Adaline Lingenfelter Ketchum, 1849-1904

KETCHUM

Posted By: Emmet County IAGenWeb Coordinator (email)
Date: 2/10/2009 at 11:54:52

Mrs. Amos Ketchum, for thirty seven years a resident of Estherville, died at the family home on the West side Friday afternoon at four o'clock. She had been sick for a number of months and her ailment for a time baffled the attending physicians, but later was diagnosed as cancer of the stomach.

Mrs. Ketchum was a kind hearted and generous woman, always endeavoring to make it pleasant and cheerful for those about her. She will be missed by her family and relatives, and by numerous acquaintances with whom she had been a true friend.

Her husband Amos; three children, Edward Ketchum, Hattie Ketchum, and Mrs. Henry (Florence) Brown; a sister Mrs. H. C. Coon, and a brother Orlando Lingenfelter are left to mourn her death.

Funeral services were held in the Methodist Church Sunday afternoon and the remains followed to their last resting place by a large concourse of sympathizing friends. Interment was made in the Oak Hill Cemetery.

The sympathy of the entire community is extended to the family during their hours of bereavement.

Contributed by: Phyllis Irish. Source: The Estherville Democrat, Estherville, IA, March 2, 1904.