C.W. "Cal" Kemper, age 77 of Clinton, Missouri passed away Thursday, September 13, 2007 at his home in Clinton. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, September 18, 2007 at the Clinton Christian Church with burial in the Englewood Cemetery, Clinton. Visitation will be from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m., Monday September 17, 2007 at the Vansant-Mills Chapel, Clinton. The family suggests contributions to the C.A.F. Missouri Girls Town and Twin Lakes Hospice and may be left in care of the funeral home. Condolences may be left online at www.vansant-millsfuneralhome.com.


Cal owned and operated Keil's Jewelry on the North side of the Square since 1982. He was a member of the Commemorative Air Force, the Henry County Historical Society, Scottish Rite, Ararat Temple, and Clinton Masonic Lodge No. 548. He was also a member of the First Christian Church of Clinton were he served as deacon.

Among survivors include his wife Jo Anne of the home, two sons, Bill Kemper and wife Susan of Clinton, Jim Robertson and wife Summer of Parkland, Florida, three daughters, Lorna Koehnlein and husband Don of Mesa, Arizona, Andrea Pruitt of Warrensburg, Missouri and Cheryl Robertson of Alpharetta, Georgia, two sisters-in- law, Dorla Kemper, of Granite Bay, California and Marilyn Cochran and husband Ron of Manhattan, Kansas and ten grandchildren.