Harlan E Ketelsen
April 23, 1923 — February 19, 2016
Harlan Elroy Ketelsen, 92, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died Friday, February 19, 2016, at Unity Point St. Luke’s, Cedar Rapids. Family will greet friends from 4-8 p.m. Thursday, February 25, 2016, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. Service: 10:30 a.m. Friday, February 26, 2016, at Concordia Lutheran Church, Cedar Rapids, with a visitation one hour prior to service, conducted by Rev. Brad Brown. Burial: Tipton Masonic Cemetery, Tipton, Iowa.
Survivors include his wife, Marjorie; children, Keith (Pamela) Ketelsen and Susan (Terry) Feravich; five grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and sisters, Hazel Ervin and Mary Lou Voss.
He was preceded in death by his parents; sons, Thomas Ketelsen and Kenneth Ketelsen; and two sisters, Hulda Chapman and Helen Voss.
Harlan was born on April 23, 1923, in Morley, Iowa, son of Ludwig and Beulah (Wagner) Ketelsen. He married Marjorie Nagel on October 13, 1942, and they were happily married for 73 years. Harlan was drafted in 1942, and was in the 17th Airborne Unit, and he was a guard the Rock Island Arsenal. He started a hobby of making crosses, and the hobby grew. Harlan made over a half million crosses, and missionaries would come and pick them up. They are all around the world and all made by hand. His goal was to spread the word of God and our beloved Jesus all around the world and he has done it
Survivors include his wife, Marjorie; children, Keith (Pamela) Ketelsen and Susan (Terry) Feravich; five grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and sisters, Hazel Ervin and Mary Lou Voss.
He was preceded in death by his parents; sons, Thomas Ketelsen and Kenneth Ketelsen; and two sisters, Hulda Chapman and Helen Voss.
Harlan was born on April 23, 1923, in Morley, Iowa, son of Ludwig and Beulah (Wagner) Ketelsen. He married Marjorie Nagel on October 13, 1942, and they were happily married for 73 years. Harlan was drafted in 1942, and was in the 17th Airborne Unit, and he was a guard the Rock Island Arsenal. He started a hobby of making crosses, and the hobby grew. Harlan made over a half million crosses, and missionaries would come and pick them up. They are all around the world and all made by hand. His goal was to spread the word of God and our beloved Jesus all around the world and he has done it
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