Frank Kempe

b. 4 February 1897, d. 25 March 1978
  • Frank Kempe was born on 4 February 1897 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 Frank Kempe, William M. Kempe, Elfrieda Kempe, Gertrude Kempe, Ida Kempe and Frances G. Kempe.
  • Frank Kempe appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Travis County, Texas. Other members of the household included Frank Kempe, Gertrude Kempe and Otto Kempe.
  • Frank Kempe registered for the draft on 5 June 1918 in Travis County, Texas, while living with his father in Austin on RFD 1.
  • He married (?) Jones, daughter of Joseph A. Jones and Josephine Bourke.
  • William M. Kempe and Emily Honor McCracken appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, at 1227 Lindon. Other members of the household included Frank Kempe, Esther Lillian Kempe, Max J. Dyson, Emily Josephine Kempe and William Dewey Kempe.
  • He was employed as utility man at the stock yards, according to the 1940 census.
  • Frank Kempe registered for the draft in 1942 while living with William and Emily Kempe at 329 Hassett Avenue in Fort Worth, and employed by the Fort Worth Stock Yard Company.
  • Bulah Kempe and her sons Homer and Wayne, and her brothers-in-laws Frank and William Kempe, appeared in the 1949 Fort Worth City Directory.
  • The following appeared on 12 June 1958 in The San Saba News: Holiday weekend visitors in the homes of Mrs. J. A. Jones and Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Jackson included Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kempe and their three grandsons, Max Dyson and Robbie and Don Perry, of Fort Worth; Mr. and Mrs. Howard Baird and daughter, Jo Dora, of Houston; Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Felts and daughters, Ramona and Cathy, and Charlie Smith of Pecos; Dorothy and Paul Douglas Jackson from Alamogordo, N. M. Mrs. Baird and daughter remained with her aunt and grandmother for a longer visit.
  • The following appeared on 12 June 1958 in The San Saba News: Holiday weekend visitors in the homes of Mrs. J. A. Jones and Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Jackson included Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kempe and their three grandsons, Max Dyson and Robbie and Don Perry, of Fort Worth; Mr. and Mrs. Howard Baird and daughter, Jo Dora, of Houston; Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Felts and daughters, Ramona and Cathy, and Charlie Smith of Pecos; Dorothy and Paul Douglas Jackson from Alamogordo, N. M. Mrs. Baird and daughter remained with her aunt and grandmother.
  • 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.
  • At the time of his death Frank Kempe was living in River Oaks, Tarrant County, Texas, at 329 Hassett.
  • Frank Kempe died on 25 March 1978 at age 81 in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, at St. Joseph Hospital . His death was officially witnessed by Esther Lillian Kempe.
  • He was interred at Mount Olivet Cemetery, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas.
  • A single grave marker identifies the graves of Emily Honor McCracken and Frank Kempe.
  • Last Edited: 4 Oct 2015

Family: (?) Jones