He was born June 21, 1898, in Herman, a son of Mrs. Ida Schmidt Semph and the late Henry Semph. As a young man he worked on farms in the area and was married to the former Miss Vera Jaschob of the Town of Rhine on April 3, 1917. The couple lived on a farm near Ada until 1947 when they moved to Franklin. Mrs. Semph died in 1949. During the time he operated the Town of Herman farm he was also employed as a field man for the Triple-A, and was a member of the Redmen Lodge No. 49 of Kiel.
Surviving are three sons, Leroy and Ralph of Ada, and Kenneth of Manitowoc two daughters, Mrs. Thomas {Doris} Blackburn of Savannah, Ga., and Mrs. Daniel {Caroline} Boedeker of the Town of Sheboygan Falls; seven grandchildren; his mother, Mrs. Ida Semph of Howards Grove, four sisters, Mrs. Robert Meyer and Mrs. Charles Stark of the Town of Meeme, Manitowoc County, Mrs. Otto Zastrow of Sheboygan and Miss Evelyn Semph of Chippewa Falls, and two brothers; Walter and Roland of Howards Grove
He was born June 21, 1898, in Herman, a son of Mrs. Ida Schmidt Semph and the late Henry Semph. As a young man he worked on farms in the area and was married to the former Miss Vera Jaschob of the Town of Rhine on April 3, 1917. The couple lived on a farm near Ada until 1947 when they moved to Franklin. Mrs. Semph died in 1949. During the time he operated the Town of Herman farm he was also employed as a field man for the Triple-A, and was a member of the Redmen Lodge No. 49 of Kiel.
Surviving are three sons, Leroy and Ralph of Ada, and Kenneth of Manitowoc two daughters, Mrs. Thomas {Doris} Blackburn of Savannah, Ga., and Mrs. Daniel {Caroline} Boedeker of the Town of Sheboygan Falls; seven grandchildren; his mother, Mrs. Ida Semph of Howards Grove, four sisters, Mrs. Robert Meyer and Mrs. Charles Stark of the Town of Meeme, Manitowoc County, Mrs. Otto Zastrow of Sheboygan and Miss Evelyn Semph of Chippewa Falls, and two brothers; Walter and Roland of Howards Grove
Family Members
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Alma Ernestina Wilhelmine Semph Meyer
1890–1984
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Frieda Marie Semph Zastrow
1891–1968
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Eleanora Semph Roeder
1892–1923
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Maria Mata Magdalina Semph Starck
1894–1988
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Marie M. Semph Starck
1894–1988
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Ida Semph
1895–1896
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Martin Henry Semph
1900–1903
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Walter Semph
1904–1994
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Walter Semph
1904–1994
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Roland Semph
1911–1986
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Evelyn Semph
1913–1971
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