Joe C. Kemper

KEMPER, JOE C., 85, of Louisville, passed away Tuesday, July 24, 2007 at Baptist Hospital Northeast Hospice Unit. He was a native of Lyon Co., KY, a Navy veteran of World War II, a retired claims adjudicator and a rating board member for the Veteran's Administration, a KY Colonel and a member of Southeast Christian Church. He was preceded in death by his wife, Fern LaRue Kemper; brothers, Billie Kemper and Arch E. Kemper Jr.; sisters, Dorothy Kemper and Freda Hubbard; and grandson, Matthew Eisenmenger. He is survived by his son, Marcus Kemper and his wife Mary; daughter, Melanie Hendricks and her husband John; sister, Dottie Drennan; and three grandchildren, Jason Kemper and his fiancée Sarah Lindsay, Nathan Kemper and his wife Jenny and Sara Hendricks. His funeral service will be 10 a.m. Friday, July 27, 2007 at Southeast Christian Church Chapel, 920 Blankenbaker Pkwy., with burial in Cave Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be 1-8 p.m. Thursday, July 26, 2007 at Highlands Family-Owned Funeral Home, 3331 Taylorsville Rd. Expressions of sympathy may be made to Hospice of Louisville.