Otto Kempe

b. 10 June 1900, d. 30 March 1945
  • Otto Kempe was born on 10 June 1900 in Texas.
  • Frank Kempe appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Travis County, Texas. Other members of the household included Otto Kempe, Gertrude Kempe and Frank Kempe.
  • He married Bulah Mae Bullard, daughter of Charles Nathaniel Bullard and Rachel Green, circa 1929.
  • Otto Kempe and Bulah Mae Bullard appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, at 2817 North Commerce. Other members of the household included Homer Lee Kempe and Wayne Gilbert Kempe. Son Homer Lee is identified As Otto M. Kempe, age 10.)
  • He was employed working with livestock, according to the 1940 census.
  • Otto Kempe died on 30 March 1945 at age 44 in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, at 2402 Ellis . His death was officially witnessed by William M. Kempe. According to his death certificate, occupation laborer, marital status divorced.
  • He was interred at Mount Olivet Garden of Memories, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas.
  • The following appeared on 17 August 1999 in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram: (Bedford) Bulah Mae Evans, 87, a homemaker, died Sunday, Aug. 15, 1999, in Bedford.
         Funeral: 1 p.m. Wednesday at Arlington Funeral Home in Arlington.
          Burial: Moore Memorial Gardens in Arlington. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
         Memorials: Arthritis Foundation.
         Bulah Mae Evans was born on April 18, 1912, in Fort Worth, Texas.
         She was a loving mother and grandmother and will be missed by many.
         She was preceded in death by her sister, Eula Faye Stout; brothers, L.P. Bullard, Virgil Bullard and James Bullard; and husbands, Otto Kempe and Adam Evans.
         Survivors: Sons, Homer L. Kempe and his wife, Novell, of Richland Hills, Wayne G. Kempe and his wife, Joanne, of Richland Hills, Billy J. Kempe and his wife, Cleta, of Keller and Larry E. Kempe and his wife, Pauline, of Bedford; brother, J.B. Bullard; 14 grandchildren; 33 great-grandchildren; and seven great-great-grandchildren.
  • Last Edited: 4 Apr 2016

Family: Bulah Mae Bullard b. 18 April 1912, d. 15 August 1999