Annabelle Warner Kemper

Annabelle Kemper, 81, Noblesville, died at 2:35 a.m. on September 25, 2008 at Carmel Care Center in Carmel.  She had lived in Tipton most of her life and also Mission, Texas from 1999-2008. She was born January 11, 1927 in Tipton County to Herbert Wayne & Mary M. (Zittinger) Warner.  On March 16, 1947 she married George W. Kemper and he survives.

She retired in 1987 from Ex-Cello Airfoil Textron Corporation in Elwood where she was a production supervisor.  Annabelle was a member of the Hobbs United Methodist Church.

She is survived by her husband George; two children, Ronald Joe Kemper and spouse Michelle, Fishers, and Kay Elaine Garcia and spouse Rene, Strongsville, Ohio; two grandsons, Anthony Wayne Strong and wife Jana, and John Tilman Kemper; two step-grandsons, Mike & James Garcia; one great-grandson Trent Kemper. 

She was preceded in death by one grandson, Joseph Alan Kemper; one brother, George H. Warner and two sisters, Rosemary (Warner) Crouch and Genevieve Warner.

Annabelle's funeral will be at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, September 27 at Young-Nichols Funeral Home with Rev. Melissa Grishaw presiding.  Burial will follow in Fairview Cemetery, Tipton.  Visitation will be from 4:00-8:00 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.

Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, 2723 S. Albright Road, Kokomo, Indiana, 46902.