Lester Ketterling

1940 - 2010  (69 years)

• Name	Lester Ketterling
  Born	5 Oct 1940	Wishek, McIntosh County, North Dakota, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	6 Mar 2010	Arizona, USA
  Buried	Y  [1]
  Person ID	I223069	Suedpfalz
  Last Modified	12 Feb 2017

  
  

  Father	August A. Ketterling,   b. 5 May 1899, McIntosh County, North Dakota, USA ,   d. 22 Jul 1994, Wishek, McIntosh County, North Dakota, USA  (Age 95 years)
  Mother	Katherina Ketterling,   b. 16 Aug 1899,   d. 20 Mar 1978, Wishek, McIntosh County, North Dakota, USA  (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F78861	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Eunice Foss
  Married	12 Oct 1974
  Children	1. Ketterling
  Last Modified	1 May 2018
  Family ID	F80951	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S927] Obituary. The Minot Daily News, ND March 11, 2010 Oct. 5, 1940 - March 6, 2010 Lester Ketterling, age 69, of Bottineau, N.D., died Saturday, March 6, 2010, in Mesa, Ariz. Funeral services will be held Saturday, March 13, at 10 a.m. in First Lutheran Church in Bottineau. Burial will be in Oak Creek Cemetery, also in Bottineau. Visitation will be Friday, March 12, from 1 to 9 p.m., with a prayer service at 7 p.m. at Nero Funeral Home, Bottineau. Lester Ketterling, a son of August and Katherina Ketterling, was born Oct. 5, 1940, at Wishek, N.D. He attended school at the School for the Blind at Bathgate, N.D. After his graduation he attended the University of North Dakota and received a law degree. He began his career in Westhope as a lawyer. On Oct. 12, 1974, he was married to Eunice Foss at Hazen. Lester became the County Justice and in 1987 was elected Bottineau County Judge. In 1991 they moved to Bottineau and Lester was elected in 1994 to be the District Judge. He retired in December 2005. He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Westhope and after moving to Bottineau became a member of First Lutheran Church. We will miss Lester's sense of humor and his hardy laugh. Lester is survived by: his wife, Eunice, of Bottineau; a son, Jeremy Ketterling, of Bottineau; a brother, Allen Ketterling and his wife, Korrine, of Quebec, Canada; a sister-in-law, Mary Ketterling, of Brainerd, Minn.; brothers-in-law Ken Foss and his wife, Cheryl, of Hazen, N.D., and Sylvan Foss, of Reeder, N.D.; and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents and his brothers Arnold and Maynard. Memorials: In lieu of flowers the family would prefer memorials to the Turtle Mountain Cancer Support Group and First Lutheran Church of Bottineau. Arrangements are with Nero Funeral Home of Bottineau.