Gary L. Kemper 1951~2009

KEMPER, ADKINSON

Posted By: Mary (email)
Date: 7/18/2009 at 09:42:34

NEW BOSTON, Ill. — Gary L. Kemper, 57, of New Boston, Illinois, died Thursday, July 16, 2009, at his home. Funeral service will be 11 a.m. Monday, July 20, 2009, at the Church of Christ, Muscatine, Iowa. Visitation will be from 2 to 6 p.m. on Sunday, July 19, 2009, at the Ralph J. Wittich-Riley-Freers Funeral Home, Muscatine. Reverend Lloyd Mansfield will officiate the service.
Memorials may be made to the family in care of Deb Kemper. Online condolences for the Kemper family may be left at www.wittichfuneralhome.com.
Gary was born on September 13, 1951, in Muscatine, the son of Robert W. and Betty Adkison Kemper. He married Deb Knight on June 10, 2000, in Muscatine. He was a graduate of Wilton High School.
He had worked for Nordam Aviation in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and later at HON Industries for 15 years.
He enjoyed helping others and he could fix anything and everything, and he also enjoyed metal and woodworking.
Survivors include his wife, Deb Kemper, of New Boston, Illinois; one son, Chad A. Kemper, of Davenport; two daughters, Tracey L. Sulzberger, and husband, Steve, of Muscatine, and Janelle Wendt, and husband, Travis, of Rochester, Minnesota; six grandchildren; his mother, Betty Kemper, of Muscatine; two brothers, Larry P. Kemper, and wife, Carolyn, of Muscatine, and Dennis W. Kemper, and significant other, Linda Anson, of New Boston, Illinois; and two sisters, Nancy Taube, and husband, Jim, of Muscatine, and Tammy L. Allison, and husband, Matt, of Fruitland.
He was preceded in death by his father in 2002 and a brother, Bobby, in infancy.