Born Sept. 15, 1925, in South Pekin to David Wesley and Ruth Lucille Ellison Kettering, she married Lester E. Davis on March 9, 1981, in Galesburg. He survives.
Also surviving are one daughter, Ruthie J. Bolam of Pekin; two stepdaughters, Susie Melson and Cindy Woods, both of Porterville, Calif.; two stepsons, Larry W. Davis and Michael P. Davis, both of Bakersfield, Calif.; and one brother, Joseph Kettering of Parma Heights, Ohio. One sister and one brother preceded her in death.
She worked for Centel-Illinois Telephone Co. for 42 years, retiring as an operator in 1987.
Burial will be in Glendale Memorial Gardens in Pekin.
Full obit in the Peoria Journal Star - Oct. 22, 1995.
Born Sept. 15, 1925, in South Pekin to David Wesley and Ruth Lucille Ellison Kettering, she married Lester E. Davis on March 9, 1981, in Galesburg. He survives.
Also surviving are one daughter, Ruthie J. Bolam of Pekin; two stepdaughters, Susie Melson and Cindy Woods, both of Porterville, Calif.; two stepsons, Larry W. Davis and Michael P. Davis, both of Bakersfield, Calif.; and one brother, Joseph Kettering of Parma Heights, Ohio. One sister and one brother preceded her in death.
She worked for Centel-Illinois Telephone Co. for 42 years, retiring as an operator in 1987.
Burial will be in Glendale Memorial Gardens in Pekin.
Full obit in the Peoria Journal Star - Oct. 22, 1995.
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