KEMPFERT, Walter

1896 - 1962  (65 years)

• Name	KEMPFERT, Walter
  Birth	16 Aug 1896	Gibson Township, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States
  	Address: East Gibson
  Gender	Male
  Military	Walter served in WWI
  	Wisconsin/Sgt 319 Repair Unit MTC/World War I/
  Death	10 May 1962	Two Rivers, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States
  	Cause: Two Rivers Municipal Hospital
  	Kempfert Walter Kempfert, 65 of 1610-22nd St., Two Rivers, retired tavern operator and later resort owner, died early Thursday morning at Two Rivers Municipal Hospial. He had been in failing health or almost a year. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Klein and Stangel Inc., Funeral Home, Two Rivers, and at 10:30 a.m. at Calvary Lutheran Church, the Rev. M. W. Oechler officiating. Burial will be in Pioneers' Rest Cemetery. Mr. Kempfert was born Aug. 16, 1896, in the Town of Gibson, son of the late Henry and Emma Blum Kempfert, When he was a child the family brought him to Two Rivers where he attended St. John Lutheran School. He worked as a machinist at Kahlenberg Bros. Co. and Hamilton Mfg. Co., Two Rivers, for a number of years before operating a tavern on 13th Street, Two Rivers, for many years. In later years he operated a small resort at Little Sturgeon, Door County, and returned two years ago and worked at Crescent Woolen Mills Co. until his retirement several months ago. He was a member of the Two Rivers Aere of Eagles. Mr. Kempfert married the former Malinda Witt in 1919. She died in 1947. In 1949, he married the former Theresa Kanzelberger in Two Rivers, who survives with a daughter, Mrs. Val Komoroski, of Two Rivers, a sister, Mrs. Ella Hinkley, of Santa Anna, Calif., and two grandchildren. Friends may call at the funeral bome after 2 p.m. Friday. Herald-Times-Reporter Thu, May 10, 1962 ·Page 21
  Burial	Two Rivers, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States
  	Address: Pioneer Rest Cemetery
  Person ID	I5951	Jindra and Chaloupka Family Trees | Blum Family Tree (Ellen's maternal), Wulf Family Tree (Ellen's maternal)
  Last Modified	4 May 2025

  
  

  Father	KEMPFERT, Heinrich C.,   b. Aug 1863, Cooperstown, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States d. 12 May 1945, Whitelaw, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States (Age 81 years)
  Mother	BLUM, Emma Margaretha Henriette,   b. 18 Oct 1866, Mishicot, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States d. 6 Jan 1926, Two Rivers, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States (Age 59 years)
  Marriage	14 Nov 1885	Mishicot, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States
  	Address: home
  Family ID	F366	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	WITT, Malinda,   b. 22 Feb 1897   d. 7 Aug 1947 (Age 50 years)
  Marriage	1919
  Children	+ 1. Private
  Family ID	F2082	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Oct 2025

  
  

  Family 2	KANZELBERGER, Teresa,   b. 28 Feb 1898   d. 7 Mar 1973, Two Rivers, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	1949
  Family ID	F2151	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Oct 2025