Helen Willena Kemp (Billie)
1927 – 2022
It is with deep sadness we announce the passing of Billie Kemp (Helen Willena) (nee
Rutherford) on September 4, 2022 in her 95th year. She passed peacefully with her
son, Sandy, holding her hand. She was a loving wife for 60 years to her late husband,
Douglas Kemp. She will be fondly remembered by her children Sandy (Jill), Kirk (Sheila)
and Elizabeth (Tony Gibson). She will be sadly missed by her grandchildren, Laura,
Natalie, Eric, Erin, Byron, Victor and Victoria, her great-grandchildren Liam, Maeve and
Audrey and many nieces and nephews. Billie, a proud member of the Rutherford Clan,
is survived by her two siblings Marianne Chapelle and Jean Taplin and predeceased by
siblings Sandy Rutherford, Onie Cleary, Betty Peacock and Jack Rutherford.
Billie attended Toronto Normal School and had a long career in Education spending her
last 25 years of teaching at Central Public School in Bowmanville.
Billie embraced her membership at St. Paul’s United Church and was very fortunate to
be apart of such a caring church community. She is a Life Member of the Retired
Women Teachers of Ontario, had 60 years of service with The Bowmanville Lions Club
and has received the Paul Harris Fellowship Award from the Rotary Club and the Helen
Keller Fellowship Award from the Lions Club. Billie spent many years organizing drivers
for cancer patients and distributing bedkits for Sleeping Children Around The World.
Billie was a caring and devoted wife, mother and grandmother. She was always
concerned about the welfare of others. She will never be forgotten and will remain in our
hearts forever.
Family and friends are invited to the Memorial Visitation at Morris Funeral Chapel, 4 Division
Street, Bowmanville on Monday September 12, 2022 from 2 – 4 pm and 6 – 8 pm. The
Memorial Service will occur at St. Paul’s United Church, 178 Church Street, Bowmanville
on Tuesday September 13, 2022 at 11:30 am. A reception will follow the service. Inurnment at Bowmanville Cemetery after reception.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to the Sleeping Children Around the
World ( scaw.thankyou4caring.org/donate-cad-bedkits-photos-nextofkin ) or
Bowmanville Hospital Foundation -Emergency Department
(thebowmanvillehospitalfoundation.com/donate/ ). Online condolences may be
placed at www.morrisfuneralchapel.ca.
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Our most sincere sympathies to the family and friends of Billie Kemp Sunday September 4th 2022..
Death notice for the town of: Bowmanville, Province: Ontario