Winnie Marie Ketchum's obituary, Farwell, Clare County, Michigan

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Obituaries from the Clare County Cleaver, Harrison, MI, October 7, l999



Winnie Marie Ketchum, age 82, of Farwell, passed away on Thursday,
September 30 at Northwoods Nursing Center in Farwell.  She was born the
daughter of Christopher and Josephine Green, and later adoped by George
and Mary (Madison) Chappell.  She married Roy Dixon in 1935, and later
married Elmer Ketchum in 1944, he preceded her in death in 1986.  She
had worked as a Nurses Aid at the former Ardis Nursing Home in Farwell,
and as an assembler at Evart Products.
    Winnie is survived by her children and their spouses; Vern and Melba
Jean Dixon, and Warren and Carl Dixon, of Farwell, Elmer and Billie
Ketchum of Kalkaska, Dorothy and Joseph Manley, and Nancy and Mike
Thrush, of Farwell, and Ila and Kenneth Kala of Barryton; a brother
Kenneth Green, sisters:  Ethel Gleason, Lillian Wilkerson, Iris Brown,
and Dora Arnold.  Also surviving are 15 grandchildren, 35
great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren.  She was
preceded in death by three brothers Alex, Jeff Willey, and Pete Green,
and a sister Mary Hildebrandt, a grandson, a granddaughter, and a
great-granddaughter.
    Funeral Services were held on Sunday, October 3 at 2:00 pm from the
Stephenson-Wyman Funeral Home in Clare, with Elder Dee Beavers
officiating.  Burial was in Surrey Twp. Cemetery.  Memorials are to
Northwoods Nursing Center Activities Dept. for Birds and Birdseed.