Polly Anna Petrus Kemp

1861 - 1950  (89 years)

• Name	Polly Anna Petrus Kemp
  Nickname	Pollyann
  Born	1861
  Gender	Female
  Died	8 Jul 1950	St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas
  Buried	Valley View Cemetery, St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas
  Person ID	I4379	Rossville
  Last Modified	4 Apr 2018

  
  

  Family	James Newton Kemp,   b. 1856,   d. 1942  (Age 86 years)
  Married	17 Jul 1879
  Children	1. Harve F Kemp,   b. 1883,   d. 1963  (Age 80 years)   2. Dora Mollie Kemp,   b. 1887,   d. 1890  (Age 3 years) + 3. Anna Mae Kemp Short,   b. 8 Sep 1889, Tennessee ,   d. 1949, St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas  (Age 59 years)   4. Floyd Warren Kemp,   d. 21 Oct 1918
  Last Modified	12 Oct 2017 13:33:17
  Family ID	F5178	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Buried - - Valley View Cemetery, St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Kemp, Polyann Mrs. Pollyann Kemp Mrs. Pollyann Kemp, 89, widow of the late “Newt” Kemp, passed away Saturday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Don Short in St. Marys. Mrs. Kemp was the only surviving Gold Star mother of the first World War in St. Marys township. Their son, Pvt. Floyd Kemp, a favorite among local baseball fans, was killed in action in the Argonne Forest a few days before the signing of the Armistice in 1918. In his memory the Kemps gave the bell which is heard every Sabbath from the tower of the Methodist Church in St. Marys. Her funeral was held Sunday afternoon at the Methodist Church. Interment was in Valley View Cemetery. Mrs. Kemp was an aunt of Mrs. Joe Navarre and Mrs. Dewey Maupin, of Silver Lake.