FORMER KENNARD WOMAN SUCCUMBS

Mrs. Otto Kempcke Of Lyons Died In Sioux City Hospital Sunday

Mrs. Otto Kempcke of Lyons, former resident of Kennard, died at 11:30 in Lutheran hospital, Sioux City. She had been seriously ill for nine weeks.

Mrs. Kempcke moved to Lyons about 20 years ago.

Among the survivors are two sons, William and Russell of Lyons; four daughters, Mrs. Irene Hayes, Mrs. Dorothy Hayes, Mrs. Helen Swensen and Mrs. Edna Marie Pond, all of Lyons, and nine grandchildren, also of that city.

Three brothers, Thomas, Charles and Frank Bates of Kennard, also survive as do three sisters, Mrs. Georgia Robertson, Mrs. Agnes Rosenbaum and Miss Lena Bates of Kennard.

~~~ Obituary courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska.~~~