- Date Of Birth: July 4, 1918
- Date Of Death: December 5, 2009
- State: Indiana
Gloria K. Kennerk Lamper, 91, Anderson, died December 5, 2009 in Nixa, Missouri. She was born July 4, 1918 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and had lived in this area since 1941. Gloria was a farm wife.
She owned and operted Mrs. Lamper’s Catering Service and Party Barn. A Member of St. Ambrose Catholic Church, Gloria was a former member of the Board of Madison County Historical Society, the Board of Gruenwald Historic House, and St. Ambrose Rosary.
She pursued family histories, leader of 4-H and was a member of National Right to Life. Survivors include her children, Margaret Ann Steve Samuelson of Nixa, Missouri, Celia Nick Linden of McFarland, Wisconsin, and Henry A. Mary Lamper of Anderson; grandchildren, Cynthia Robert Smith, Robert Schaeffer, Alex Linden, John Cindy Lu Lamper, and Jennifer, Chris Klettheimer; great grandchildren, Kailee & Riley Smith, and Carter & Lucy Lamper; great great grandchildren, Connor, Luke, and Jamison Klettheimer and a number of Wicken’s cousins, who live here locally.
She was preceded in death by her husband, whom she married June 30 1941, John H. Lamper, on August 13, 1989; parents, Harry F. & Norah Wickens Kennerk; and son-in-law, Robert Schaeffer. Gloria was the last survivor of eight children, including the Rev. Dan Kennerk, CSC, who served as a missionary in Bangladesh for 49 years in the Holy Cross.
