WALTERBORO :    Mr. Charles Kemper, passed away peacefully Monday morning, April 4, 2022 at his home under hospice care, with his family by his side.  He was 92.

Charles was born in Kerr, Ohio September 4, 1929 a son of the late Lowell William Kemper and Ethel Lucy Jackson Kemper.  As a young man, he helped on the family farm and also worked as a truck driver for a local sand company.  On December 23, 1947, Charles married his high school sweetheart, and the love of his life, Donna Jane Stewart. They welcomed their only child Jane Ellen in 1950, and then settled together as a family in Rochester, PA.  Charles retired after thirty-one years of dedicated service as a quality control inspector for J&L Steel Company in Aliquippa, PA and after retirement, he and his wife moved to Walterboro in 1988 to be closer to their beloved daughter Jane and her family.

Charles was a hard worker his entire life and was a devoted husband, father and grandfather…always placing the needs of his family above his own.  He enjoyed taking his family to Myrtle Beach camping, and cherished his time outdoors maintaining his beautiful yard.  He attended Bethel Presbyterian Church.  In her last years battling dementia, Charles lovingly cared for his "sweetie" Donna Jane with admirable patience and tenderness, until she passed away in June of 2014, leaving a void he could never fill.   He will truly be missed.

Charles is survived by his daughter Jane Ellen Garrett (Wayne) of Walterboro, and by six granddaughters he adored:  Wendy Jane Robbins (Shea), Amy Lynne Garrett (Anton van Steenwijk), Beth Anne Garrett, Dawn Marie Ledwell, Heather Faye Garrett, and Holly Leigh Franco. Great-grandchildren:  Beatrix Jane Robbins, Lucie Anne Robbins, Charles-Anton vanSteenwijk, Benton Alexander Garrett, Adara Rose Ledwell, Grace Ellen Ledwell, Holley Jane Tant, Nathan Michael Garrett, Isabella Leigh Franco, Katherine Delia Franco, and Samuel Franco.  He has a step-brother William Lowell Kemper Jr., and two step-sisters , Janet Miller and Francis Fay Secoy.  In addition to his wife of sixty-six years, Charles was preceded in death by his siblings: Garland Kemper, Edward Kemper, and Mary Katherine Kemper Lane.

Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon, April 7, 2022 at 1:00 in the Chapel of Parker-Rhoden Funeral Home, with burial following in the Live Oak Cemetery.  The family will receive friends beginning at 12:00 at the funeral home.  Parker-Rhoden Funeral home, 117 Paul Street in Walterboro is in charge of arrangements.