Kenneth C Kemmerer

In Loving Memory
Kenneth Kemmerer

Kenneth Carl Kemmerer was born on March 9, 1930 in Quakertown, Pennsylvania to Myron and Ella Victoria (Hildenbrand) Kemmerer, the youngest of two children and passed away Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at his home in Friend at the age of 81 years 10 months and 9 days. As a young boy he attended and graduated from Quakertown High School with the class of 1948. Upon graduation, he began a long career of employment with Ametek/US Gauge, where he designed and engineered avionic and mechanical gauges at the plant in Sellersville, PA, retiring in 1992.

On August 20, 1950, he was united in marriage to Lucille Irene Reinhard in the Springfield Lutheran Church, Springfield Township, Pennsylvania and to this union a son, Keith, and a daughter, Linda were born. Together they made their home with their parents for a short time in Passer. In 1994, after Kenneth and Lucille had retired, they moved to Friend, Nebraska to be near their son, Keith.

Kenneth was a long-time member of the Springfield Lutheran Church and he and Lucille sang in the church choir. He also played the organ. In his spare time he enjoyed putting model airplanes together and loved to do wood carving and attended wood carving events where he received several awards. He had fun playing bingo and enjoyed taking his neighbors with him. He also took regular trips to the "boats" in Council Bluffs with his neighbors. Kenneth had a wonderful, fun sense of humor and had a kind and gentle loving soul.

Kenneth is survived by his son and daughter-in-law, Keith and Donita Kemmerer, Friend, daughter and son-in-law, Linda and Robert Theoret, L'Ange-Gardien, Quebec, Canada, four grandchildren, Renee, Julien and Nathania Theoret, and Lacy Stockdale, five great-grandchildren, Ashley Kemmerer and Haley Uriarte, Lyndyn J. Tran, Aevry Marshall Theoret, Sheldon Myren Theoret, five nieces and a host of other relatives and friends.

He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, Lucille in 2005, sister, Dorothy Hallman, grandson, Keith Kemmerer, Jr., granddaughter, Tricia Uriarte, sisters-in-law, Marie Berger, Mildred Heller, and Pauline Wagner, and a nephew, Merle Berger

A Graveside Service will be held at 2:00 pm, Sunday, January 22, 2012, at Andrew Cemetery with Pastor Jerry Gill officiating. Visitation 1-5pm Saturday at Lauber-Moore Funeral Home, Friend. Memorials have been established to Andrew Cemetery Tree memorial fund or animal charity of donor's choice. Arrangements have been entrusted to the care of Lauber-Moore Funeral Home, Friend. A full obituary and condolences may be sent to the family at laubermoore.com.