Individual Details
Elizah Ora "E. O." Kemper
(December 18, 1903 - January 29, 1983)
"Pearl Kellerman Kemper was living at 3022 N. Greer, Odessa, Texas 79764 in 1994. E. O. and Pearl were Roman Catholic." (Doris Kemper Guerra, 14501 E. 35th Street, Independence, Missouri 64055-2617, 1994.)
"E. O. KEMPER (with picture) - Rosary for E. O. Kemper, 80, 2900 Greer Road, is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. today at Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. Mass is scheduled for 10 a.m. Friday at Holy Redeemer Catholic Church with Father John Cody officiating. Burial is to follow in Sunset Memorial Gardens. Mr. Kemper died Tuesday at Medical Center Hospital after a lengthy illness. He was born December 18, 1903 in Geneseo, Kansas. He married Pearl Kellerman June 29, 1929 in San Angelo. Mr. Kemper had been a resident of Odessa since 1946. He was organizer, founder and past president of Armorcote Pipe Coating Company and founder and past president of Permian Enterprises. He was a member and past president of the Chuck Wagon Gang. Mr. Kemper was a board member of the Red Cross, the Permian Basin Oil Show and Buffalo Trail Council of the Boy Scouts of America. He was a member of Toastmasters Club of Odessa. Survivors include his wife; a son, Richard Kemper of Hobbs, New Mexico; two daughters, Lois Carlson and Betty Hennessey, both of Odessa; two brothers, George Kemper of Odessa and Ben Kemper of Erie, Colorado; a sister, Mary Bolton of Mitchell, Kansas; eight grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. The family suggests memorials to West Texas Boys Ranch." (Obituary from San Angeo Standard Times, January 29, 1983.)
"E. O. KEMPER (with picture) - Rosary for E. O. Kemper, 80, 2900 Greer Road, is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. today at Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. Mass is scheduled for 10 a.m. Friday at Holy Redeemer Catholic Church with Father John Cody officiating. Burial is to follow in Sunset Memorial Gardens. Mr. Kemper died Tuesday at Medical Center Hospital after a lengthy illness. He was born December 18, 1903 in Geneseo, Kansas. He married Pearl Kellerman June 29, 1929 in San Angelo. Mr. Kemper had been a resident of Odessa since 1946. He was organizer, founder and past president of Armorcote Pipe Coating Company and founder and past president of Permian Enterprises. He was a member and past president of the Chuck Wagon Gang. Mr. Kemper was a board member of the Red Cross, the Permian Basin Oil Show and Buffalo Trail Council of the Boy Scouts of America. He was a member of Toastmasters Club of Odessa. Survivors include his wife; a son, Richard Kemper of Hobbs, New Mexico; two daughters, Lois Carlson and Betty Hennessey, both of Odessa; two brothers, George Kemper of Odessa and Ben Kemper of Erie, Colorado; a sister, Mary Bolton of Mitchell, Kansas; eight grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. The family suggests memorials to West Texas Boys Ranch." (Obituary from San Angeo Standard Times, January 29, 1983.)
Events
| Birth | December 18, 1903 | Geneseo, Kansas | |||
| Marriage | June 29, 1936 | San Angelo, Tom Green County, Texas - Pearl Kellerman | |||
| Death | January 29, 1983 | Odessa, Ector County, Texas | |||
| Burial | Sunset Gardens |
Families
| Spouse | Pearl Kellerman (1911 - ) |
| Child | Richard Ray Kemper (1932 - 1991) |
| Child | Lois Jean Kemper (1934 - ) |
| Child | Betty Lee Kemper (1936 - ) |
| Father | Henry Kemper (1854 - 1936) |
| Mother | Ida Grace Spilman (1878 - 1955) |
| Sibling | Thomas Yelverton Kemper (1900 - 1901) |
| Sibling | Henry Malcolm Kemper (1902 - 1936) |
| Sibling | Harold L. Kemper (1906 - 1979) |
| Sibling | George C. Kemper (1907 - 1992) |
| Sibling | Baby Kemper (1908 - 1992) |
| Sibling | Mary Grace Kemper (1911 - ) |
| Sibling | Ben Burt Kemper (1915 - ) |