James L. "Jim" Ketterman Sr., age 77, of Liberty, Illinois, died peacefully in his home on Friday, March 20, 2020.
He was born August 31, 1942 in Flora, Illinois the son of Charles Elmer "Kit" and Dorothy Alene Hurd Ketterman. On December 26, 1961 he married Sara Louise Roberts in Palmyra, Missouri. She survives.
Jim was an easy-going and kind man who never met a stranger. He was loved by all who knew him. He loved his children and grandchildren and he enjoyed hunting and his cats. He was a simple man who enjoyed the simpler things in life like being outside.
Jim retired from Quincy Soybean where he began working in 1965. He was a maintenance foreman. Jim later worked at Lewis Seed. Later in life he was a beloved school bus driver for the Liberty School District and spoke often of his riders.
Survivors in addition to his wife of 58 years, Sara, include two sons, John (Shari) Ketterman of Lexington, MO, and James Ketterman Jr. of Virginia; four grandchildren, Zane (Tiffany) Ketterman, Ian (Emilee) Ketterman, both of Lexington, MO, Lucas (Mackenzie) Ketterman of Corder, MO, and Emma Katterman of Kansas City, MO; four great-grandchildren, Johnny, Amelia, Ellie Mae and John Luke Ketterman.
Jim was preceded in death by his parents, a sister, Betty Olson, and two brothers, Elmer Lee Ketterman and Charles Clark.
A public celebration of life will be held at a later date, sometime in August 2020.
Private Burial: Greenmount Cemetery, Quincy, Illinois
Memorials: Blessing Foundation for Hospice or the American Cancer Society.
Hansen-Spear Funeral Directors are in charge of arrangements. Hansen-Spear FH
He was born August 31, 1942 in Flora, Illinois the son of Charles Elmer "Kit" and Dorothy Alene Hurd Ketterman. On December 26, 1961 he married Sara Louise Roberts in Palmyra, Missouri. She survives.
Jim was an easy-going and kind man who never met a stranger. He was loved by all who knew him. He loved his children and grandchildren and he enjoyed hunting and his cats. He was a simple man who enjoyed the simpler things in life like being outside.
Jim retired from Quincy Soybean where he began working in 1965. He was a maintenance foreman. Jim later worked at Lewis Seed. Later in life he was a beloved school bus driver for the Liberty School District and spoke often of his riders.
Survivors in addition to his wife of 58 years, Sara, include two sons, John (Shari) Ketterman of Lexington, MO, and James Ketterman Jr. of Virginia; four grandchildren, Zane (Tiffany) Ketterman, Ian (Emilee) Ketterman, both of Lexington, MO, Lucas (Mackenzie) Ketterman of Corder, MO, and Emma Katterman of Kansas City, MO; four great-grandchildren, Johnny, Amelia, Ellie Mae and John Luke Ketterman.
Jim was preceded in death by his parents, a sister, Betty Olson, and two brothers, Elmer Lee Ketterman and Charles Clark.
A public celebration of life will be held at a later date, sometime in August 2020.
Private Burial: Greenmount Cemetery, Quincy, Illinois
Memorials: Blessing Foundation for Hospice or the American Cancer Society.
Hansen-Spear Funeral Directors are in charge of arrangements. Hansen-Spear FH
James L. "Jim" Ketterman Sr., age 77, of Liberty, Illinois, died peacefully in his home on Friday, March 20, 2020.
He was born August 31, 1942 in Flora, Illinois the son of Charles Elmer "Kit" and Dorothy Alene Hurd Ketterman. On December 26, 1961 he married Sara Louise Roberts in Palmyra, Missouri. She survives.
Jim was an easy-going and kind man who never met a stranger. He was loved by all who knew him. He loved his children and grandchildren and he enjoyed hunting and his cats. He was a simple man who enjoyed the simpler things in life like being outside.
Jim retired from Quincy Soybean where he began working in 1965. He was a maintenance foreman. Jim later worked at Lewis Seed. Later in life he was a beloved school bus driver for the Liberty School District and spoke often of his riders.
Survivors in addition to his wife of 58 years, Sara, include two sons, John (Shari) Ketterman of Lexington, MO, and James Ketterman Jr. of Virginia; four grandchildren, Zane (Tiffany) Ketterman, Ian (Emilee) Ketterman, both of Lexington, MO, Lucas (Mackenzie) Ketterman of Corder, MO, and Emma Katterman of Kansas City, MO; four great-grandchildren, Johnny, Amelia, Ellie Mae and John Luke Ketterman.
Jim was preceded in death by his parents, a sister, Betty Olson, and two brothers, Elmer Lee Ketterman and Charles Clark.
A public celebration of life will be held at a later date, sometime in August 2020.
Private Burial: Greenmount Cemetery, Quincy, Illinois
Memorials: Blessing Foundation for Hospice or the American Cancer Society.
Hansen-Spear Funeral Directors are in charge of arrangements. Hansen-Spear FH
He was born August 31, 1942 in Flora, Illinois the son of Charles Elmer "Kit" and Dorothy Alene Hurd Ketterman. On December 26, 1961 he married Sara Louise Roberts in Palmyra, Missouri. She survives.
Jim was an easy-going and kind man who never met a stranger. He was loved by all who knew him. He loved his children and grandchildren and he enjoyed hunting and his cats. He was a simple man who enjoyed the simpler things in life like being outside.
Jim retired from Quincy Soybean where he began working in 1965. He was a maintenance foreman. Jim later worked at Lewis Seed. Later in life he was a beloved school bus driver for the Liberty School District and spoke often of his riders.
Survivors in addition to his wife of 58 years, Sara, include two sons, John (Shari) Ketterman of Lexington, MO, and James Ketterman Jr. of Virginia; four grandchildren, Zane (Tiffany) Ketterman, Ian (Emilee) Ketterman, both of Lexington, MO, Lucas (Mackenzie) Ketterman of Corder, MO, and Emma Katterman of Kansas City, MO; four great-grandchildren, Johnny, Amelia, Ellie Mae and John Luke Ketterman.
Jim was preceded in death by his parents, a sister, Betty Olson, and two brothers, Elmer Lee Ketterman and Charles Clark.
A public celebration of life will be held at a later date, sometime in August 2020.
Private Burial: Greenmount Cemetery, Quincy, Illinois
Memorials: Blessing Foundation for Hospice or the American Cancer Society.
Hansen-Spear Funeral Directors are in charge of arrangements. Hansen-Spear FH
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