OBIT: Matthew J. KEMP, 1975, Meyersdale, Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed by Kerry L. Miller. Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ MATTHEW J. KEMP Matthew J. Kemp, 76, of Meyersdale, died Oct. 3, 1975, at his home. Born Dec. 9, 1898, in Meyersdale, he was a son of the late Richard and Eva (Breig) Kemp. Surviving are his wife, the former Mabel Secrest; four children, James of Kent, Wash.; John of Meyersdale; Jerry of Garrett; and Mrs. Wilbur (Joyce) Keife, of Richmond Heights, Ohio; also eleven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. He was a former Meyersdale borough councilman and was a retired forest ranger for the Department of Forests and Waters. Requiem mass was conducted Monday morning in Sts. Phillip and James Catholic Church with Rev. Clark George officiating. Interment in the church cemetery under the direction of Leckemby-Price Funeral Home. Meyersdale Republic, October 9, 1975 [K0320]