St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MO) - Monday, August 15, 2005:
Richard F. "Dick" Kemper Sr., a retired police officer with the St. Louis Police Department Canine Unit, died Friday (Aug. 12, 2005) at St. Joseph Health Center in St. Charles of complications from cancer. He was 78 and lived in St. Charles.
Mr. Kemper was born and reared in St. Louis. He attended what is now Harris-Stowe State University for two years before he entered the Army. He served stateside as a medic during the Korean War.
Mr. Kemper worked briefly for Missouri Pacific Railroad before he joined the St. Louis Police Department. He served as a patrolman with the 12th District and later did a brief stint with the accidents and investigations division.
Mr. Kemper spent most of his 31 years on the force with the Canine Unit, working with his partners, Duke, Kase, Scout, Blitz and Savage -- all German shepherds trained in bomb and narcotics detection. He retired in 1987.
Mr. Kemper often took his police dogs to schools and community organizations for demonstrations. He also volunteered his time to a program at St. Joseph Health Center in St. Charles that advocates the importance of wearing bicycle helmets.
Mr. Kemper spent many years working with students in a speech program at St. Agnes School in Bloomsdale, Mo. He also volunteered for Meals on Wheels and at several local food pantries.
A funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. today at St. Peter's Catholic Church, 324 South Third Street, St. Charles. Interment will be in Calvary Cemetery.
Among the survivors are his wife, Patricia "Pat" Burns Kemper of St. Charles; four daughters, Karen Kemper and Mickey Kemper, both of St. Peters, Patty Kemper of Wildwood and Eileen Goldsmith of Fenton; a son, Richard "Rick" Kemper Jr. of Rolla, Mo.; two sisters, Lorraine Scott of Rochester, N.Y., and Sister Shirley Kemper of St. Louis; and four grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to a charity of the donor's choice.
Richard F. "Dick" Kemper Sr., a retired police officer with the St. Louis Police Department Canine Unit, died Friday (Aug. 12, 2005) at St. Joseph Health Center in St. Charles of complications from cancer. He was 78 and lived in St. Charles.
Mr. Kemper was born and reared in St. Louis. He attended what is now Harris-Stowe State University for two years before he entered the Army. He served stateside as a medic during the Korean War.
Mr. Kemper worked briefly for Missouri Pacific Railroad before he joined the St. Louis Police Department. He served as a patrolman with the 12th District and later did a brief stint with the accidents and investigations division.
Mr. Kemper spent most of his 31 years on the force with the Canine Unit, working with his partners, Duke, Kase, Scout, Blitz and Savage -- all German shepherds trained in bomb and narcotics detection. He retired in 1987.
Mr. Kemper often took his police dogs to schools and community organizations for demonstrations. He also volunteered his time to a program at St. Joseph Health Center in St. Charles that advocates the importance of wearing bicycle helmets.
Mr. Kemper spent many years working with students in a speech program at St. Agnes School in Bloomsdale, Mo. He also volunteered for Meals on Wheels and at several local food pantries.
A funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. today at St. Peter's Catholic Church, 324 South Third Street, St. Charles. Interment will be in Calvary Cemetery.
Among the survivors are his wife, Patricia "Pat" Burns Kemper of St. Charles; four daughters, Karen Kemper and Mickey Kemper, both of St. Peters, Patty Kemper of Wildwood and Eileen Goldsmith of Fenton; a son, Richard "Rick" Kemper Jr. of Rolla, Mo.; two sisters, Lorraine Scott of Rochester, N.Y., and Sister Shirley Kemper of St. Louis; and four grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to a charity of the donor's choice.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MO) - Monday, August 15, 2005:
Richard F. "Dick" Kemper Sr., a retired police officer with the St. Louis Police Department Canine Unit, died Friday (Aug. 12, 2005) at St. Joseph Health Center in St. Charles of complications from cancer. He was 78 and lived in St. Charles.
Mr. Kemper was born and reared in St. Louis. He attended what is now Harris-Stowe State University for two years before he entered the Army. He served stateside as a medic during the Korean War.
Mr. Kemper worked briefly for Missouri Pacific Railroad before he joined the St. Louis Police Department. He served as a patrolman with the 12th District and later did a brief stint with the accidents and investigations division.
Mr. Kemper spent most of his 31 years on the force with the Canine Unit, working with his partners, Duke, Kase, Scout, Blitz and Savage -- all German shepherds trained in bomb and narcotics detection. He retired in 1987.
Mr. Kemper often took his police dogs to schools and community organizations for demonstrations. He also volunteered his time to a program at St. Joseph Health Center in St. Charles that advocates the importance of wearing bicycle helmets.
Mr. Kemper spent many years working with students in a speech program at St. Agnes School in Bloomsdale, Mo. He also volunteered for Meals on Wheels and at several local food pantries.
A funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. today at St. Peter's Catholic Church, 324 South Third Street, St. Charles. Interment will be in Calvary Cemetery.
Among the survivors are his wife, Patricia "Pat" Burns Kemper of St. Charles; four daughters, Karen Kemper and Mickey Kemper, both of St. Peters, Patty Kemper of Wildwood and Eileen Goldsmith of Fenton; a son, Richard "Rick" Kemper Jr. of Rolla, Mo.; two sisters, Lorraine Scott of Rochester, N.Y., and Sister Shirley Kemper of St. Louis; and four grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to a charity of the donor's choice.
Richard F. "Dick" Kemper Sr., a retired police officer with the St. Louis Police Department Canine Unit, died Friday (Aug. 12, 2005) at St. Joseph Health Center in St. Charles of complications from cancer. He was 78 and lived in St. Charles.
Mr. Kemper was born and reared in St. Louis. He attended what is now Harris-Stowe State University for two years before he entered the Army. He served stateside as a medic during the Korean War.
Mr. Kemper worked briefly for Missouri Pacific Railroad before he joined the St. Louis Police Department. He served as a patrolman with the 12th District and later did a brief stint with the accidents and investigations division.
Mr. Kemper spent most of his 31 years on the force with the Canine Unit, working with his partners, Duke, Kase, Scout, Blitz and Savage -- all German shepherds trained in bomb and narcotics detection. He retired in 1987.
Mr. Kemper often took his police dogs to schools and community organizations for demonstrations. He also volunteered his time to a program at St. Joseph Health Center in St. Charles that advocates the importance of wearing bicycle helmets.
Mr. Kemper spent many years working with students in a speech program at St. Agnes School in Bloomsdale, Mo. He also volunteered for Meals on Wheels and at several local food pantries.
A funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. today at St. Peter's Catholic Church, 324 South Third Street, St. Charles. Interment will be in Calvary Cemetery.
Among the survivors are his wife, Patricia "Pat" Burns Kemper of St. Charles; four daughters, Karen Kemper and Mickey Kemper, both of St. Peters, Patty Kemper of Wildwood and Eileen Goldsmith of Fenton; a son, Richard "Rick" Kemper Jr. of Rolla, Mo.; two sisters, Lorraine Scott of Rochester, N.Y., and Sister Shirley Kemper of St. Louis; and four grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to a charity of the donor's choice.
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