James Marion "Jerry" Ketchum

1928 - 2016

James "Jerry" Marion Ketchum 1928 - 2016
NALCREST, FL - James "Jerry" Marion Ketchum, 88, of Nalcrest, Fla., passed away Monday, July 4, 2016, at Grace Healthcare in Lake Wales, Fla.
He was born May 17, 1928, in Decatur, Ind., to Amos R. and Rosa Bell (Byer) Ketchum. He graduated from Decatur High School in 1946; and, in August of 1946, he enlisted in the U.S. Army. He spent all of 1947 with the Army of Occupation in Korea. He returned to the U.S. in January of 1948 and was discharged.
He graduated from Indiana University in 1951. He was employed by the Postal Service as a City Carrier, Clerk, Postal Inspector, Assistant Postmaster, and retired in 1984 as Director of Customer Service at Cook Street Post Office in Springfield, Ill.
He was preceded in death by his son, John Ketchum, and granddaughter, Shelley Defrates.
Survivors include his wife of 66 years, Barbara Jean Mowery Ketchum; daughters, Ann Kuehnel (Tim) of Illinois, and Kathleen Daly (Tom) of Illinois; sons, Nicholas Ketchum (Linda) of Illinois, Karl Joseph Ketchum (Dorothy) of Georgia, and Leigh Ketchum of Florida; 14 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
Services will be held at a later date in Springfield, Ill.
Johnson-Nelson- Gill Funeral Home of Lake Wales is handling arrangements.