Paul Kempf, age 69, of 337 5th St. SE in Huron, SD, died Monday, March 24, 2008, at his home. His funeral mass will be 1:30 PM Friday, March 28, at Holy Trinity Catholic Parish with Father Joe Holzhauser officiating. Burial will be at St. Martin Cemetery. Visitation will be Thursday from 1-8 p.m. at the Welter Funeral Home with a Scripture Service at 7 p.m., or Friday afternoon one hour prior to the service at the church. Paul Edward Kempf was born March 21, 1939, to Edward and Gertrude (Maddock) Kempf in Sanborn County, Floyd Township, near Forestburg, SD. He attended rural school until the time he went to work on the family farm. On May 7, 1958, Paul married Beverly Tompkins. He farmed for ten years before moving to Huron at which time he started in the appliance repair business. He later owned and operated Pauls Appliance and Repair until his retirement in 2004. He enjoyed hobby farming, antique tractor and machinery restoration, and spending time with his family. He was past Vice President of the Huron Area Antique Power Association and was an active member from its inception. Over the past few years he also spent time demonstrating antique farm machinery at the South Dakota State Fair and various exhibitions. Grateful for sharing his life are his wife, Beverly of Huron; 9 children, Danny (Kathy) Kempf of Huron, Kenny (Nancy) Kempf of Huron, Kathe Kempf of Las Vegas, NV, Jean (Jared) Gross of Sioux Falls, Curt (Becky) Kempf of Wolsey, Barb (Mark) Glanzer of Aberdeen, Susan (Mike ) Paye of Aberdeen, Dr. Patricia (Adam) Steiner of Las Vegas, NV, and Jeff (Amy) Kempf of Huron; 15 grandchildren, Tasmah (Sean) Taylor, Jereme Kempf, Angela (Heath) Estey, Jennifer Kempf, Nathan Olsen, Nikolus Olsen, Brooklynn Gross, Kaitlin Gross, Tyler Glanzer, Makenna Glanzer, Christopher Paye, Joseph Paye, Nathan Paye, Sophia Steiner and Ethan Steiner; 2 great grandchildren, Kenzington Taylor and Avarie Estey; 2 brothers, Dave (Bonnie) Kempf of Washington, IA, and Don (Darla) Kempf of Sioux Falls; 2 sisters, Miriam Heinzmann of Letcher, and Gen (John) Fraser of Sioux Falls; and 1 sister-in-law, JoEllen Kempf of Artesian. He was preceded in death by his parents; two infant children; an infant grandson, Joshua Gross; a brother Ray Kempf; and a brother-in-law, Norman Heinzmann.