Lewis Abraham Ketchum (1914 – 2016)

Lewis A. Ketchum, age 102 and longtime Bartlesville resident, passed away on Saturday, April 30, 2016, in Jane Phillips Medical Center.

Lewis Abraham Ketchum was born on January 3, 1914, in Woodward, Oklahoma. He was the son of Charles Christopher and Bertha (Scoval) Ketchum. His mother was visiting family in Woodward at his birth. The Ketchum family home was north of Dewey on the Delaware Indian allotment owned by his father. Lewis was a member of both the Delaware and Cherokee Tribes. He was the only son of his parents, with one sister, Mildred Ketchum Morrison, deceased, and two living sisters, Imogene Kay Ketchum Walling of Edmond, Oklahoma and Jane Ketchum Ethridge and her husband, Larry, of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Lewis’ father died in 1968 and his mother died at age 102 in 1996.

He attended grade school at Wayside School, northeast of Dewey, and then went through high school at Chilocco Indian School, north of Ponca City, Oklahoma. Lewis was an all-around good athlete. He enjoyed playing golf, baseball, basketball, etc.

Lewis was employed for 42 years at Reda Pump Company in the drafting department, going from washing windows to head of the department. He was married to Lillian Berry and Edith Harvey, both deceased. He also had a special friend, Martha Tate, of Bartlesville.

Lewis is survived by his son, Dee Ketchum and his wife, Annette, of Bartlesville; a daughter, Patricia Kay Ketchum Donnell, and her husband, Walter, of Copan, Oklahoma; and daughter-in-law, Betty, of Tulsa; grandchildren include Craig Ketchum, Kent Ketchum, Kevin Ketchum, Brian Ketchum, Steven Donnell, Sandy Donnell Tompkins, Doug Donnell, DeAnn Ketchum and Kala Ketchum. He is also survived by numerous great-grandchildren and great-great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by one son, Lewis B. Ketchum.

Lewis was proud of his Delaware heritage and will be missed by all his friends at the Delaware Campus in Bartlesville.

Come and go visitation will be held on Monday and Tuesday from 9:00 AM-8:00 PM in the Arnold Moore & Neekamp Funeral Home, 710 S. Dewey Ave. Family will be present to greet friends on Tuesday from 6-8:00 PM.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials in Lewis’ name may be made to Delaware Tribe designated for Elder Nutrition Program.

Graveside services will be held in the Dewey City Cemetery, 11am, Wednesday, May 4, 2016 with Michael Svitak officiating.

Arrangements have been entrusted to the Arnold Moore & Neekamp Funeral Home. Online condolences may be left at www.honoringmemories.com.

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