Elfrieda Kempe

Elfrieda Kempe

• Father: Frank Kempe b. circa May 1860, d. 12 October 1916
• Mother: Ida Alwine Menzer b. 19 July 1868, d. 1 June 1902

• Elfrieda Kempe was born on 26 November 1889 in Texas.
• Frank Kempe and Ida Alwine Menzer appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Travis County, Texas. Other members of the household included Elfrieda Kempe, William M. Kempe, Gertrude Kempe, Ida Kempe, Frances G. Kempe and Frank Kempe.
• She married Richard Archer Ward, son of Hiram Ward and Phoebe Riley, on 26 April 1908 in Williamson County, Texas.
• Richard Archer Ward and Elfrieda Kempe appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Travis County, Texas. Other members of the household included Richard Archer Ward Jr., Hiram Ward and Frances G. Kempe. Also in the household were two boarders.
• Richard Archer Ward and Elfrieda Kempe appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Pflugerville, Travis County, Texas, at Pecan Street. Other members of the household included Richard Archer Ward Jr., Hiram Ward, Vivian E. Ward and Maudine Ward.
• Richard Archer Ward and Elfrieda Kempe appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Pflugerville, Travis County, Texas. Other members of the household included Hiram Ward, Vivian E. Ward and Maudine Ward.
• Richard Archer Ward and Elfrieda Kempe appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Pflugerville, Travis County, Texas. Other members of the household included Maudine Ward.
• She was employed as an operator by the telephone company, according to the 1940 census.
• Elfrieda Kempe became a widow at the 7 November 1945 death of her husband Richard Archer Ward.
• The following appeared on 24 November 1972 in The Odessa American: (San Saba): Funeral services were set for 2 p.m. Friday in the Howell-Doran Funeral Home Chapel for Mrs. Ida K. Bourke, 79, who died Tuesday in a San Antonio hospital after an illness.
       Burial was to be in the San Saba City Cemetery.
       Born April 8, 1893, in Travis County, Mrs. Bourke married Emery Bourke in 1909 in Austin. She had resided in San Saba County most of her life. She was a Baptist.
       Survivors include four sons, Raymond Bourke and Jack Bourke, both of San Saba, John Bourke of Midland and Menzie Bourke of Odessa; a brother, Frank Kempe of Fort Worth; two sisters, Mrs. Elfreda Ward and Mrs. Frances Clinkscales, both of Austin; 13 grandchildren; and 10 great grandchildren.
• Elfrieda Kempe died on 18 March 1979 at age 89 in Travis County, Texas.
• She was interred at Oakwood Cemetery Annex, Austin, Travis County, Texas.

• Last Edited: 30 Sep 2015