Nadine Kemp

Nadine Kemp, 81, of Springfield, Mo., died Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2002, at Christian Health Care East Nursing Facility in Springfield.

She was born Feb. 4, 1921, in East Prairie, Mo., daughter of John Shelby and Lillian Thrasher Kemp.

Before moving to Cape Girardeau in 1950, she was a teacher at Dogwood School near East Prairie and Higgerson School in New Madrid County. She had lived in Springfield since 1978. She was an operator with AT&T 37 years. She was a member of St. Paul Methodist Church in Springfield and Telephone Pioneers.

Survivors include two brothers, Ted Kemp of Lake Geneva, Wis., and Dee Kemp of East Prairie.

She was preceded in death by a brother and a sister.

Friends may call at Shelby Funeral Home in East Prairie after 5 p.m. today.

The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home, with Burl Britt officiating. Burial will be in East Prairie Memorial Park Cemetery.