QUERY
USA Social Security Death Index
Given Name: Robert
Middle Name: C
Surname: Kemper
Birth Date: 6 August 1904
Social Security Number: 358-30-4111
State: Illinois
Event Date: 8 May 1991
Age: 87
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Find A Grave Memorial# 110291784
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ROBERT CHATFIELD KEMPER, REV.
1930-2000, Illinois
The Rev. Kemper Becomes Pastor At Congregational — Huntley, IL
Minister to Arrive in Alton Jan. 15
The Rev. Robert Kemper of Huntley, IL has accepted the pastorate of the Congregational Church and will arrive to take up his new duties the middle of January. He is a graduate of the Chicago Theological Seminary and for some time has been preaching at Huntley. The Rev. Kemper, who is unmarried, was in Alton several weeks ago and spoke in the Congregational church. He will succeed the Rev. J. C. Townsend, who resigned as pastor of the Congregational Church last fall. Since the Rev. Townsend's departure, the Congregational Church has been without a pastor.
Alton Telegraph - Saturday, January 4, 1930, p.3, c.8
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Rev. R.C. Kemper Applies for Navy Chaplain Post
The Rev. Robert C. Kemper, pastor of the Congregational Church, has applied for a commission as a chaplain in the Navy, it was announced Sunday in the Church bulletin.
The Rev. Kemper has passed a preliminary physical exam at St. Louis the bulletin announced. The Rev. Kemper has achieved a successful record as pastor of the Congregational Church, and has been active in inter-church organizations. He is married and the father of two sons.
Alton Telegraph - Saturday, June 7, 1943, p.2, c.2
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Rev. and Mrs. Kemper
The family of Rev. & Mrs. Robert Chatfield Kemper of 1109 Washington Ave., Alton, will honor them Saturday at a dinner at Hotel Stratford in observance of their golden wedding anniversary.
The couple is also planning a "sentimental journey" retracing their honeymoon trip. The former Virginia Owens and Kemper were married Oct. 8, 1933 in Pilgrim Congregational Church in St. Louis.
They have two sons, Rev. Robert G. of Western Springs and Larry Owens of Alton. There are three grandchildren.
Alton Telegraph - Tuesday, October 11, 1983, p. A-10
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Rev. Robert Kemper
ALTON--The Rev. Robert Chatfield Kemper, 86, died at 12:52 p.m. Wednesday, May 8, 1991, at home. Kemper had been pastor of the First Congregational Church of Alton from 1929-45 and 1961-78. He had been pastor of churches in Northern Illinois, California and Michigan and served as interim pastor locally after his retirement. He was minister emeritus for Mayflower Congregational Church of Godfrey and First Congregational Church of Alton.
Born on Aug. 6, 1904, in Lansing, Mich., he was a son of the late Charles and Edith (Chatfield) Kemper. He and the former Virginia M. Owens were married on Oct. 8, 1933, in St. Louis.
Surviving are his wife; two sons, Robert Graham Kemper of Western Springs and Larry O. Kemper of Alton; and three grandchildren. A sister, Katherine Prillwitz, preceded him in death.
Visitation is from 4:30 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Gent Funeral Home in Alton, with rites at 7:30 p.m. by Franklin Masonic Lodge 25 AF&AM, of which he was a member. The Kemper family will conduct services at the funeral home at 11 a.m. Monday. Burial is in Rose Lawn Memory Gardens at Bethalto.
Alton Telegraph - About May 9/10, 1991
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QUERY
USA Census, 1940
Name: Robert C Kemper
Event Place: Ward 4, Alton, Alton Township, Madison, Illinois
Gender: Male
Age: 35
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Birthplace: Michigan
Birth Year (Estimated): 1905
Last Place of Residence: Same Place
District: 60-15
Family Number: 45
Sheet Number and Letter: 3A
Line Number: 1
Digital Folder Number: 005459589
Image Number: 00413
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Robert C Kemper M 35 Michigan
Wife Virginia Kemper F 31 Illinois [nee Owens]
Son Robert C Kemper M 5 Illinois
Son Laray Kemper M 3 Illinois
Servant Catherine E Hays F 21 Missouri
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Alton Evening Telegraph 3 September 1966 › Page 6
The pastor of the church, the Rev. Robert Chatfield Kemper, says he became concerned some time ago about the number of deaths on the highways, which are ...
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