Lucile (Shannon) Ketchum

Elizabeth Lucile Ketchum, age 87 of Mountain Grove, MO passed away on Monday, August 31, 2009 at St John’s Hospital in Springfield after a short illness. She was born on August 14, 1922, in Vanzant, MO. The fourth child of Joseph and Phoebe Shannon, she grew up on a farm in Drury and then at 16 years of age, she met and married Lloyd Hancock. To this union, three children were born: Patricia Ann, who died at birth, Alvin Wesley, and Peggy Lynn.
She attended grade school at Fairview and high school at Denlow HighSchool. As an adult, she became involved in the planning of the Denlow School Reunions, as the president. She seemed to enjoy every minute of this event and wanted to see it continue for many more years to come.
Lucile spent most of her working career in retail clothing sales. She worked for 19 years at Carp’s Department Store in Mountain Grove. She had the ability to look at her customers and pick out their exact sizes. She was very conscience of her own appearance and always wanted to look her best wherever she went.
In 1964, she married her new husband, Harold Ketchum and moved to Lincoln, NE where she continued working in retail sales as he worked in truck sales. They moved back to Missouri to Springfield where she was employed again in the retail market at Kricketts and the Brass Butterfly. She finally moved back to Mountain Grove after Harold’s death and retired.
She was actively involved in her church, Town and Country Club, Chitter Chatters, and the VFW. She enjoyed being a part of these organizations and looked forward to them each month. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Mt Grove.
She is survived by one sister, Ruby Anderson of Cabool, MO, her children, Wesley (Susie) Hancock of Wilder, Idaho, Peggy Carreras of Mountain Grove, six grandchildren – Shawn Harrison of Caldwell, ID, Shane Hancock of Wilder, ID, and Nikki Sorrell of Notus, ID, Rachel Voight of Spokane, WA, Holly Boche of Colfax, CA and Jimmy Carreras Sacremento, CA, 14 great-grandchildren, 6 great-great grandchildren, numerous nieces, nephews, friends, and family whom she appreciated. She was preceded in death by her parents Joseph and Phoebe Shannon, one daughter, Patricia, both husbands, Lloyd Hancock and Harold Ketchum, one son-in-law, Tom Carreras of Twin Falls, ID, two sisters, Elsie Canada of Mt Grove and Mabel Upshaw of Denlow, and one brother, Ross Shannon of Vanzant.


Funeral Services:
Friday, September 4, 2009 at 2:00 PM in the First Baptist Church of Mtn. Grove.
Visitation:
Thursday, September 3, 2009 from 6:00 - 8:00 PM in the Craig-Hurtt Chapel.

Burial:

Denlow Cemetery
Memorial Contributions:
Denlow Cemetery & Denlow School Reunion Fund