Class of 1946
1946 Maroon Spotlight
Nita June Wood
Glee Club ’44-’45; Library Staff ’44-’45.
1946 Graduation EditionPerry Daily Journal
Nita June Wood is the 17-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Wood of Perry. She was born October 15, 1928, near Stillwater, and attended rural grade schools near Perry before entering the local high school.
She sang with the glee club during her sophomore and junior years. After graduation she will attend Oklahoma College for Women at Chickasha and will take up a course for beauty operators.
Nita June (Wood) Kempka
October 15, 1928 – March 20, 2008
Nita J. Kempka, of Perry, Oklahoma, came to the area as a child and was raised and educated in Noble County.
She died Thursday, March 20, 2008 at Perry Memorial Hospital.
She was a graduate of Perry High School and earned an associate degree in fine arts at Northern Oklahoma College in Tonkawa, Oklahoma.
Nita and Edward “Eddie” Kempka were married on July 4, 1947, in the Christian Church parsonage in Perry, Oklahoma. Her husband preceded her in death in 1973.
She was a homemaker and was of the Baptist faith. Her greatest accomplishments in life were accepting Jesus Christ as her savior and meeting her dear husband.
Graveside services will be at 2:00 p.m. Monday, March 24, 2008, in the Grace Hill Memorial Pavilion at Grace Hill Cemetery. Jesse Phillips will officiate.