Sources: Paul Winter, Ruth Leibrand, & Judy Mayfield
Hij had een relatie met Dessa Mae Leonard.
Kind(eren):
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."
<>
William E. Wempen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dessa Mae Leonard |