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Idaho County Free
Press June 28, 1995 William Kemp, 77 William “Bill” Kemp 77, of Grangeville died June 20,
1995 at Conway, Ark. Of a heart attack while visiting relatives.
Bill was born Sept 8, 1917 at Forest, Idaho, as son of Leonard and
Constance Bent Kemp. He attended
school at Forest. He married Della
Donnally on Nov. 30, 1940, at Lewiston. He worked on his family sheep ranch on the Salmon River
before moving to Mount Idaho in 1943. He
worked driving logging trucks, at sawmills, meat cutting and carpentry.
In 1943 he helped build the Pine Cove dance hall in Mount Idaho it later
burned. He retired in 1979. Bill was very active in the community. He was a member of the Odd Fellows Lodge having served as past Noble Grand. He was a member of the Winchester Masonic Lodge #67, Prairie Shriners, 25 year member of Mount Queen Chapter Order of Eastern Star, Past worshipable president of the Eagles Lodge #539, Chapter Dad for Prairie Order of Demolay, Guardian Council for Job’s Daughters, Grangeville Elks Lodge and was on the board of directors for the Grangeville Campfire District He enjoyed fishing, hunting, bowling, mushrooming and
raising a small herd of sheep. He
also enjoyed making sausage, gardening, reading, traveling, playing pinochle and
cribbage. He is survived by his wife at the family home; one son,
Rick Kemp, of Newberg, Ore.; two daughters, Becky Moriarty of Clarkston, Wash.,
and Kaylynn Irusta of Boise; one brother, Walter Kemp, of Murfreesboro, Tenn.,
and six grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, one son, William,
and one daughter, Connie Kemp. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 10 a.m. at the
Noland Funeral Home, Grangeville. Pastor
Chris Blair of the Grangeville
Christian Church will officiate. Graveside
fraternal rites will be conducted by the Winchester Masonic Lodge at Mount Idaho
Cemetery. Friends may call Friday
from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Noland Funeral Home, Grangeville.
Idaho County Free
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