Janet R Kemper

Janet R. Kemper, Coldwater, Ohio, passed away peacefully surrounded by family at Mercer Health, Coldwater, on Tuesday evening, July 26, 2022.  She was born in Coldwater on February 18, 1936 to Lewis and Loretta (Knapke) Wenning.  She married Daniel D. Kemper on May 25, 1957, and he preceded her in death on April 18, 2020.

Janet and Dan soon moved to the farm across the road from her parents where they raised three sons.  She is survived by sons and daughters-in-law, Timothy & Joyce (Schwieterman) Kemper, Marietta, GA, Charles & Janet (Wynk) Kemper, Maria Stein, OH and Dale & Ellen (Horning) Kemper, Dublin, OH. In addition, she is survived by grandchildren, Molly Kemper, Nathan & Gina (Griesdorn) Kemper, Morgan Kemper, Nicholas Kemper, Kyle & Caroline (Hanson) Kemper, Emily & Alex Hershey, and Jason Kemper.  Janet is also survived by one great grandson, Nile Kemper, and her sister and brother–in-law, Esther & Robert Ballweg of New Knoxville and numerous nieces and nephews.

Along with her parents and husband, Janet is preceded in death by her brother and sister-in-law, George & Helen Wenning; and in-laws, Melvin & Mary Kemper and Virgil & Betty Kemper, Luella & Hal Hoelscher, Leola & Gene Grevenkamp and Alice & Neil Gengler.  Janet was a 1954 graduate of Coldwater High School.  She was a retiree of Community First Bank and Trust of Celina.  She was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Philothea, and a member of their Ladies Sodality. Janet will be greatly missed by many friends and family.  She had lived her entire life in the Coldwater area.

Funeral Mass will be at 10:30 a.m. at St. Mary’s in Philothea on Saturday, July 30, 2022.  Viewing will be from 3 p.m. until 8 p.m. on Friday, July 29, 2022 and from 9 a.m. until 10 a.m. on Saturday, July 30, 2022 at the Hogenkamp Funeral Home in Coldwater.  She will be laid to rest next to Dan in St. Mary’s Cemetery.  Memorials can be made to the Alzheimer’s Association.  The family would like to thank the staff at Mercer Health and Briarwood Village for the great care Janet received.