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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
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    • 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.
      • March 29 » The M1911 .45 ACP pistol becomes the official U.S. Army side arm.
      • April 2 » The Australian Bureau of Statistics conducts the country's first national census.
      • April 29 » Tsinghua University, one of mainland China's leading universities, is founded.
      • May 21 » President of Mexico Porfirio Díaz and the revolutionary Francisco Madero sign the Treaty of Ciudad Juárez to put an end to the fighting between the forces of both men, concluding the initial phase of the Mexican Revolution.
      • June 16 » IBM founded as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company in Endicott, New York.
      • September 1 » The armored cruiser Georgios Averof is commissioned into the Greek Navy. It now serves as a museum ship.

    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.
      • May 3 » The southwestern portion of Oklahoma City is devastated by an F5 tornado, killing forty-five people, injuring 665, and causing $1billion in damage. The tornado is one of 66 from the 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak. This tornado also produces the highest wind speed ever recorded, measured at 301 +/- 20mph (484 +/- 32km/h).
      • May 7 » Pope John Paul II travels to Romania, becoming the first pope to visit a predominantly Eastern Orthodox country since the Great Schism in 1054.
      • July 5 » U.S. President Bill Clinton imposes trade and economic sanctions against the Taliban regime in Afghanistan.
      • August 31 » A LAPA Boeing 737-200 crashes during takeoff from Jorge Newbury Airport in Buenos Aires, killing 65, including two on the ground.
      • October 26 » Britain's House of Lords votes to end the right of hereditary peers to vote in Britain's upper chamber of Parliament.
      • November 19 » Shenzhou 1: The People's Republic of China launches its first Shenzhou spacecraft.

    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.
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