DOROTHY KETCHERSIDE
DOROTHY L. KETCHERSIDE OF CADET, MISSOURI WAS BORN MONDAY AUGUST 24, 1914 IN SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI A DAUGHTER OF THE LATE JOHANNAH (BOYER) AND JACOB E. BOYER. DOROTHY DEPARTED THIS LIFE SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2001 AT HER HOME AT THE AGE OF EIGHTY-SEVEN YEARS, TWO MONTHS AND TWENTY-FOUR DAYS.
DOROTHY WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO LATE WALLACE "BAKER" THEBEAU ON JUNE 29, 1932, AND TO THE LATE EMMETT KETCHERSIDE ON DECEMBER 2, 1961.
DOROTHY WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER HUSBANDS; FOSTER SON GENE WIELAND; ONE BROTHER WOODROW EDWARD BOYER AND A VERY SPECIAL NEPHEW VINCE THEBEAU.
DOROTHY IS SURVIVED BY ONE FOSTER SON JOHNNIE A. MILLER OF INDIANA; CHERISHED FRIEND STELLA DEGONIA OF BONNE TERRE, MISSOURI, MARILYN BRIGGS OF MESA, ARIZONA AND DEAR FRIEND AND CARE GIVERS MARY AND PAUL BOURBON AND FAMILY OF CADET, MISSOURI, SPECIAL NIECE ANN THEBEAU AND FAMILY OF CADET, MISSOURI; ONE SISTER IN LAW, EILENE BOYER OF CRYSTAL CITY, MISSOURI AND BY MANY ADOPTED TYPE CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN AND BY MANY NIECES, NEPHEWS AND OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS.
DOROTHY WAS A LONG TIME DEVOTED MEMBER OF THE ST. JAMES CATHOLIC CHURCH IN POTOSI, MISSOURI AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE ST. JAMES LADIES SODALITY AND WORKED WITH THE QUILTING LADIES.
DOROTHY OWNED AND OPERATED A LOCAL NEIGHBORHOOD GROCERY STORE FOR MANY YEARS. SHE ENJOYED COLLECTING AND DRESSING DOLLS. SHE LOVED VISITS FROM HER MANY NIECES, NEPHEWS AND MANY OTHER FRIENDS.
VISITATION WAS HELD AT 3:30 P.M. ON SUNDAY NOVEMBER 18, 2001 AT THE MOORE FUNERAL HOME IN POTOSI.
FUNERAL SERVICES WAS CONDUCTED AT 10:00 A.M. ON MONDAY NOVEMBER 19, 2001 AT ST. JAMES CHURCH WITH FATHER GEORGE GALOVICH OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN THE ST. JOACHIM CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE, KEVIN THEBEAU, PAUL BOURBON JR., GLENNON COLEMAN, GLEN BOYER, JIM KETCHERSIDE AND PAUL BOYER. SERVING AS HONORARY PALLBEARERS WERE, WILFRED THEBEAU, DAVID KETCHERSIDE AND PAUL BOURBON SR.