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- Obit: Evansville Courier & Press
Elberfeld--Orin Ketcham, age 101, formerly of Elberfeld, passed away January 23, 2003, at Deaconess Hospital.
He was born to William C. and Mary Katherine Kifer Ketcham on November 6, 1901, in Hart Township, 10 miles southeast of Elberfeld. His family moved to Elberfeld, where he lived most of his life. He worked 52 years with the C&EI Railroad as a telegrapher. He retired in 1968. He was a member of the Kiwanis of Elberfeld, the Masonic Lodge of Fort Branch and the Scottish Rite Evansville Consistory and the Hadi Temple of Evansville.
Orin was a member of New Jerusalem United Methodist Church in Elberfeld.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Evelyn Cooper.
Orin is survived by a son, Steve and his wife Brenda Ketcham of Mount Vernon, Ind.; a daughter, Judy and her husband Greg Bolt of Durham, N.C.; grandsons, Randy, Steve and Brent Ketcham and Brian and Gordon Bolt; a nephew, Richard Linenburg; and a niece, Avanelle Siff.
The funeral will be held on Wednesday, January 29, 2003, at 10 a.m., at the Titzer Family Funeral Home, Volkman Chapel, Second and Elm Streets, Elberfeld. The Reverend Robert Vester will officiate. Burial will be in the Fairview Cemetery in Vincennes, Ind.
Friends may call on Tuesday, January 28, 2003, from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., and Wednesday from 9 a.m. to time of service at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to the New Jerusalem United Methodist Church in Elberfeld.
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1901 - 2003 (101 years)
