OBITUARY: KEMP, Frances (KRUPP) 
        Posted By: Leora Slosser <lslosser@pathwaynet.com>
        Date: Monday, 2 April 2001, at 9:06 a.m. 
        MIRIAM WOMAN RESIDENT DIED. 
        The death of Mrs. Joseph Kemp, aged 75 and a life-long resident of the Miriam district, south of the city, took place at St. Mary's hospital in Grand Rapids, a few minutes after midnight, Thursday, death was caused by pneumonia brought on by a complication of other diseases and a long period of ill health. Mrs. Kemp had been brought in from her home to the local hospital, but late Wednesday was transferred to the hospital in Grand Rapids, where, soon after arriving, she passed away. Mrs. Kemp was until the time of her marriage, Miss Frances Krupp and was a sister of George Krupp of Miriam and Mrs. Charles Byrnes of Smyrna, who are left to survive. Mrs. Kemp had been a life-long member of St. Mary's Catholic church at Miriam and on Sunday evening members of both St. Mary's and St. Joseph's parishes gathered at the Fales Funeral home, where the body was brought after death at Grand Rapids, for the recitation of the rosary. Funeral services were held at 9 o'clock Monday morning at St. Mary's church, Miriam, with Rev. Fr. Ralph V. Kelly officiating and burial was in the cemetery at Miriam. 
        [Died 31 Jul 1930]
        Source: The Carrie Ayers Scrapbook collection - Obituaries 1936-1949. The original scrapbook and a copy are located at the Boston-Saranac Historical Society Depot Museum in Saranac, MI. Another copy is available at the Ionia County Genealogical Society library located at the Lake Odessa Area Historical Society Depot Museum, Emerson Street, Lake Odessa, MI.