KEMPF, Dorothea "Dora" (Mengel) 1861-1933

KEMPF, MENGEL, WATTS, BLOSS

Posted By: Diane M Scott (email)
Date: 6/17/2011 at 12:51:14

Dorothea “Dora” (Mengel) Kempf 1863-1933

#1
MRS. KEMPF, 73, WILL BE BURIED IN RICEVILLE

Cresco, April 24 – Mrs. Adam Kempf, 73, of Saratoga, 15 miles west of Cresco, died Sunday night.

She is survived by her husband and five grown children.

Funeral services will be held at the home Wednesday at 2 o’clock, with burial at Riceville.
The Rev. Mr. Bodenham, mission pastor of near Riceville, will officiate.

Mason City Globe Gazette, Monday April 24, 1933

#2
1900 US Census: Monroe, Benton, Iowa
Adam Kempf 37 born March 1863 Germany
Dora 39 born April 1861 Germany

(1) Lizzie 14 born June 1885 Iowa…married William Guy Watts.
Elizabeth Kathryn buried in Elmwood, Black Hawk, Iowa

(2) George 13 born December 1886 Iowa..married Christina Mussman. George is buried in Riverside, Riceville, Cemetery.

(3) Annie 6 born November 1893 Iowa..married Henry Bloss, buried in Osage Cemetery, Mitchell, Iowa
(4) Katie 4 born September 1895 Iowa..never married died 1989. Buried in Saratoga Twp., Cemetery, Howard, Iowa

(5) Lillie ?months, born May 1899 Iowa

#3 Dora’s Husband:
Family Search.org
Adam Kempf
Birth: 11 MAR 1863 Bindsachsen, Oberhessen, Hessen
Parents: Heinrich Kempf and Gertraud Geiss