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Submitted: 1/15/16 • Approved: 1/18/16 • Last Updated: 4/14/18 • R782650-G0-S3
6 Jan 1926 Steele, Pemiscot, MO - 30 Jan 1968 Memphis, Shelby, TN
Parents:
Charles F. Ketchum (1895 - 1963)
Lennie Lue Burton Ketchum (1901 - 1968)
The Steele Enterprise, Steele, Missouri
Friday, February 2, 1968
Funeral services were held for Harold "Blue" Ketchum at the Church of Christ in Steele, Thursday, February 1, 1968, at 2:00 p.m.
Mr. Ketchum was born January 6, 1926 and died January 30, 1968, at the age of 42 years and 24 days old.
Mr. Ketchum died at the Veteran's Hospital in Memphis after a brief illness.
He leaves his wife, Shirley Ketchum, of Memphis; four sons, Steve Ketchum of Blytheville, Mike Ketchum of Homestead AFB, Fla., Greg Ketchum and Brian Ketchum, both of Memphis; one sister, Mrs. Hollis Wimberley of Fort Smith; two brothers, Ralph Ketchum and Herbert Ketchum, both of Steele; his mother, Mrs. Lennie Ketchum, also of Steele; and one grandchild.
Funeral service was conducted by Bro. Judson Woodbridge. Burial was in Mt. Zion Cemetery with German Funeral Home, Inc. in charge of arrangements.
Pallbearers were Robert Wakefield, Milton Howell, Ed Adams, Vernon Ray, Travis Dean, and Dwayne Becker.
Contributed on 1/15/16 by ttack37
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