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Charles Ketchum Obituary

Charles Ketchum

Charles L. Ketchum, 74, Tonganoxie, KS, died Tuesday July 31, 2012 at his home.

Funeral services were at 10 a.m. Saturday August 4, 2012 at Quisenberry Funeral Home, Tonganoxie. Burial was in Hubbel Hill Cemetery, Tonganoxie.

Charles was born November 23, 1937 in Lawrence, KS, the son of Charles E. and Neva Davenport Ketchum. He served in the US Army Reserves. He was united in marriage to Mary M. Smith on February 14, 1958 in Tonganoxie, KS. He worked as a Lithographer, retiring in 1992 and later as a builder and contractor in Tonganoxie.

Survivors include his wife, Mary M. Ketchum, of the home; son, Kenneth Ketchum and wife, Jennifer, Tonganoxie; daughter, Karen Erath and husband, Udo, Zusmarshausen, Germany; sister, Neva Forester, Callahan, FL; and four grandchildren, Haley, Sean, Christoph and Lydia.

Condolences may be left for the family at www.quisenberryfh.com .

Please sign this guestbook at Obituaries.LJWorld.com.

Published by Lawrence Journal-World from Aug. 3 to Aug. 8, 2012.
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Mary and family. I'm so sorry for your loss. Dad thought alot of Charlie and I know our community will miss him. He may have been a quiet man, but was a deep thinker with a tender heart.

Lynn Paul

August 6, 2012

Our sympathies are with the Ketchum family in their time of sorrow. The Marvin Pine family

August 3, 2012

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