The Foreign Service Journal, March 2015

THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL | MARCH 2015 69 Mrs. Kemper accompanied her husband during his 1957-1961 posting with USAID to Seoul, where she taught French to Korean students. Their sub- sequent postings included Mogadishu, Tunis, Dakar and Kinshasa, in addition to assignments in Washington, D.C. In 1980, Mrs. Kemper’s husband retired as an administrative counselor in Abidjan, and in 1989 the couple settled at the Watergate at Landmark in West Alex- andria, where they have lived ever since. Family and friends remember Mrs. Kemper as the consummate diplomatic wife and a wonderful mother. She always knew how to laugh, they recall, noting the family stories of her mischievous youth. Mrs. Kemper is survived by her husband of 65 years, Joseph, and their daughters, Chantal and Caroline. n Anita C. Kuhn, 93, wife of the late retired FSO John L. Kuhn, died on Sept. 17 in Sharon, Conn. Mrs. Kuhn was born in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1921. She graduated from the Shipley School in Bryn Mawr, Pa., in 1939 and shortly thereafter participated in the newly established Experiment in Inter- national Living study abroad program, which took her to Austria and Germany on the eve of World War II. Mrs. Kuhn enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps in 1943, ending her service as a sergeant in 1945. She then moved to Baltimore, Md., where she worked at the Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins University. In 1948, she married John L. Kuhn, a Foreign Service officer with the U.S. Department of State. As a diplomatic wife and mother—the couple had four children—she spent more than 20 years at five different overseas posts in South Africa, France and Italy. Following her husband’s retirement in the early 1970s, the couple moved to Salisbury, Conn., where Mrs. Kuhn became active in the Millbrook Garden Club and the National Society of the Colonial Dames. For many years she also presided over the fall festival at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Salisbury. In her later years, Mrs. Kuhn returned to her love of the outdoors and was an avid hiker with her many beloved dogs. In 2014 she moved to Noble Horizons Retirement Community, where she quickly became an integral member of the community. Mrs. Kuhn was predeceased by her husband, John; her son, William Speer Kuhn III, a former FSO; and three sisters: Letitia Crosby of Franconia, N.H., Eleanor Morris of Pottstown, Pa., and Elise Felton of Southwest Harbor, Maine. She is survived by her three daughters: Marian Browning of Salisbury, Conn.; Eleanore Boyse, who with her Foreign Service officer husband, Matt, lives in Wiesbaden, Germany; and Jacqueline Kuhn of Salisbury, Conn.; and grand- children: Anya and Slava Browning and Fentress, Natalie and Derek Boyse. Donations in her memory may be made to Noble Horizons, 17 Cobble Road, Salisbury CT 06038. n John J. LaMazza, 80, a retired Foreign Service officer, died on Oct. 4 in Chandler, Ariz. Mr. LaMazza grew up in New York City, the son of Italian immigrants: his father was a carpenter and his mother a seamstress. After graduation from the seminary (Cathedral College), he enlisted in the U.S. Army. Mr. LaMazza joined the Foreign Ser- vice in 1957, spurred by his passion for history, culture and, most importantly, peace. His first overseas posting was Italy. He subsequently served in Libya,