Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Kemme, Karlene Joye (Harger) 2000
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Ionia Sentinel Standard, Mar 2000

At a very unexpected time, our Lord Jesus called home our beloved Karlene Joye 
Kemme, loving wife, mother, daughter, sister, granddaughter, aunt and friend.

Karlene was born in Belding on Feb. 11, 1965, the fourth child of Pastor 
Kenneth and Beverly Harger.  She attended Chittle Elementary School, Orleans 
Elementary School and later graduated from Belding High School in 1983.

Karlene was actively involved in many ways the Shiloh Community Church.  Her 
lifelong concern for children led her to be a teacher of many different classes 
throughout her life, as well as organizing and nurturing the summer day camp 
for children of all ages.

In 1983, she met her husband-to be, Blaine Kemme, and they married soon after 
on Sept. 22, 1984.  Together, they have four children, Robert, Aileen, 
Christine and Ashley, whom she home-schooled.  They all spent many hours 
remodeling and decorating their home and yard.  Karlene loved flowers of many 
types and was very proud of her flower and vegetable gardens.  She also loved 
the adventure of yard sales and the joy of finding treasures there.

Karlene is survived by her husband and four children.  Also surviving are her 
parents, Pastor Kenneth and Beverly Harger; her brother, Pastor Kendall (Juli) 
Harger; her sisters, Angie (Pastor Mike) Jacobson and Valerie (Dave) Dawdy; 
many nieces and nephews; and “adopted” parents, Dr. Robert and Debbie Rogers.  
She was preceded in death by one sister, Dawn Harger.

A service celebrating the spiritual life and physical life of Karlene will be 
held Thursday, March 9, 2000, at 11 a.m. at Shiloh Community Church, 8197 Heth 
St., Orleans, with her father and brother, Pastors Kenneth and Kendall Harger 
officiating.

A visitation for friends to celebrate Karlene’s life with her family will be 
held tonight at Shiloh Community Church from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. and Wednesday 
from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.   In lieu of flowers, the family 
requests that because of Karlene’s great concern for the education of her 
children, we have established as a memorial to her a fund for her children’s 
continuing education.   Arrangements by Stebbins and Simpson Funeral Home, 
Sheridan.


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