Carl U. Kettwich, 85, of Minonk, formerly of the Flanagan area, died at 11:57 PM Tuesday, December 5, in St. James Hospital, Pontiac. He had been a patient there for the past six weeks.
Funeral services will be held at 11AM Friday at St. Petri’s Lutheran Church, with Rev. Marvin Krueger officiating. Burial will be in St. Petri’s Cemetery.
Visitation will be after 4 PM today (Thursday) at the Froelich Memorial Home in Flanagan.
He was born July 25, 1887, near Minonk, son of Uffe and Gesche (Schlomer) Kettwich. He married Minnie Harms February 22, 1911. She died April 30, 1962.
Surviving are two sons, Orville and Wayne, of Minonk; one daughter, Mrs. Fred (Florence) Durre, rural Minonk; three brothers, Eilert and John, Minonk; Uffe of Bloomington; three sisters, Mrs. Sena Rients, Minonk; Mrs. Everett Post, Titonka, Iowa; Mrs. Lucy Ostermann, Elmore, Minnesota; eight grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents, three brothers and two sisters.
Mr. Kettwich was a member of St. Petri Lutheran Church and St. Petri Bible Class. He served on the church board for a number of years and was very active as a Sunday School teacher. He was a long-time member of the Maple Grove School Board.
He moved from his farm to Minonk a year and half ago.
Here is another version of the same obituary. It must have been from another newspaper:
Carl U. Kettwich, 85 of Minonk passed away at 11:57 PM Tuesday at St. James Hospital. He had been a patient for six weeks.
Mr. Kettwich’s funeral will be held at 11 AM Friday at St. Petri Lutheran Church, with Pastor Marvin Krueger officiating. Burial will be in St. Petri Cemetery. Visitation will be today at Froelich Memorial Home, starting at 4 PM.
Carl U. Kettwich was born July 25, 1887 near Minonk, the son of Uffe and Gesche (Schlomer) Kettwich. He was married to Minnie Harms February 22, 1911.
He is survived by two sons, Orville and Wayne of Minonk and daughter, Mrs. Fred (Florence) Durre of rural Minonk; three brothers, Eilert and John of Minonk and Uffe of Bloomington; three sisters, Mrs. Sena Rients, Minonk; Mrs. Everett Post, Titonka, Iowa and Mrs. Lucy Ostermann, Elmore, Minnesota; eight grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his wife, parents, three brothers and two sisters.
He was a member of St. Petri Lutheran Church, and St. Petri Bible Class, a past member of the Church Board and former Sunday School teacher, and had served as a member of the Maple Grove School Board.
Mr. Kettwich was a retired farmer and a lifelong resident of the Flanagan-Minonk area. He had moved into Minonk one and a half years ago.