- Bob Kemp, beloved husband for 30 years of Stephanie Lee Kemp, passed away September 3, 2008, after a brief illness. He was surrounded by those he loved.
Father of Tracy Hedstrom (Tim), Stephanie Kemp Bluming (Adam), Ginny Kemp Biondi (Mike), and Kord Kutchins (Carol). He was also the adored and proud grandpa of Madeleine, Jack, Bennett, Will, Alexandra, Dawson, Olivia, Elise, and Frances. Son of Ruth Lemons Kemp and the late Robert Dale Kemp, Sr. Brother of Greg Kemp (Kitty) and M. Scott Kemp (Gilda).
Bob was born on July 24, 1940, in South Bend, Indiana, and grew up in Grosse Pointe, Michigan. He attended Middlesex Academy in Concord, Massachusetts, was a graduate of Yale University, and earned an M.B.A. at Harvard Business School. In 1968, Bob founded Wilson, Kemp and Associates with childhood friend, Tom Wilson.
In addition to the work he loved, he was also an active member of his communities, including acting as trustee of Beaumont Hospital, the Tuberculosis Society, and former President of the Harvard Business School Club of Greater Michigan. He was a member of Yondotega, Bloomfield Hills Country Club, and Lost Tree Village in North Palm Beach, Florida.
It was upon his father's passing that Bob established "The Green Ace", an annual golf tournament/fund raiser at Bloomfield Hills Country Club. Since its inception in 1998, the foundation has enabled over 74 young men and women to attend colleges and universities across the country.
Nothing was more important to Bob Kemp than his family and friends (although his westies, Roscoe, C.C., and Flo were contenders). His laugh was infectious and his interest in other people and their stories was infinite. His kindness, humor, warmth, intellect and sincerity truly made him one of a kind. He was the one his friends fought over to sit with at a dinner party, and the one his kids fought over at the breakfast table. Life, to and for Bob Kemp, and everyone lucky enough to have known and loved him, was purely, simply and fantastically, "good stuff."
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1940 - 2008 (68 jaar)
