The third son of Raymond and Beatrice Ketter.
His obituary from the July 9, 1942 Republican:
Tragedy struck the home of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Ketter, Tuesday afternoon when they learned that their nine-year-old son, Harry, had drowned in the Little White Lick Creek. The lad, accompanied by Billy Goodson, about the same age, son of Mr. and Mrs. Elsworth Goodson, had gone to the swimming hole just south of the Lawton Street ford during the afternoon where they watched older boys swimming. About supper time, the older boys all left to go to their homes for supper. The lads, neither of whom could swim, took off their clothes and waded into the hole. Goodson said that young Ketter slipped into deep water and he attempted to reach for him but that the water was so deep that he could get only close enough to just touch the tips of his fingers. Goodson said that he then got a board and shoved it across the water with the instruction to Ketter for him to grab it. However, Ketter went down the last time without catching the board. Excitedly then, Goodson put on his clothes and ran to his home to report the accident. Lyle Fox answered the plea for help, called Dr. Mount E. Frantz and pulled the body from the water. Dr. Frantz stated that the boy had been dead so long that artificial respiration was of no avail. Parts of the swimming hole are more than six feet deep. Funeral services will be held at St. Mary's Catholic Church tomorrow morning at 9, in the charge of Father Langen. Burial will be in the South Cemetery. Friends may call at the Baker Funeral Home at any time before 8:45 tomorrow morning. The Ketter family moved here about six years ago and made their home on the old North Salem Road. Mr. Ketter, who for many years was employed by the State Highway Commission, is now employed as an engineer with the Engineering Metal Products Corporation in Indianapolis. Mrs. Ketter is a county vice chairman of the Red Cross in charge of production. A brother of the dead lad, William Ray Ketter, in the Army, stationed at Pine Camp, New York, telephoned his mother just after the accident, not knowing what happened, asking her if anything was wrong because he had not recently received a letter from her. Told of the accident, he immediately got a pass to come home. Also surviving is another brother, Jack, age 16.
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Many thanks to Caroline for sponsoring young Harry's memorial.
His obituary from the July 9, 1942 Republican:
Tragedy struck the home of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Ketter, Tuesday afternoon when they learned that their nine-year-old son, Harry, had drowned in the Little White Lick Creek. The lad, accompanied by Billy Goodson, about the same age, son of Mr. and Mrs. Elsworth Goodson, had gone to the swimming hole just south of the Lawton Street ford during the afternoon where they watched older boys swimming. About supper time, the older boys all left to go to their homes for supper. The lads, neither of whom could swim, took off their clothes and waded into the hole. Goodson said that young Ketter slipped into deep water and he attempted to reach for him but that the water was so deep that he could get only close enough to just touch the tips of his fingers. Goodson said that he then got a board and shoved it across the water with the instruction to Ketter for him to grab it. However, Ketter went down the last time without catching the board. Excitedly then, Goodson put on his clothes and ran to his home to report the accident. Lyle Fox answered the plea for help, called Dr. Mount E. Frantz and pulled the body from the water. Dr. Frantz stated that the boy had been dead so long that artificial respiration was of no avail. Parts of the swimming hole are more than six feet deep. Funeral services will be held at St. Mary's Catholic Church tomorrow morning at 9, in the charge of Father Langen. Burial will be in the South Cemetery. Friends may call at the Baker Funeral Home at any time before 8:45 tomorrow morning. The Ketter family moved here about six years ago and made their home on the old North Salem Road. Mr. Ketter, who for many years was employed by the State Highway Commission, is now employed as an engineer with the Engineering Metal Products Corporation in Indianapolis. Mrs. Ketter is a county vice chairman of the Red Cross in charge of production. A brother of the dead lad, William Ray Ketter, in the Army, stationed at Pine Camp, New York, telephoned his mother just after the accident, not knowing what happened, asking her if anything was wrong because he had not recently received a letter from her. Told of the accident, he immediately got a pass to come home. Also surviving is another brother, Jack, age 16.
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Many thanks to Caroline for sponsoring young Harry's memorial.
The third son of Raymond and Beatrice Ketter.
His obituary from the July 9, 1942 Republican:
Tragedy struck the home of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Ketter, Tuesday afternoon when they learned that their nine-year-old son, Harry, had drowned in the Little White Lick Creek. The lad, accompanied by Billy Goodson, about the same age, son of Mr. and Mrs. Elsworth Goodson, had gone to the swimming hole just south of the Lawton Street ford during the afternoon where they watched older boys swimming. About supper time, the older boys all left to go to their homes for supper. The lads, neither of whom could swim, took off their clothes and waded into the hole. Goodson said that young Ketter slipped into deep water and he attempted to reach for him but that the water was so deep that he could get only close enough to just touch the tips of his fingers. Goodson said that he then got a board and shoved it across the water with the instruction to Ketter for him to grab it. However, Ketter went down the last time without catching the board. Excitedly then, Goodson put on his clothes and ran to his home to report the accident. Lyle Fox answered the plea for help, called Dr. Mount E. Frantz and pulled the body from the water. Dr. Frantz stated that the boy had been dead so long that artificial respiration was of no avail. Parts of the swimming hole are more than six feet deep. Funeral services will be held at St. Mary's Catholic Church tomorrow morning at 9, in the charge of Father Langen. Burial will be in the South Cemetery. Friends may call at the Baker Funeral Home at any time before 8:45 tomorrow morning. The Ketter family moved here about six years ago and made their home on the old North Salem Road. Mr. Ketter, who for many years was employed by the State Highway Commission, is now employed as an engineer with the Engineering Metal Products Corporation in Indianapolis. Mrs. Ketter is a county vice chairman of the Red Cross in charge of production. A brother of the dead lad, William Ray Ketter, in the Army, stationed at Pine Camp, New York, telephoned his mother just after the accident, not knowing what happened, asking her if anything was wrong because he had not recently received a letter from her. Told of the accident, he immediately got a pass to come home. Also surviving is another brother, Jack, age 16.
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Many thanks to Caroline for sponsoring young Harry's memorial.
His obituary from the July 9, 1942 Republican:
Tragedy struck the home of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Ketter, Tuesday afternoon when they learned that their nine-year-old son, Harry, had drowned in the Little White Lick Creek. The lad, accompanied by Billy Goodson, about the same age, son of Mr. and Mrs. Elsworth Goodson, had gone to the swimming hole just south of the Lawton Street ford during the afternoon where they watched older boys swimming. About supper time, the older boys all left to go to their homes for supper. The lads, neither of whom could swim, took off their clothes and waded into the hole. Goodson said that young Ketter slipped into deep water and he attempted to reach for him but that the water was so deep that he could get only close enough to just touch the tips of his fingers. Goodson said that he then got a board and shoved it across the water with the instruction to Ketter for him to grab it. However, Ketter went down the last time without catching the board. Excitedly then, Goodson put on his clothes and ran to his home to report the accident. Lyle Fox answered the plea for help, called Dr. Mount E. Frantz and pulled the body from the water. Dr. Frantz stated that the boy had been dead so long that artificial respiration was of no avail. Parts of the swimming hole are more than six feet deep. Funeral services will be held at St. Mary's Catholic Church tomorrow morning at 9, in the charge of Father Langen. Burial will be in the South Cemetery. Friends may call at the Baker Funeral Home at any time before 8:45 tomorrow morning. The Ketter family moved here about six years ago and made their home on the old North Salem Road. Mr. Ketter, who for many years was employed by the State Highway Commission, is now employed as an engineer with the Engineering Metal Products Corporation in Indianapolis. Mrs. Ketter is a county vice chairman of the Red Cross in charge of production. A brother of the dead lad, William Ray Ketter, in the Army, stationed at Pine Camp, New York, telephoned his mother just after the accident, not knowing what happened, asking her if anything was wrong because he had not recently received a letter from her. Told of the accident, he immediately got a pass to come home. Also surviving is another brother, Jack, age 16.
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Many thanks to Caroline for sponsoring young Harry's memorial.
