Kempema, Loretta Marie, 1928-1928

KEMPEMA, VANDERWEERD

Posted By: Lydia Lucas - Volunteer (email)
Date: 6/13/2021 at 20:33:36

From the Rock Valley Bee, March 16, 1928:

MOURN DEATH OF BABE

Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kemperma [i.e., Kempema] have the sympathy of friends in the death of their month old baby girl, Loretta Marie, who died last Thursday following a brief illness. Funeral services were held last Saturday afternoon at the home in Rock Valley, and the remains were taken to Valley View Cemetery for burial.

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The Sioux County Cemetery Index has Kempema, Loretta Marie, b. 8 Feb 1928, d. 7 Mar 1928, Valley View Cem Rock Valley IA.

Her death certificate has her birth date as Feb. 10, 1928 and her death date as 11 a.m. March 8, 1928, cause bronchopneumonia., duration 2 days. Parents Henry Kempema, born in New Holland, S. Dak., and Antonia Vander Weerd, born in Hinton, Iowa.