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William E. "Bill" Wempen

Source: Author: Winter, Paul R., Title: Winter GEDCOM file, (Publication location: Buffalo Ctr., IA, Publisher: PRW, Publication date: xxx Jan MMIV), Repository: Paul R. Winter, Buffalo Ctr., IA

"William Wempen

Father: Dick Anthony (Dederick Antone) Wempen
Mother: Grace May Adams (1883 - 1969)

Children:

[1] Raymond Wendal Wempen"

Author: Leibrand, Ruth, et. al., Title: Celebrate a Century Buffalo Center, Iowa Centennial 1892 - 1992, (Publication location: Buffalo Center IA, Publisher: Centennial Book Committee, Publication date: MCMXCII), pg. 433, Repository:Dallas TX Pub. Lib.

[Pg. 433, Col. 1]

"DIEDRICH "DICK" AND GRACE WEMPEN

[Photograph of a man & a woman]

Diedrich "Dick" Wempen was born on May 24, 1875 in Neuenburg, Germany, the son of John and Meta (Lubben) Wempen. While in Germany he worked in a factory where he lost two toes in an injury. As a young man in his early twenties, he cameacross the big water to America, in 1898.

On August 21, 1906 Dick married Grace Adams of Buffalo Center. Grace was born on March 6, 1883 in Grosmidlum, Germany, the daughter of Adam and Moederke (Westendorf) Adams. When she was about a year old the family moved to America. Dick and Grace made their first home near Little Rock, Iowa; in 1912 they moved with their children - Amos, Margaret, and William - to a farm in Winnebago County two and a half miles north of Buffalo Center. ..."

Author: Mayfield, Judy, Title: "William 'Bill' Wempen," (Publication location: Argonia KS, Publisher: Find-a-Grave, Publication date: xxiv June MMIX), Repository: The Cloud

Link: https://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Wempen&GSfn=William&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=38698719&df=all&

"William 'Bill' Wempen Birth: Feb. 20, 1911 Death: Sep. 20, 1999

Burial: Argonia Cemetery Argonia Sumner County Kansas, USA

Created by: Judy Mayfield Record added: Jun 24, 2009 Find A Grave Memorial# 38698719"

Obituaries, Buffalo Center (Iowa) Tribune, Vol. 108 # 30, 25 Nov 1999, Pg. 5 Col. 1

Link: https://buffalocenter.newspaperarchive.com/buffalo-center-tribune/1999-11-25/page-5/pageno-137268429?tag=william+wempen&rtserp=tags/william-wempen?ndt=ex&pd=25&py=1999±=11

"William E. Wempen, 88

Funeral services for William E. Wempen, 88, of Argonia, Kansas were held Wednesday, September 22 at 11:00 a.m. in the Wesleyan Church in Argonia. Interment was in the cemetery there. Williams Funeral Home of Argonia was in charge of arrangements. Dan Cloyd officiated at the service. Music was provided by Lee Weishaar as organist and Melvin Tracy was soloist. Honorary pallbearers were Richard Forrest II, Herb Gosser, Don Rhodes, Jay Moyer and Clinton Forrest. Active pallbearers were Jason Thompson, Stanton Wempen, Joe Thompson, Brad Buresh, Jay Thompson and Conley Forrest.

William E. Wempen was born February 20, 1911 to Diedrich and Grace (Adams) Wempen at Buffalo Center. He had four brothers and two sisters. Bill moved to the Argonia community to work and make his home 50 years ago, as his Uncle Curly Wempen and his wife, Angie, and their family were already living in this area. He has nieces, nephews and cousins who live in the Argonia community.

Bill worked at Forrest Implement Company for at least 37 years. Farmers in the area first knew Bill when he started working with Dick Forrest and later for Richard Forrest. Bill became good friends with the Richard Forrest family and became an important adopted family member. Bill enjoyed reading and enjoyed studing scriptures. He also liked listening to music. Bill and Richard watched ball games together on television. Over the years he became quite a KU fan. We went to Emporia, Kansas the year the Argonia girls basketball team played at substate. He loved to watch Richard and Wanda's grandchildren play basketball.

Bill died Monday, September 20, 1999 at the Harper Hospital in Harper, Kansas. He is survived by his son, Raymond, of Noel, Missouri; three brothers, Amos and George, both of Buffalo Center, and Harry of Ashland, Oregon; a sister, Esther Grimes of Buffalo Center; special friends, Richard and Wanda Forrest of Argonia; nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends in the Buffalo Center area."
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    Birthday February 20, 1911

    • The temperature on February 20, 1911 was between 0.8 °C and 6.9 °C and averaged 3.1 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (21%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1911: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
      • January 12 » The University of the Philippines College of Law is formally established; three future Philippine presidents are among the first enrollees.
      • January 26 » Glenn Curtiss flies the first successful American seaplane.
      • April 8 » Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes discovers superconductivity.
      • May 15 » More than 300 Chinese immigrants are killed in the Torreón massacre when the forces of the Mexican Revolution led by Emilio Madero take the city of Torreón from the Federales.
      • July 1 » Germany despatches the gunship SMSPanther to Morocco, sparking the Agadir Crisis.
      • July 7 » The United States, UK, Japan, and Russia sign the North Pacific Fur Seal Convention of 1911 banning open-water seal hunting, the first international treaty to address wildlife preservation issues.

    Day of death September 20, 1999

    • The temperature on September 20, 1999 was between 14.7 °C and 20.9 °C and averaged 17.6 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (16%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1999: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 15.8 million citizens.
      • January 7 » The Senate trial in the impeachment of U.S. President Bill Clinton begins.
      • March 20 » Legoland California, the first Legoland outside of Europe, opens in Carlsbad, California, US.
      • May 6 » The first elections to the devolved Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly are held.
      • May 7 » Kosovo War: Three Chinese citizens are killed and 20 wounded when a NATO aircraft apparently inadvertently bombs the Chinese embassy in Belgrade, Serbia.
      • December 6 » A&M Records, Inc. v. Napster, Inc.: The Recording Industry Association of America sues the peer-to-peer file-sharing service Napster, alleging copyright infringement.
      • December 18 » NASA launches into orbit the Terra platform carrying five Earth Observation instruments, including ASTER, CERES, MISR, MODIS and MOPITT.

    Day of burial September 22, 1999

    • The temperature on September 22, 1999 was between 14.2 °C and 22.0 °C and averaged 17.0 °C. There was 9.0 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (9%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1999: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 15.8 million citizens.
      • February 12 » United States President Bill Clinton is acquitted by the United States Senate in his impeachment trial.
      • March 11 » Infosys becomes the first Indian company listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange.
      • May 2 » Panamanian general election, 1999: Mireya Moscoso becomes the first woman to be elected President of Panama.
      • July 10 » In women's association football, the United States defeated China in a penalty shoot-out at the Rose Bowl near Los Angeles to win the final match of the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup. The final was watched by 90,185 spectators, which set a new world record for attendance at a women's sporting event.
      • December 3 » NASA loses radio contact with the Mars Polar Lander moments before the spacecraft enters the Martian atmosphere.
      • December 26 » The storm Lothar sweeps across Central Europe, killing 137 and causing US$1.3 billion in damage.
    

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