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Charles Kettlewell Obituary

KETTLEWELL Worthington Attorney Charles (Chuck) William Kettlewell, died Monday morning, February 21, 2005 at Riverside Hospital. Charles was born in Powhatan Point, Ohio on October 21, 1941 to Robert Simon Kettlewell and Neva Caldwell Kettlewell. Following undergraduate school, Charles married Marilyn G. Basnett and began four years of active duty with the United States Navy. He maintained reserve status with the military JAG corps until the early nineties, retiring with the rank of Captain. Charles was recognized nationally for his contributions to the field of legal ethics. Admitted to practice in Ohio, Oregon and before the U.S. Supreme Court, he was a co-founder and first president of the Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers. (APRL.) Charles spoke frequently at APRL meetings and was instrumental in coordinating international legal ethics programs in China, Italy, England, Canada, and France. Charles was a partner of Kettlewell & Kettlewell LLC with his son Charles J. (Chad) Kettlewell. Additionally, he enjoyed teaching legal ethics as an adjunct professor for The Ohio State University College of Law since 1977. He is survived by his wife, Marilyn; daughter and son-in-law, Colleen K. and Robert Schriner; son and daughter-in-law, Charles J. and Susan Kettlewell; grandsons, Nicholas and Curtis Schriner. Additionally, he is survived by brothers, Robert E. Kettlewell of Gnadenhutten, Albert W. Kettlewell of Oxford; sisters, Alice Egy of Bloomingdale, Edna Giammarco of Steubenville, Edith Orkis of Pataskala, and Ruth Grieffenhagen of Wellington; mother-in-law, Clara B. Basnett of Worthington; and brother-in-law, R. Brett Basnett of Dallas, and their families. The family will be receiving friends 6-8 p.m. Thursday, February 24 at RUTHERFORD-CORBIN FUNERAL HOME, 515 High Street, Worthington. Memorial Service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, February 25 at All Saints Lutheran Church, 6770 North High Street, Worthington. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the American Red Cross or Save the Children Foundation.

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Published by The Columbus Dispatch on Feb. 22, 2005.

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