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Wanda Rivers <I>Riggs</I> Ketelhut

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Wanda Rivers Riggs Ketelhut

Birth
Pascola, Pemiscot County, Missouri, USA
Death
20 Dec 2010 (aged 77)
Bridgman, Berrien County, Michigan, USA
Burial
Saint Joseph, Berrien County, Michigan, USA Add to Map
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Wanda R. Ketelhut
BORN: March 3, 1933
DIED: December 20, 2010
LOCATION: Baroda, MI

Wanda R. Ketelhut, 77, of Baroda passed away Monday, December 20, 2010 at Woodland Terrace in Bridgman surrounded by her family

A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 10:00 A.M. Thursday at First Baptist Church, 902 Broad St., St. Joseph, officiated by Rev. Marlo O. Fritzke with burial to follow at Riverview Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5:00 until 7:00 PM Wednesday at Starks & Menchinger Chapel, 2650 Niles Rd., St. Joseph. Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church or Hospice at Home. Friends wishing to send a condolence may do so at the guest book at www.starks-menchinger.com

Wanda was born on March 3, 1933, in Pascola, Missouri to John and Daisy (Wells) Riggs.
On July 7, 1956 she married Robert Ketelhut at the First Baptist Church of St. Joseph.
During her life she operated Wanda's Beauty Shop at her home while their children were young, then she worked in the business office and the shoe department at Rimes Department Store. For many years she volunteered at First Baptist Church as a trustee and the financial secretary.

She enjoyed restoring - repairing antique dolls and creating period clothing for them. She also enjoyed seamstress work, gardening, camping, bird watching and family genealogy. She also loved to cook, and for over 50 years their home was the family gathering place. Wanda's true love was her husband, children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and her cherished canine companions Lucy & Coco.

She is survived by two daughters, Tamra (Terrence) O'Rourke of Elkhart, IN; Dawn (Gene) Eddy of Berrien Springs; five grandchildren Alyssa (Craig) Lloyd, Brett Wallis, Jennifer (Aaron) Sneed, Heather Wallis, Ashley Wallis; two great-grandchildren Connor & Emily Wallis and a sister Peggy (Arthur) Kopp.

Wanda is preceded in death by her parents, her husband Robert Ketelhut, a brother John Riggs, a sister Dorothy Springer, a grandson Jonathon Robinson and a grand-daughter-in-law Rebecca Wallis.
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IN REMEMBRANCE MEMORIAL TO WANDA
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Wanda R. Ketelhut
BORN: March 3, 1933
DIED: December 20, 2010
LOCATION: Baroda, MI

Wanda R. Ketelhut, 77, of Baroda passed away Monday, December 20, 2010 at Woodland Terrace in Bridgman surrounded by her family

A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 10:00 A.M. Thursday at First Baptist Church, 902 Broad St., St. Joseph, officiated by Rev. Marlo O. Fritzke with burial to follow at Riverview Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5:00 until 7:00 PM Wednesday at Starks & Menchinger Chapel, 2650 Niles Rd., St. Joseph. Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church or Hospice at Home. Friends wishing to send a condolence may do so at the guest book at www.starks-menchinger.com

Wanda was born on March 3, 1933, in Pascola, Missouri to John and Daisy (Wells) Riggs.
On July 7, 1956 she married Robert Ketelhut at the First Baptist Church of St. Joseph.
During her life she operated Wanda's Beauty Shop at her home while their children were young, then she worked in the business office and the shoe department at Rimes Department Store. For many years she volunteered at First Baptist Church as a trustee and the financial secretary.

She enjoyed restoring - repairing antique dolls and creating period clothing for them. She also enjoyed seamstress work, gardening, camping, bird watching and family genealogy. She also loved to cook, and for over 50 years their home was the family gathering place. Wanda's true love was her husband, children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and her cherished canine companions Lucy & Coco.

She is survived by two daughters, Tamra (Terrence) O'Rourke of Elkhart, IN; Dawn (Gene) Eddy of Berrien Springs; five grandchildren Alyssa (Craig) Lloyd, Brett Wallis, Jennifer (Aaron) Sneed, Heather Wallis, Ashley Wallis; two great-grandchildren Connor & Emily Wallis and a sister Peggy (Arthur) Kopp.

Wanda is preceded in death by her parents, her husband Robert Ketelhut, a brother John Riggs, a sister Dorothy Springer, a grandson Jonathon Robinson and a grand-daughter-in-law Rebecca Wallis.
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IN REMEMBRANCE MEMORIAL TO WANDA
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~peggyriggskopp/

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~peggyriggskopp/obituary.htm




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