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Caroline Lynn Kempen

Female 1964 - 1973  (9 years)


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  • Name Caroline Lynn Kempen 
    Born 17 Jul 1964  Waupaca, Waupaca Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 16 Aug 1973  Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried St Mary Cemetery, Kaukauna, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I33678  Little Chute Genealogy
    Last Modified 29 Apr 2009 

    Father Vernon Henry Kempen,   b. 18 Jan 1939, Freedom, Outagamie Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Feb 2020  (Age 81 years) 
    Mother Joan Helen Baumann,   b. 04 Jun 1940, Black Creek, Outagamie Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Jun 2020  (Age 80 years) 
    Married 07 Jun 1961  St Mary Church, Black Creek, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F11467  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • The Post Crescent, Appleton, WI, Thurs., 16 Aug 1973
      CARRIE LYNNE KEMPEN
      Route 1, Menasha
      9 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Kempen, died Wednesday following an accident. She was born July 17, 1964 in Waupaca and would have been in fourth grade at St. Aloysius School, Kaukauna, this fall. Survivors besides the parents are a brother, Ronald and a sister, Cindy, both at home; the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Victor Baumann, Appleton; Mrs. Mary and the late Ray Kempen, Route 2, Kaukauna and great-grandmother, Mrs. William Baumann, Kaukauna. Funeral service will be held Saturday at 10:30 a.m. at St. Aloysius Catholic Church, Kaukauna, with interment in St. Mary Cemetery. Friends may call at the Greenwood Funeral home from 4 until 8:30 p.n. on Friday and there will be a rosary at 8 p.m. Friday.

      Appleton Post Crecent, Fri., 17 Aug 1973
      REPORT WRONG IN ACCIDENT
      Errors in The Post-Crescent reporting of the death of Carrie Kempen, 9, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Kempen,route 1, Menasha, have been pointed out by members of the family. The girl was killed Wednesday in a tractor accident at the home of her parents. According to the family,the girl was playing bythe tractor instead of on it prior to the accident. The family also said the girl accidentallystarted the tractor instead of her brother as reported. The news story also attributed minor injuries to the girl's brother as the effect of jumping from the tractor after the accident. He received the injuries trying to pull his sister away from the wheel of the tractor.

      Fond Du Lac Reporter, Thurs., 16 Aug 1973
      FAMILY TRACTOR KILLS GIRL
      MENASHA - Carrie Kempen, 9, daughter of Mr. and Mrs Vernon Kempen of Route 1, Menasha,was killed Wednesday afternoon when she was crushed by the family tractor. According to Calumet County Coroner Leroy Hughes,t he girl was playing with her 10-year-old brother on the tractor, when the tractor went into gear. She fell off with the wheel going over her. This is the first Calumet County farm fatality of the year.