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The L'Anse Sentinel
Saturday, 10 April, 1909

         Death Calls Another Resident Home
         
         MRS. MARY KEMP Enters Upon the Sleep
          That Knows No Awakening, Tuesday.
          
         The spring of 1909 has gradually called from our
       midst, one after another of the few remaining pio-
       neers of L'Anse, and Tuesday at 1:30 p.m., death
       summoned another beloved soul, when it called home
       MRS. MARY KEMP, widow of the late HARRY KEMP.
       
         The first that was known of any serious condition
       of the deceased was last May, when she was attacked
       by a severe spell, which was attributed to a weak-
       ness of the heart. This attack she survived and re-
       cuperated fairly until in October she suffered a
       severe hemorrhage, since which time she had declined
       in health, until Saturday last when she was compelled
       to take to her couch, where she remained until death
       came to releive her sufferings on Tuesday.
       
         MRS. MARY KEMP was born in Westacre, County of
       Norfolk, England, on January 15, 1832. In 1865 she
       was united in marriage to HENRY KEMP and in the
       month of May 1872 removed with her family to America,
       going first to Hancock, where she resided temporarily
       until July, then removed to L'Anse township, locating
       in the residence now occupied by JAMES JACKSON, on
       the Bay Shore road. In 1884 she again moved, this
       time into L'Anse village taking up her residence on
       Fourth street where she remained until the end.
       
         Deceased was the oldest daughter of a family of
       seventeen children, out of which but four brothers
       and three sisters survive. By her marriage union
       five children were born to bless the home namely
       JOSEPH W., FRED H., ALFRED J., KATE M., and another
       daughter who died at an early age.
       
         She was a kind and loving mother and cheerful
       companion and a highly esteemed neighbor of the
       community in which she resided, and an exceptional
       favorite among the little children of the neighbor-
       hood, the later of which was plainly manifested as
       she lay in state by the numerous children who
       called to pay their last respects.
       
         Though not a member, she was a faithful attendant
       of the M.E. church when it was possible for her to
       do so, and a firm believer in the christain (sic)
       faith.
       
         The funeral services were held Thursday from her
       late home, Rev. C. M. Merrill, officiating, and was
       attended by a large concourse of friends and acquain-
       tances.
       
         Interment took place in L'Anse cemetery alongside
       those of her family who had preceded her.
       
       Transcriber's Note: Her late husband was Henry, not 
       Harry, Kemp. He died in 1890.
       
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