Alexander L. Kettle, 54, Rte. 3, Edgerton, died Wednesday after suffering a heart attack. He was reported dead on arrival at Stoughton Community Hospital at 11:30 a.m.
The son of Cornelius and Julia Schumacher Kettle, he was born in Doland, S.D., Oct. 19, 1905, and was married in Rockford Nov. 24, 1923, to Margaret Fisher. A World War II veteran, he served in the Navy 26 months and was a former member of the 192nd Tank Battalion and the Red Arrow Club. He was a steeplejack by trade. He had lived in the rural Edgerton area for eight years.
Survivors are his wife; four sons, Donald, of Whitewater, Gerald, of Edgerton, Arthur, of Janesville, and Neil, at home; 11 grandchildren; five brothers, George and Walter, Janesville, Cornelius and Ralph, Rte. 3, Edgerton and Donald, Rte. 2, Milton Junction; three sisters, Mrs. Silas Keller, Mrs. Godfrey Aegerter and Mrs. Fred Vobian, all of Janesville.
Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday in the Overton Funeral Home, the Rev. Arlin Adams, St. John's Lutheran Church, officiating, with burial in Oak Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday.
Alexander L. Kettle, 54, Rte. 3, Edgerton, died Wednesday after suffering a heart attack. He was reported dead on arrival at Stoughton Community Hospital at 11:30 a.m.
The son of Cornelius and Julia Schumacher Kettle, he was born in Doland, S.D., Oct. 19, 1905, and was married in Rockford Nov. 24, 1923, to Margaret Fisher. A World War II veteran, he served in the Navy 26 months and was a former member of the 192nd Tank Battalion and the Red Arrow Club. He was a steeplejack by trade. He had lived in the rural Edgerton area for eight years.
Survivors are his wife; four sons, Donald, of Whitewater, Gerald, of Edgerton, Arthur, of Janesville, and Neil, at home; 11 grandchildren; five brothers, George and Walter, Janesville, Cornelius and Ralph, Rte. 3, Edgerton and Donald, Rte. 2, Milton Junction; three sisters, Mrs. Silas Keller, Mrs. Godfrey Aegerter and Mrs. Fred Vobian, all of Janesville.
Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday in the Overton Funeral Home, the Rev. Arlin Adams, St. John's Lutheran Church, officiating, with burial in Oak Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday.
Family Members
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Evaline Kettle
1887–1887
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Daughter Kettle
1888–1888
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Mae Caroline Kettle Keller
1890–1963
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George H. Kettle
1893–1974
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Cornelius Herman Kettle
1897–1963
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Evelyn Sophia Kettle Aegerter
1898–1998
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Blanch Kettle Vobian
1900–1991
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Walter Clarence Kettle
1904–2004
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Donald Kettle
1908–1984
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Ralph L. Kettle
1912–1969
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