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James Harvey Kemper Obituary

James Harvey Kemper
Brooke County Review
Sept. 6, 2001

KEMPER, JAMES HARVEY, 82, of Marianna St., Wellsburg, WV, died Monday, August 27, 2001, in Wheeling, WV. He was the son of the late Frank Joseph and Minnie Bilby Kemper. A member of the Wellsburg Presbyterian Church and an Army veteran of WWII, he belonged to the Disabled American Veterans, an Air Corp-airplane mechanic, a Brooke County Constable for many years and also the Brooke County AARP. IN addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife, Imogene Christin Kemper; a daughter Carolyn Jean Kemper, six brothers, William, Richard, Frank, Kenneth, Fred and Archie Kemper; two sisters, Gertrude Ellis and Louise Kerns. He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Allen “Joyce” Woodstuff of Wellsbutrg; a brother, Paul Kemper of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio; two grandsons, Michael Woodstuff and wife, Deborah ,of Wellsburg, and Scott Woodstuff and his wife, Suzanne, of DeFiance, Ohio; three great grandchildren, Michelle Woodstuff of Wellsburg, Andrew and Jonathan of DeFiance; two sister-in-laws, Freda Kemper and Macel Kemper, both of Wellsburg; several nieces and nephews. Arrangements by Reasner Funeral Home, Wellsburg, WV. Interment was held in Brooke Cemetery, Wellsburg, with full military rights by the Ohio Valley Veterans Memorial Squad.

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