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Family of Elmer William KAMPE and Catherine C VESEY
Elmer William KAMPE b. 1895 Jun 15221 at Ft Wayne, IN2072. d. 1949 Feb 5527 at Tulare, CA527. bd. Forest Lawn Mem. Pk., Glendale, CA840.
Catherine C VESEY b. 1894 Oct 262072 at Ft Wayne, IN2072. d. 1976 Dec92 at (res) Allen Co., IN92.
Married2072 1921 Nov 122072 at Allen Co., IN2072.
Elmer and Catherine were married by J F Porter.
The Fort Wayne (IN) Journal Gazette, Apr 9, 1916, reported that Elmer W Kampe had accepted the position of salesmanager for the Federal Securiteis and Investment company. That article mnetions that Kampe was formerly employed by the Journal-Gazette and was well-known among real estate men in Ft Wayne. The Fort Wayne (IN) News, May 11, 1917, reported that Elmer Kampe, advertising manager of the Daily News, received notice to report at the Indianapolis training camp for the Officers' Reverve corps. At the time of Elmer's 1921 marriage to Catherine Vesey, he was in advertising. Less than a year after their marriage, Elmer's mother died (Ft Wayne News Sentinel, Mar 6, 1922) at the age of 57, due to a heart attack and failing health. In 1930, Elmer and Catherine lived in South Bend, IN, and he was a commercial salesman. It would appear that Elmer and Catherine were divorced sometime after 1932 (when they appear in the Ft Wayne, IN, city directory, and before 1937, when Catherine V Kampe, no reference to Elmer, appears in the Fort Wayne, IN, city directory,) as the cemetery plaque for E William Kampe (1895-1949) is shared by Dorothy L Kampe (1906-1962). It is assumed Dorothy was E William Kampe's wife. Catherine Kampe is listed in the 1940 census (Ft Wayne, IN) as divorced.
In 1920, Catherine and sister Margaret were rooming at an hotel in Louisville, KY. Catherine is listed as an actress at Camp Taylor. Camp Zachary Taylor was established as a training camp for WWI soldiers in 1917 and was closed ~1920. In 1940, Catherine, divorced, is living with sister Margaret Vesey, on Hoagland in Fort Wayne. It appears that Catherine and Elmer had no children.