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Lafayette Ketchem was my GGrandfather, my Grandfather was Everette Lafayette Ketchem he
was the 4 day old in the obit.
Story is that Bertha was having the baby so she sent Lafayette to fetch the Doc., she had
the baby which was my grandpa but now Lafayette got bad sick from going to fetch the Doc,
so she sent the oldest 4 yr old son down the tracks to town to get the Doc. So now the
father was sick and passed away from it and now the 4 yr old Jacob H. was sick from it and
passed within a few days also. So they lost the Father and the oldest son within a few
days of each other all around Christmas time.
My Grandfather never celebrated Christmas much and was usually sad around this time.and I
think blamed himself for what had happened. So my Family had lost Jacob Ketchem
(GGGrandfather) young in life, then Lafayette (GGrandfather) young in life. The Family had
a rough life and then with the depression it made for a rough life for all.
My father Bob or (Robert Ketchem) grew up in Odon - Elnora area, his father being
Everette L Ketchem and mother Phylliss Williams Ketchem, there were 4 children, Bob,
Curtis, Janet, Libby. When my father graduated High School in 1950 they moved north to
Gary IN. for work in the STEEL MIlls (Inland Steel 33 yrs) Mittal Steel is the name
now.The move was a good one with good jobs for all.
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