The funeral of Miss Connie Jerman will be held this afternoon
at 3 o'clock in the parlors of Mohn and Driscoll. Ralph
Jerman, the father of the dead girl invites the presence
of all her friends as well as his own.
MRS. JOEL JOHNSON
October 19, 1909
The funeral of Mrs. Joel E. Johnson was held in the
Tabernacle yesterday afternoon at one o'clock. Mrs.
Johnson was a resident of the Alma Ward and the funeral
was presided over by Bishop Hunsaker who is a bishop in
the ward.
JOSEPH JOHNSON
June 22, 1909
The news of Joseph Johnson's death from pneumonia Sunday
afternoon came as a shock to his many friends and neighbors
throughout this section of the country where he has been a
resident for the past twenty seven years. Throughout the week
it has been known that he was a very sick man but his
condition was not considered alarming until late Saturday.
The funeral services were held yesterday afternoon from the
tabernacle attended by a large number of friends and relatives.
The remains were laid to rest in the Mesa Cemetery.
The deceased came to Mesa with his family in 1882 from Utah,
locating at first in Tempe, later moving to his farm southwest
of town in Nephi, where he continued to reside until a year
ago, when he purchased the Schuele grape vineyard in
partnership with A. Openshaw where he resided until his
death. He leaves a wife and several children to mourn his
death. He was sixty years of age and a hardworking honest
man.
R.L. JOHNSON
September 8, 1909
Robert Luke Johnson, the younger brother of William H. Johnson
of the firm of Johnson and Ramsbottom, died suddenly yesterday
morning at the Sisters Hospital.
The young man had been ill for some time but during the last
three days grew rapidly worse. He has been in Arizona a year
and a half, coming here from St. Thomas, Canada, where he
leaves a father, mother and two sisters. He has another brother
in Welland, Ontario and one in Seattle, and a sister, Miss
Celia Johnson in Phoenix.
No arrangements have yet been made for the funeral but it
will probably be in Phoenix. Mr. Johnson was a Mason and
generally loved and respected by all who knew him.
HIRAM K. JONES
November 13, 1909
The funeral of Hiram K. Jones will be held in the First
Methodist Church at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon, and interment
will be made in Greenwood Cemetery. The deceased has lived
in Phoenix for four years and was a son of D.P. Jones.
Card of Thanks
November 15, 1909
I wish to express my thanks and appreciation of the many
tokens of respect and regard shown in different ways by the
many friends at the death of my son, Hiram. D.P. Jones.
SEYMOUR KARLS
January 5, 1909
The funeral of Seymour Karls will be held at 10:30 o'clock this
morning in the parlors of Easterling and Whitney and will be
under the auspices of the Knights of Pythias. Mr. Karls died
about a week ago at the ranch of George W. Stokoe, near Liberty,
having made his home there for some time past.
C.W. KAY
June 5, 1909
C.W. Kay, formerly of this county, died in Los Angeles, Monday.
He leaves a widow, one daughter and five sons, among whom are
Will and Harry Kay of this city, the latter going to Los Angeles
to attend the funeral.
ROBERT KELLY
December 6, 1909
Santa Cruz--Robert Kelly, a lineman was killed by an electric
shock while endeavoring to repair a lighting circuit which had
been damaged by storm. He received 23,000 volts an the storm
played havoc with wires.
MRS. SARA A. KEMPER
March 22, 1909
Mrs. Sara A. Kemper, a highly respected resident, 40 years of
age, died suddenly last night of acute indigestion.
Death of Mrs. Kemper
March 23, 1909
Mrs. Sara A. Kemper, a respected resident of the Salt River
Valley for many years, died very suddenly at her home in the
Farmers Addition in Tempe, Sunday evening, between 10 and
11 o'clock. Her death came with such unexpectedness, that
it has been a great shock to her many friends in Tempe and
throughout the entire valley, where she was well known.
Mrs. Kemper, though a woman well along in years, had been in
her usual state of health and up to within fifteen minutes of
the time of her death, did not complain of any ill feeling.
Sunday night, shortly after 10 o'clock, she and her husband
retired. Mrs. Kemper had just attired herself in her sleeping
garments when she suddenly exclaimed that she was unable to get
her breath. She asked Mr. Kemper to help her out onto the
porch where she could get fresh air. This was done and she
was placed in a rocking chair. She desired to be carried still
farther out in the open and all the time was growing weaker.
A doctor was hastily summoned, but before he arrived upon the
scene Mrs. Kemper was dead. The attending physician gave it
as his opinion that death was due to acute indigestion. So
sudden was her demise that her husband, also well along in
years and in rather feeble health, is left in a rather
precarious condition by the shock.
Mrs. Kemper had been a resident of Arizona for the past forty
years. Previous to her marriage to her surviving husband, she
was Mrs. Decker. She and Mr. Kemper were married twenty five
years ago. Since that time they have been constant residents
of the valley and both are well known. The news of her death
will bring sorrow to many who were intimately acquainted with
her and her husband. Besides her husband she is survived by a
sister in Connecticut, and a niece in Los Angeles. The funeral
arrangements have not yet been made, pending advice from her
sister as to whether or not she will be able to reach here to
attend the services.
Kemper Funeral
March 24, 1909
The funeral of Mrs. Sara Kemper, wife of George F. Kemper, who
died in Tempe Sunday night, will be held this afternoon in the
parlors of Mohn and Driscoll at 2:30 o'clock, the body being
brought over the 2 o'clock train from Tempe. The surviving
husband is one of the charter members of Phoenix Lodge no. 2,
IOOF and it is expected there will be a large representation
of the lodge in attendance, as a token of sympathy for him in
his affliction. Both Mr. and Mrs. Kemper lived near Phoenix
for nearly a quarter of a century and were numbered among the
most highly esteemed of the pioneer residents of the community.
W.S. KENYON
March 13, 1909
W.S. Kenyon, aged 32, died yesterday at his ranch home one and a
half miles southeast of Phoenix, of tuberculosis. He came here
two years ago last January from Omaha, Nebraska. The body will
be shipped to Bloomfield, Neb., for interment on Sunday morning.
CAPTAIN G.C. KING
August 6, 1909
Captain George Cameron King, died at the home of his father,
Cameron King, 351 Tenth Avenue, San Francisco, Monday August
2 from tuberculosis brought on by an attack of malaria
contracted while fighting for his country in the Spanish War.
Captain King was a son of Cameron King who was once territorial
commissioner of immigration making Tombstone his home and who
was prominent in Arizona politics in an early day. The San
Francisco Examiner speaks as follows concerning the dead man:
"Captain King was officially commended for his bravery
throughout the battles wihch made the Rough Riders famous,
by Colonel Roosevelt. He was later praised in the history
of the Cuban War by the man who led the famous charge up San
Juan.
Captain King graduated from the law college of Hastings and
enlisted in the First United States volunteer cavalry
(Rough Riders) as a private when was was declared with Spain.
He fought in every battle where the Rough Riders were called
into action. Though he practiced law he had to give up and
go to the Place Mountains for his health. Upon returning to
San Francisco King took an active part in organizing the
Spanish War Veterans and was made commander of the Nelson A.
Miles camp No. 10. He was born in Sacarmento and leaves a
widow as well as two brothers, C.H. King Jr and L.M. King
and a sister Janet. He was a nephew of Henry H. Haight of
San Francisco who was former governor of California. All
of his brothers are prominent in politics.
He was buried Wednesday under the auspices of teh Spanish War
Veterans at th National Cemetery at Presidio."
