There are five flat name stones in a row here next to the Kemp family marker. The only two I can read are Mary and Tillie. The other three are completely covered in moss, as they are underneath a large pine tree. One is the husband/father Charles W. Kemp, one is for Margaret (Kemp) Connel, and one is for Annette (Kemp) Alexander. Identification of three stones shared by Contributor: Leanna (47637848)
Tillie Kemp Ames obituary from an unknown newspaper:
The benefactor of Twelfth Street was buried last week. And life for her friends and neighbors will be poor because of Mrs. Tillie Kemp Ames' death at the age of 59.
Mrs. Ames, who owned three rooming houses near 75 E. Twelfth, near Wabasha, on the edge of the loop, was a familiar and loved figure for some 20 years.
What she had she shared with others. And many are the hopeless drunks, beggars, the bums who count a chance meeting with her as the moment when they began the long pull back to responsibility.
Her keystone was religion and a more devoted parishioner was never welcomed by Central Park Methodist church across the street from her residence.
At church dinners, it was Mrs. Ames who bought the leftovers and gave them to the cold and the hungry, the less fortunate of the neighborhood.
And it was Mrs. Ames who established, in the church, a "sidewalk" chapel, with an open Bible, where men and women could stop and pray a few minutes on their way to work in the morning.
Her funeral last week in the church was attended by many. And among them were some of those she lifted out of poverty and despair, off the streets of the city.
The occasion was really not so much a funeral but, as Rev. Allen put it, "a friendly gathering" of those whose lives have been better because of her.
Tillie Kemp Ames obituary from an unknown newspaper:
The benefactor of Twelfth Street was buried last week. And life for her friends and neighbors will be poor because of Mrs. Tillie Kemp Ames' death at the age of 59.
Mrs. Ames, who owned three rooming houses near 75 E. Twelfth, near Wabasha, on the edge of the loop, was a familiar and loved figure for some 20 years.
What she had she shared with others. And many are the hopeless drunks, beggars, the bums who count a chance meeting with her as the moment when they began the long pull back to responsibility.
Her keystone was religion and a more devoted parishioner was never welcomed by Central Park Methodist church across the street from her residence.
At church dinners, it was Mrs. Ames who bought the leftovers and gave them to the cold and the hungry, the less fortunate of the neighborhood.
And it was Mrs. Ames who established, in the church, a "sidewalk" chapel, with an open Bible, where men and women could stop and pray a few minutes on their way to work in the morning.
Her funeral last week in the church was attended by many. And among them were some of those she lifted out of poverty and despair, off the streets of the city.
The occasion was really not so much a funeral but, as Rev. Allen put it, "a friendly gathering" of those whose lives have been better because of her.
There are five flat name stones in a row here next to the Kemp family marker. The only two I can read are Mary and Tillie. The other three are completely covered in moss, as they are underneath a large pine tree. One is the husband/father Charles W. Kemp, one is for Margaret (Kemp) Connel, and one is for Annette (Kemp) Alexander. Identification of three stones shared by Contributor: Leanna (47637848)
Tillie Kemp Ames obituary from an unknown newspaper:
The benefactor of Twelfth Street was buried last week. And life for her friends and neighbors will be poor because of Mrs. Tillie Kemp Ames' death at the age of 59.
Mrs. Ames, who owned three rooming houses near 75 E. Twelfth, near Wabasha, on the edge of the loop, was a familiar and loved figure for some 20 years.
What she had she shared with others. And many are the hopeless drunks, beggars, the bums who count a chance meeting with her as the moment when they began the long pull back to responsibility.
Her keystone was religion and a more devoted parishioner was never welcomed by Central Park Methodist church across the street from her residence.
At church dinners, it was Mrs. Ames who bought the leftovers and gave them to the cold and the hungry, the less fortunate of the neighborhood.
And it was Mrs. Ames who established, in the church, a "sidewalk" chapel, with an open Bible, where men and women could stop and pray a few minutes on their way to work in the morning.
Her funeral last week in the church was attended by many. And among them were some of those she lifted out of poverty and despair, off the streets of the city.
The occasion was really not so much a funeral but, as Rev. Allen put it, "a friendly gathering" of those whose lives have been better because of her.
Tillie Kemp Ames obituary from an unknown newspaper:
The benefactor of Twelfth Street was buried last week. And life for her friends and neighbors will be poor because of Mrs. Tillie Kemp Ames' death at the age of 59.
Mrs. Ames, who owned three rooming houses near 75 E. Twelfth, near Wabasha, on the edge of the loop, was a familiar and loved figure for some 20 years.
What she had she shared with others. And many are the hopeless drunks, beggars, the bums who count a chance meeting with her as the moment when they began the long pull back to responsibility.
Her keystone was religion and a more devoted parishioner was never welcomed by Central Park Methodist church across the street from her residence.
At church dinners, it was Mrs. Ames who bought the leftovers and gave them to the cold and the hungry, the less fortunate of the neighborhood.
And it was Mrs. Ames who established, in the church, a "sidewalk" chapel, with an open Bible, where men and women could stop and pray a few minutes on their way to work in the morning.
Her funeral last week in the church was attended by many. And among them were some of those she lifted out of poverty and despair, off the streets of the city.
The occasion was really not so much a funeral but, as Rev. Allen put it, "a friendly gathering" of those whose lives have been better because of her.
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