Arizona Death Certificate
Father: Christipher Jensen Kemps born in Denmark
Mother: Anna Dortha johnson born in Norway
Amanda Christina Kempe was born 15 July 1871 in Provo, UT. Her early life was happy and cheerful, centered in a full life of church activities.
In 1872, her family moved to Richfield, UT, Amanda was 4 or 5 years old was says she was "too young to do anything but plan mischief." There they had a nice home and a lovely, plush orchard with different kinds of choice fruit.
Then in Sept 1880 Amanda's father was called as a "colonization missionary" to establish colonies along the Little Colorado River in eastern Arizona and St. Johns, AZ. It was a hard 6 week journey, but made it safe. They were all sick and tired of camping and would have been nice to arrive to a home, but there weren't any to be rented or bought and had to build makeshift shelters around two covered wagons until they could build permanent homes. Amanda learned to do housework at home and for many others in the neighborhood, she liked the outdoors very much and spent much of her time in gardening and helping harvest the small crops then in canning.
She worked hard on her studies and music lessons and at the chores on the farm. They had a cow and chickens to tend and crops to raise. Amanda's parents agreed not to live in polygamy any longer December 1881 so the 6 girls and their mother were required to do the heavy work needed to run a farm.
She participated in quilting, sewing parties, picnics and was most faithful in church service and activities. Social activities for her were so complete, she noted in her journal "stayed home--for a wonder". In one 4th of July celebration, Amanda acted as Goddess of Liberty. She ran two races in the afternoon and won some candy.
She lived in St. Johns until she was 29 years old working in various capacities at the school, court house and cooking at a boarding house. She was very industrious and always very busy.
Another of Amanda's pastimes was music. She was an entertainer, and even until her last living days, she loved making others happy by playing the guitar and singing. She led and belonged to several musical clubs, sang in the church choir, played the organ and piano, mandolin, harmonica and of course, her guitar. The guitar was a special instrument for her and she got it when she was 29. She played that guitar and sang to others-everybody knew about it in town, St. Johns, and loved it. They called it "Amanda's guitar". She also studied in drama and music. During her young adult years, Amanda had several suitors for her hand in marriage and it's easy to see why the men liked her so much. Amanda was fairly tall -5'8" and very beautiful with a think figure, brown hair and a kinds smile. She was pleasant to be around and had a good sense of humor.
Her sister and brother in law, Thea and George Lewis convinced her to come live in Mesa. Once in Mesa, she met Joseph Hastings in Feb of 1901. She returned to St. Johns for nearly a year and upon her return to Mesa, AZ her journal shows she went to Sunday School with Joseph Hastings Jan 19, 1902 and they accompanied each other to many other social events to follow. Their friendship grew and Joseph gave Amanda an engagement ring March 28, 1902. The wedding date was set for 7 August 1902 at 2 pm. Two weeks prior to the wedding, they spent in preparation. Her sister, Amelia sewed her wedding dress, Thea made Joe's shirt with a silk mull front on it and Amanda prepared the wedding cake. There was also a surprise party for Amanda, including a picnic and games. Of her wedding she writes: "The great eventful wedding day. Ha! Ha! yes gave myself to dear Joseph Hastings and became his happy bride." They had a large gathering for the wedding and danced that night. This was a highlight in Amanda's life. They had 5 children together, 4 reached adulthood. Life was hard and she had to take in washings and ironings for income in addition to growing and canning her own food. After some difficult misunderstandings, Joseph & Amanda were divorced 10 Jan 1923.
She wrote in her journal meticulously all her life. She wrote of the divorce: "I feel it's rather foolish to brood over wrongs. There are too many other things to think of worthwhile, so if we look for good, we'll always find it." The essence of Amanda's life was her unwavering faith in the Lord and concern for others before herself. Because of her unselfish ways, each person she associated with seemed to leave her feeling more uplifted and happy than before. Her children each had a special friendship with her, her friends admired her, and her neighbor's loved her. Even though her life was hard, she was always cheerful joking and trying to make people laugh.
In 1939, her grown children decided to build her a nice home at 225 S. Hibbert Street, it was a luxury compared to what Amanda was used to living in. Not long after she moved into her new home, her health began to deteriorate. She had the same disease as 3 of her sisters -Hannah, Thea and Leila and Amanda all dying of cancer. It began when Amanda noticed a lump on her breast and from there it continued to grow and soon took her over. Summer 1941, she was too weak to get out of bed and soon had to have an operation to remove her breast with a tumor the size of a grapefruit. she said of the surgery "Oh, I never want to go through that again." She was never able to get to her feet again. She underwent radiation treatment, but her cancer was too advanced to respond. She lay in her hospital bed in constant pain until the end of her life. Even to her last day, she still thought of others before herself by making sure they had a pleasant visit by playing her guitar and singing to them. She spent her last days planning her funeral and passed away 25 September 1941 and is buried in the Mesa City Cemetery.
Interesting story about her funeral, Amanda recorded a message in her own voice to be played at the funeral. This was unusual because recording devices were rare at the time.
Father: Christipher Jensen Kemps born in Denmark
Mother: Anna Dortha johnson born in Norway
Amanda Christina Kempe was born 15 July 1871 in Provo, UT. Her early life was happy and cheerful, centered in a full life of church activities.
In 1872, her family moved to Richfield, UT, Amanda was 4 or 5 years old was says she was "too young to do anything but plan mischief." There they had a nice home and a lovely, plush orchard with different kinds of choice fruit.
Then in Sept 1880 Amanda's father was called as a "colonization missionary" to establish colonies along the Little Colorado River in eastern Arizona and St. Johns, AZ. It was a hard 6 week journey, but made it safe. They were all sick and tired of camping and would have been nice to arrive to a home, but there weren't any to be rented or bought and had to build makeshift shelters around two covered wagons until they could build permanent homes. Amanda learned to do housework at home and for many others in the neighborhood, she liked the outdoors very much and spent much of her time in gardening and helping harvest the small crops then in canning.
She worked hard on her studies and music lessons and at the chores on the farm. They had a cow and chickens to tend and crops to raise. Amanda's parents agreed not to live in polygamy any longer December 1881 so the 6 girls and their mother were required to do the heavy work needed to run a farm.
She participated in quilting, sewing parties, picnics and was most faithful in church service and activities. Social activities for her were so complete, she noted in her journal "stayed home--for a wonder". In one 4th of July celebration, Amanda acted as Goddess of Liberty. She ran two races in the afternoon and won some candy.
She lived in St. Johns until she was 29 years old working in various capacities at the school, court house and cooking at a boarding house. She was very industrious and always very busy.
Another of Amanda's pastimes was music. She was an entertainer, and even until her last living days, she loved making others happy by playing the guitar and singing. She led and belonged to several musical clubs, sang in the church choir, played the organ and piano, mandolin, harmonica and of course, her guitar. The guitar was a special instrument for her and she got it when she was 29. She played that guitar and sang to others-everybody knew about it in town, St. Johns, and loved it. They called it "Amanda's guitar". She also studied in drama and music. During her young adult years, Amanda had several suitors for her hand in marriage and it's easy to see why the men liked her so much. Amanda was fairly tall -5'8" and very beautiful with a think figure, brown hair and a kinds smile. She was pleasant to be around and had a good sense of humor.
Her sister and brother in law, Thea and George Lewis convinced her to come live in Mesa. Once in Mesa, she met Joseph Hastings in Feb of 1901. She returned to St. Johns for nearly a year and upon her return to Mesa, AZ her journal shows she went to Sunday School with Joseph Hastings Jan 19, 1902 and they accompanied each other to many other social events to follow. Their friendship grew and Joseph gave Amanda an engagement ring March 28, 1902. The wedding date was set for 7 August 1902 at 2 pm. Two weeks prior to the wedding, they spent in preparation. Her sister, Amelia sewed her wedding dress, Thea made Joe's shirt with a silk mull front on it and Amanda prepared the wedding cake. There was also a surprise party for Amanda, including a picnic and games. Of her wedding she writes: "The great eventful wedding day. Ha! Ha! yes gave myself to dear Joseph Hastings and became his happy bride." They had a large gathering for the wedding and danced that night. This was a highlight in Amanda's life. They had 5 children together, 4 reached adulthood. Life was hard and she had to take in washings and ironings for income in addition to growing and canning her own food. After some difficult misunderstandings, Joseph & Amanda were divorced 10 Jan 1923.
She wrote in her journal meticulously all her life. She wrote of the divorce: "I feel it's rather foolish to brood over wrongs. There are too many other things to think of worthwhile, so if we look for good, we'll always find it." The essence of Amanda's life was her unwavering faith in the Lord and concern for others before herself. Because of her unselfish ways, each person she associated with seemed to leave her feeling more uplifted and happy than before. Her children each had a special friendship with her, her friends admired her, and her neighbor's loved her. Even though her life was hard, she was always cheerful joking and trying to make people laugh.
In 1939, her grown children decided to build her a nice home at 225 S. Hibbert Street, it was a luxury compared to what Amanda was used to living in. Not long after she moved into her new home, her health began to deteriorate. She had the same disease as 3 of her sisters -Hannah, Thea and Leila and Amanda all dying of cancer. It began when Amanda noticed a lump on her breast and from there it continued to grow and soon took her over. Summer 1941, she was too weak to get out of bed and soon had to have an operation to remove her breast with a tumor the size of a grapefruit. she said of the surgery "Oh, I never want to go through that again." She was never able to get to her feet again. She underwent radiation treatment, but her cancer was too advanced to respond. She lay in her hospital bed in constant pain until the end of her life. Even to her last day, she still thought of others before herself by making sure they had a pleasant visit by playing her guitar and singing to them. She spent her last days planning her funeral and passed away 25 September 1941 and is buried in the Mesa City Cemetery.
Interesting story about her funeral, Amanda recorded a message in her own voice to be played at the funeral. This was unusual because recording devices were rare at the time.
Arizona Death Certificate
Father: Christipher Jensen Kemps born in Denmark
Mother: Anna Dortha johnson born in Norway
Amanda Christina Kempe was born 15 July 1871 in Provo, UT. Her early life was happy and cheerful, centered in a full life of church activities.
In 1872, her family moved to Richfield, UT, Amanda was 4 or 5 years old was says she was "too young to do anything but plan mischief." There they had a nice home and a lovely, plush orchard with different kinds of choice fruit.
Then in Sept 1880 Amanda's father was called as a "colonization missionary" to establish colonies along the Little Colorado River in eastern Arizona and St. Johns, AZ. It was a hard 6 week journey, but made it safe. They were all sick and tired of camping and would have been nice to arrive to a home, but there weren't any to be rented or bought and had to build makeshift shelters around two covered wagons until they could build permanent homes. Amanda learned to do housework at home and for many others in the neighborhood, she liked the outdoors very much and spent much of her time in gardening and helping harvest the small crops then in canning.
She worked hard on her studies and music lessons and at the chores on the farm. They had a cow and chickens to tend and crops to raise. Amanda's parents agreed not to live in polygamy any longer December 1881 so the 6 girls and their mother were required to do the heavy work needed to run a farm.
She participated in quilting, sewing parties, picnics and was most faithful in church service and activities. Social activities for her were so complete, she noted in her journal "stayed home--for a wonder". In one 4th of July celebration, Amanda acted as Goddess of Liberty. She ran two races in the afternoon and won some candy.
She lived in St. Johns until she was 29 years old working in various capacities at the school, court house and cooking at a boarding house. She was very industrious and always very busy.
Another of Amanda's pastimes was music. She was an entertainer, and even until her last living days, she loved making others happy by playing the guitar and singing. She led and belonged to several musical clubs, sang in the church choir, played the organ and piano, mandolin, harmonica and of course, her guitar. The guitar was a special instrument for her and she got it when she was 29. She played that guitar and sang to others-everybody knew about it in town, St. Johns, and loved it. They called it "Amanda's guitar". She also studied in drama and music. During her young adult years, Amanda had several suitors for her hand in marriage and it's easy to see why the men liked her so much. Amanda was fairly tall -5'8" and very beautiful with a think figure, brown hair and a kinds smile. She was pleasant to be around and had a good sense of humor.
Her sister and brother in law, Thea and George Lewis convinced her to come live in Mesa. Once in Mesa, she met Joseph Hastings in Feb of 1901. She returned to St. Johns for nearly a year and upon her return to Mesa, AZ her journal shows she went to Sunday School with Joseph Hastings Jan 19, 1902 and they accompanied each other to many other social events to follow. Their friendship grew and Joseph gave Amanda an engagement ring March 28, 1902. The wedding date was set for 7 August 1902 at 2 pm. Two weeks prior to the wedding, they spent in preparation. Her sister, Amelia sewed her wedding dress, Thea made Joe's shirt with a silk mull front on it and Amanda prepared the wedding cake. There was also a surprise party for Amanda, including a picnic and games. Of her wedding she writes: "The great eventful wedding day. Ha! Ha! yes gave myself to dear Joseph Hastings and became his happy bride." They had a large gathering for the wedding and danced that night. This was a highlight in Amanda's life. They had 5 children together, 4 reached adulthood. Life was hard and she had to take in washings and ironings for income in addition to growing and canning her own food. After some difficult misunderstandings, Joseph & Amanda were divorced 10 Jan 1923.
She wrote in her journal meticulously all her life. She wrote of the divorce: "I feel it's rather foolish to brood over wrongs. There are too many other things to think of worthwhile, so if we look for good, we'll always find it." The essence of Amanda's life was her unwavering faith in the Lord and concern for others before herself. Because of her unselfish ways, each person she associated with seemed to leave her feeling more uplifted and happy than before. Her children each had a special friendship with her, her friends admired her, and her neighbor's loved her. Even though her life was hard, she was always cheerful joking and trying to make people laugh.
In 1939, her grown children decided to build her a nice home at 225 S. Hibbert Street, it was a luxury compared to what Amanda was used to living in. Not long after she moved into her new home, her health began to deteriorate. She had the same disease as 3 of her sisters -Hannah, Thea and Leila and Amanda all dying of cancer. It began when Amanda noticed a lump on her breast and from there it continued to grow and soon took her over. Summer 1941, she was too weak to get out of bed and soon had to have an operation to remove her breast with a tumor the size of a grapefruit. she said of the surgery "Oh, I never want to go through that again." She was never able to get to her feet again. She underwent radiation treatment, but her cancer was too advanced to respond. She lay in her hospital bed in constant pain until the end of her life. Even to her last day, she still thought of others before herself by making sure they had a pleasant visit by playing her guitar and singing to them. She spent her last days planning her funeral and passed away 25 September 1941 and is buried in the Mesa City Cemetery.
Interesting story about her funeral, Amanda recorded a message in her own voice to be played at the funeral. This was unusual because recording devices were rare at the time.
Father: Christipher Jensen Kemps born in Denmark
Mother: Anna Dortha johnson born in Norway
Amanda Christina Kempe was born 15 July 1871 in Provo, UT. Her early life was happy and cheerful, centered in a full life of church activities.
In 1872, her family moved to Richfield, UT, Amanda was 4 or 5 years old was says she was "too young to do anything but plan mischief." There they had a nice home and a lovely, plush orchard with different kinds of choice fruit.
Then in Sept 1880 Amanda's father was called as a "colonization missionary" to establish colonies along the Little Colorado River in eastern Arizona and St. Johns, AZ. It was a hard 6 week journey, but made it safe. They were all sick and tired of camping and would have been nice to arrive to a home, but there weren't any to be rented or bought and had to build makeshift shelters around two covered wagons until they could build permanent homes. Amanda learned to do housework at home and for many others in the neighborhood, she liked the outdoors very much and spent much of her time in gardening and helping harvest the small crops then in canning.
She worked hard on her studies and music lessons and at the chores on the farm. They had a cow and chickens to tend and crops to raise. Amanda's parents agreed not to live in polygamy any longer December 1881 so the 6 girls and their mother were required to do the heavy work needed to run a farm.
She participated in quilting, sewing parties, picnics and was most faithful in church service and activities. Social activities for her were so complete, she noted in her journal "stayed home--for a wonder". In one 4th of July celebration, Amanda acted as Goddess of Liberty. She ran two races in the afternoon and won some candy.
She lived in St. Johns until she was 29 years old working in various capacities at the school, court house and cooking at a boarding house. She was very industrious and always very busy.
Another of Amanda's pastimes was music. She was an entertainer, and even until her last living days, she loved making others happy by playing the guitar and singing. She led and belonged to several musical clubs, sang in the church choir, played the organ and piano, mandolin, harmonica and of course, her guitar. The guitar was a special instrument for her and she got it when she was 29. She played that guitar and sang to others-everybody knew about it in town, St. Johns, and loved it. They called it "Amanda's guitar". She also studied in drama and music. During her young adult years, Amanda had several suitors for her hand in marriage and it's easy to see why the men liked her so much. Amanda was fairly tall -5'8" and very beautiful with a think figure, brown hair and a kinds smile. She was pleasant to be around and had a good sense of humor.
Her sister and brother in law, Thea and George Lewis convinced her to come live in Mesa. Once in Mesa, she met Joseph Hastings in Feb of 1901. She returned to St. Johns for nearly a year and upon her return to Mesa, AZ her journal shows she went to Sunday School with Joseph Hastings Jan 19, 1902 and they accompanied each other to many other social events to follow. Their friendship grew and Joseph gave Amanda an engagement ring March 28, 1902. The wedding date was set for 7 August 1902 at 2 pm. Two weeks prior to the wedding, they spent in preparation. Her sister, Amelia sewed her wedding dress, Thea made Joe's shirt with a silk mull front on it and Amanda prepared the wedding cake. There was also a surprise party for Amanda, including a picnic and games. Of her wedding she writes: "The great eventful wedding day. Ha! Ha! yes gave myself to dear Joseph Hastings and became his happy bride." They had a large gathering for the wedding and danced that night. This was a highlight in Amanda's life. They had 5 children together, 4 reached adulthood. Life was hard and she had to take in washings and ironings for income in addition to growing and canning her own food. After some difficult misunderstandings, Joseph & Amanda were divorced 10 Jan 1923.
She wrote in her journal meticulously all her life. She wrote of the divorce: "I feel it's rather foolish to brood over wrongs. There are too many other things to think of worthwhile, so if we look for good, we'll always find it." The essence of Amanda's life was her unwavering faith in the Lord and concern for others before herself. Because of her unselfish ways, each person she associated with seemed to leave her feeling more uplifted and happy than before. Her children each had a special friendship with her, her friends admired her, and her neighbor's loved her. Even though her life was hard, she was always cheerful joking and trying to make people laugh.
In 1939, her grown children decided to build her a nice home at 225 S. Hibbert Street, it was a luxury compared to what Amanda was used to living in. Not long after she moved into her new home, her health began to deteriorate. She had the same disease as 3 of her sisters -Hannah, Thea and Leila and Amanda all dying of cancer. It began when Amanda noticed a lump on her breast and from there it continued to grow and soon took her over. Summer 1941, she was too weak to get out of bed and soon had to have an operation to remove her breast with a tumor the size of a grapefruit. she said of the surgery "Oh, I never want to go through that again." She was never able to get to her feet again. She underwent radiation treatment, but her cancer was too advanced to respond. She lay in her hospital bed in constant pain until the end of her life. Even to her last day, she still thought of others before herself by making sure they had a pleasant visit by playing her guitar and singing to them. She spent her last days planning her funeral and passed away 25 September 1941 and is buried in the Mesa City Cemetery.
Interesting story about her funeral, Amanda recorded a message in her own voice to be played at the funeral. This was unusual because recording devices were rare at the time.
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