Mary Juliana Kemme, age 93, passed away Friday, April 2, 2021, at Meadowview of Greeley. Mary was born on February 18, 1928 in Cleveland, Ohio, the first daughter to Michael and Mary (Dever) Carney, who hailed from Achill Island, County Mayo, Ireland.
Mary attended St. Ignatius grade school, Huntington Elementary School, and Elyria High School in Cleveland. She continued her education, graduating from St. John’s School of Nursing, and earning her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from St. Louis University. After enlisting in the U.S. Navy Nurse Corp., she served from 1951 – 1954.
She married Richard Joseph Kemme in 1957 in St. Louis, and they moved to Greeley in 1961.
Mary participated in numerous volunteer activities, including the Greeley Philharmonic Guild board member, Greeley Medical Guild, Catholic Charities, Hospice, Meals on Wheels, Habitat for Humanity, the Guadalupe Shelter, Winter Park Handicap Ski Program, St. Mary Catholic Church, and Orthopedics Overseas in Malawi, Africa.
She is survived by her husband Richard; children Mary Pat Valdes (Jerry), Sarah Kemme (Bill Anschuetz), Doug Kemme (Emily), Frank Kemme (Silvia), Kathleen Kemme (Fred Nash), and Tom Kemme. She is also survived by her grandchildren Kelly Valdes Schlosser (Brian), Shannon Valdes Leiderman (Michael), Jordan Kemme (Mia), Madeleine Kemme, Veronica Kemme, Sydney Kemme Nash, Dever Kemme Nash, Nathaniel Kemme Nash, and Sarah Kemme Nash; great-grandson Tucker Schlosser; Kathleen Carney O’Donnell (Pat), and sister-in-law Mary Ann Carney.
She was preceded in death by her siblings James, John and Patrick Carney.
A visitation and Rosary will be held on Wednesday, April 7 2021 from 4-8:00 p.m. at Allnutt Funeral Service, Macy Chapel, 6521 W. 20th Street, Greeley, CO, Rosary starting at 6:00 P.M. Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Thursday, April 8, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. at St. Mary Catholic Church in Greeley followed by interment at Sunset Memorial Garden’s in Greeley. A reception will follow the committal service back at the Allnutt Reception Center.
Memorial contributions may be made to Pathways Hospice, Habitat for Humanity or Meals on Wheels in care of Allnutt Funeral Service, 6521 W. 20th Street, Greeley CO 80634.
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