Daily News Record
Date: Dec 8 2003
Publication: Harrisonburg, Virginia, United States of America
Text:
William E. Ketterman "Bill Edward", 89, of Moorefield, W.Va., died Sunday, Dec. 7, 2003, at the home of his daughter, Alice Cross, in Moorefield, W.Va. Mr. Ketterman was born Sept. 20,1914, in Moorefield, W.Va., and was the son of the late George W. Ketterman and Virginia Bell Jenkins Ketterman. He was a retired laborer and fanner. He was a member of Bakers Chapel United Methodist Church in Durgon, W.Va. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Vada Simmons Ketterman, on Nov.7, 1951, and his second wife, Virginia Lee Ketterman, on Dec. 3, 1985. Surviving are three daughters, Eleanor Riffey and Alice Cross, both of Moorefield, W.Va., and Hilda Raines of Brandywine, W.Va.; a son, Glenn William Gensler of Waynesburg, Pa.; two brothers, Oscar Ketterman of Moorefield, W.Va., and Joe Ketterman of Bowling Green; three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Judith Stump will conduct the funeral 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Elmore Funeral Home in Moorefield, W.Va. Burial will follow at the Olivet Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Memorial donations may be made to Grant Memorial Hospice, P.O. Box 1019, Petersburg, WVa. 26847.