Martin Ketterling

1943 - 2016  (73 years)

• Name	Martin Ketterling
  Born	18 May 1943	Hillsview, McPherson County, South Dakota, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	23 Oct 2016	Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA
  Buried	Sunset Memorial Gardens, Bath Township, Brown County, South Dakota, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I178172	Suedpfalz
  Last Modified	6 Dec 2016

  
  

  Father	George August Ketterling,   b. 20 Jul 1898, South Dakota, USA ,   d. 14 Jun 1954, Ashley, McIntosh County, North Dakota, USA  (Age 55 years)
  Mother	Karolina Guthmiller,   b. 8 Apr 1900, South Dakota, USA ,   d. 29 Jul 1994, Aberdeen, Brown County, South Dakota, USA  (Age 94 years)
  Married	26 Oct 1920	South Dakota, USA   [2]
  Family ID	F48976	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Frances Fuehrer,   b. 20 Oct 1944, Leola, McPherson County, South Dakota, USA ,   d. 28 Jun 2015, Bismarck, Burleigh County, North Dakota, USA  (Age 70 years)
  Married	15 Jun 1963
  Children	1. Jonathan Ketterling   2. Ketterling   3. Ketterling   4. Ketterling   5. Ketterling   6. Ketterling
  Last Modified	1 May 2018
  Family ID	F69258	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  [S927] Obituary. Martin Ketterling, 73, Bismarck, passed away Oct. 23, 2016, at St. Theresa Hospital, Wichita, Kan. Services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 29, at Calvary United Methodist Church, Bismarck, with the Rev. Perry Schnabel officiating. Burial will be held at 4 p.m. at Sunset Memorial Gardens, Aberdeen, S.D. Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, with a prayer service at 7 p.m., at Bismarck Funeral Home and continues one hour prior to the service at the church. Martin was born May 18, 1943, on a farm near Long Lake, S.D., to George and Karolina (Guthmiller) Ketterling. He attended grade school in several country schools in North Dakota and South Dakota. He then attended two years of high school in Leola, S.D., and then quit to help with the family farm. While attending high school, he met his high school sweetheart, Frances Fuehrer. They married on June 15, 1963, and were married for 52 years. Martin started his plumbing trade at the age of 19 in Aberdeen, S.D., and worked in that field for 13 years, before moving his family in 1976 to Bismarck. He continued in the pipefitting trade, working for the Plumbers Pipefitters Union Local 300, retiring after 43 years in the trade. Martin was strong in his Christian faith and always eager to share God’s word with everyone, especially his family and grandkids. His church family was very important to him, where he became involved in working with the kids in AWANAS club, serving on multiple committees, and as church custodian. Through his long illness and suffering, his faith in God never wavered and was strong to the end. Martin is survived by his five children, Dan (Lori) Ketterling, Northridge, Calif., Dennis (Jenifer) Ketterling, Valencia, Calif., Deb (Ken) Pilon, Bismarck, Denise (Royce) Heick, Wichita, Kan., and Douglas (Amanda) Ketterling, Fargo; 13 grandchildren, Katelyn, Taylor, Madison, Ryan, Jessica, Andrew, Austin, Bryce, Mitchel, Rowan, Paige, Brayden and Colson; and one sister, Emma, Jamestown. He was preceded in death by his wife, Frances; his parents, George and Karolina; his infant son, Jonathan; his brothers, George and Ernest; and his sisters, Esther, Clara, Anna and Margaret. Go to www.bismarckfuneralhome.com to sign the online guest book or to share memories with the family. [S558] South Dakota Marriages, 1905-1949. Name: George Ketterling Age: 22 Gender: Male Spouse: Karolina Guthmiller Marriage Date: 26 Oct 1920 Marriage County: Edmunds County of Residence: McPherson Post Office: Long Lak