 1946 in Sioux Center, Sioux County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 53.4627680
Longitude: -2.9787450

Family Members:

Parent

Gerhard Johan “Gerrit” Kempers

(1841 - 1929)

Janna Berendina “Dina” Renskers Kempers

(1848 - 1927)

Spouse

Eibertje “Annie” Rozeboom Kempers

(1877 - 1953)

Siblings

(1869 - 1963)

(1875 - 1935)

(1881 - 1909)

(1886 - 1968)

Children

Janna Berendina “Dena” Kempers Schuiteman

(1896 - 1972)

Gerrit J. Kempers

(1898 - 1980)

Rev John Rozeboom Kempers

(1900 - 1995)

Annie Johanna “Hannie” Kempers Beernink

(1907 - 1988)

Lillian Elsie Kempers Warntjes

(1912 - 1993)

Marion James Kempers

(1922 - 2006)

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