OBITUARY: Margaret Mary (Van Beveren) Kempfer, 2003; Baker county, Oregon
surname: Kempfer, Van Beveren, Gardner, Walker, Enloe, Van Komen, Abbot

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Margaret Kempfer 

Margaret Mary Kempfer, 90, a former Baker City resident, died Jan. 5, 2003, at
Valley View Assisted Living in John Day. 

Rosary will be said on Thursday at Driskill Memorial Chapel in John Day, 241
S. Canyon Blvd. Mass will be celebrated Friday at St. Francis de Sales
Cathedral in Baker City. Burial will follow at Mount Hope Cemetery.

Mrs. Kempfer was born Feb. 7, 1912, in Moline, Ill., to John and Eliza Van
Beveren, recent immigrants from Belgium. In 1915 the family moved to Baker
City. She graduated from St. Francis Academy in 1930. 

She married Charles Kempfer in the mid-1930s. He passed away in 1970. 

She was employed by St. Elizabeth Hospital for many years until her
retirement. She moved to John Day in 1994 and had resided at Valley View
Assisted Living since 2000. 

Survivors include her children, John Kempfer Sr. of Aurora, Colo., and
Charlene Gardner and her husband, John, of Canyon City; grandchildren, Tony
Gardner and his wife, Carmen, Amy Walker and her husband, Mike, all of Canyon
City, Linda Enloe and her husband, Don, of Highlands Ranch, Colo., Andy
Gardner and his wife, Amber, of Sublimity, Patricia Kempfer of Aston, Penn.,
Jennifer Van Komen and her husband, Larry, of Nampa, Idaho, John Kempfer Jr.
of Aurora, Colo.; great-grandchildren, Garret, Carli, Meghann, McKenzie,
Christina, and Jacob; a sister, Palma Abbot of Yreka, Calif.; and numerous
nieces, nephews and cousins. 

Memorial contributions may be made to Grant County Hospice or St. Elizabeth's
Church Fund for the Needy in care of Driskill Memorial Chapel, 241 S. Canyon
Blvd., John Day, OR 97845.