Elmer E. Ketterling

1928 - 2017  (88 years)

• Name	Elmer E. Ketterling
  Born	14 Jul 1928	Wishek, McIntosh County, North Dakota, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	14 Feb 2017	Rupert, Minidoka County, Idaho, USA   [1]
  Buried	19 Feb 2017	Minidoka Acequia Rupert Cemetery, Rupert, Minidoka County, Idaho, USA   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I366065	Suedpfalz
  Last Modified	10 Apr 2023

  
  

  Father	Jacob Ketterling,   b. 13 Jun 1894, South Dakota, USA ,   d. 31 May 1953  (Age 58 years)
  Mother	Carolina Ekman,   b. 5 Feb 1894,   d. 26 Dec 1985  (Age 91 years)
  Family ID	F114103	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Frances M. Johnson,   b. 3 Mar 1928, Idaho, USA ,   d. 5 Mar 1994, Idaho, USA  (Age 66 years)
  Married	7 Dec 1947  [1]
  Children	1. Ketterling   2. Ketterling   3. Ketterling
  Last Modified	10 Apr 2023
  Family ID	F122568	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Alta Renz
  Married	Nov 1994
  Last Modified	1 May 2018
  Family ID	F122569	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S926] Find-A-Grave, (www.findagrave.com). [S927] Obituary. Elmer E. Ketterling passed away Tuesday, February 14, 2017 at the age of 88 at Valley Vista Care Center. Elmer was born to Jacob and Caroline Ekman Ketterling on July 14, 1928, in Wishek, North Dakota. He lived there along with his four brothers: Alvin, Ted, Ruben and Leo, and three sisters: Ida, Ruth and Viola. They moved to Edgely, North Dakota, until a severe drought made them leave North Dakota in 1936. They moved to Rupert, Idaho, where they did field work until they bought a farm. Elmer attended Rupert grade school and High School where he met and married Francis Johnson in December 1947. They farmed North of Rupert and had a small dairy. They had three children Judy, Lynn and Cindy. Elmer worked in the sugar factory several campaigns and served as a county commissioner for six years. Due to the illness of his wife he retired in 1992 and cared for her until her passing. In November, 1994 Elmer married Alta Renz. They lived in Paul, then Heyburn. They also spent 21 winters in Yuma, Arizona. In 2015, they decided to stay in Heyburn as their health was declining. Elmer is survived by his wife, Alta, his son Lynn (Jeanne) Ketterling of Eagel, Idaho. His two daughters Judy (Mike) Matheson of Orofino, Idaho, and Cindy (Larry) Goffinet of Rupert, Idaho. Also two brothers Ted of Oklahoma and Leo of Rupert, Idaho, and one sister Ruth Villhauer of Portland, Ore. and three stepchildren Steve (Debi) Renz, Meridean, Idaho, Jeanne (Frank) Jensen, Heyburn, Idaho and Tammy (Larry) Dessel, Paul, Idaho. Elmer is preceded in death by his parents Jacob and Caroline Ketterling, his wife Francis, 2 sisters Ida Buerkle and Viola Schenk, two brothers Alvin and Rueben, three brothers-in-law Richard Schenk, Godlich Bollinger and Emil Buerkle, granddaughter LA Jean Ketterling and stepgrandson Casey Dessel. Funeral services will be held 11:00 a.m. Monday February 20, 2017 at the Paul Congregational Church. Viewing for family and friends will be held from 4-6:00 p.m. Sunday, February 19, 2017 at the Mortuary and for one hour prior to the services at the church. Services will conclude with burial in the Paul Cemetery under the direction of Joel Heward Hansen Mortuary. Online condolences may be left at hansen-mortuary.com