Notes for Cleora Belle Clara KEETCH

!SOUR: Personal papers of Clara Elizabeth McKay, presently in the possession of
her son John Keetch of Chula Vista, CA, in which she is listed as Cleora Belle
   Papers belong to Mary Eliza Keetch list her as Clara
Belle

Notes for Edward William KEETCH

!SOUR: L.D.S. Ancestral File [additional information]

!SOUR: Personal papers of Clara Elizabeth McKay, presently in the possession of
her son John Keetch of Chula Vista, CA; had no children with Mary Margart Requa
Keetch

Notes for Edward William KEETCH

!SOUR: Personal papers of Clara Elizabeth McKay, presently in the possession of
her son John Keetch of Chula Vista,
CA

Notes for Florence John KEETCH

!SOUR: Personal papers of Clara Elizabeth McKay, presently in the possession of
her son John Keetch of Chula Vista, CA
   Lists her birthdate as June 17, 18, or
19

Notes for George Arthur KEETCH

!SOUR: Personal papers of Clara Elizabeth McKay, presently in the possession of
her son John Keetch of Chula Vista,
CA

Notes for George Horace KEETCH

!Oral History: Mary Keetch Satterlee, as told to Clara Satterlee

!SOUR: Personal papers of Clara Elizabeth McKay, presently in the possession of
her son John Keetch of Chula Vista,
CA

Notes for Grant James Edward KEETCH

!SOUR: Personal papers of Clara Elizabeth McKay, presently in the possession of
her son John Keetch of Chula Vista, CA
   Born near Sugar, Kansas.  The post office at the time of his birth was Sugar;
near Drexel, Missouri.  Sugar post office was discontininued when the nearby
town of Drexel, Missouri, was established.
   He was the last horse-and-buggy circuit riding minister in the State of
Washington.

!SOUR: Obituary: Grant James Edward Keetch was born in Miami County, Kansas,
November 29, 1883.  He died at Upland, California, June 6, 1953, whle en route
to attend the graduation of his son, John, at Redlands University.
   Grant Keetch ws the eldest of six children of John James and Mary Requa
Keetch, who lived on a farm near Drexel, Mo.
   He received his higher education at William Jewell College, Ottawa
University, and Rochester Theological Seminary.  Following graduation from
Ottawa University, with the Class of 1913, he cared for his mother at their
home in Kansas until he was licensed to preach, on March 6, 1915.  He was
ordained as a Baptist minister by his first church, in Lake City, South Dakota,
November 16, 1919.
   He was united in marriage to Clara McKay, a graduate of Ottawa University,
1916.  In the Fall of 1917 he entered Rochester Divinity School, from which he
received his Bachelor of Divinity degre.  Thereafter, until his death, he was a
Minister of the Gospel, serving churches in Montana, Washington, Idaho, and
California.
   Shortly before his death he retired from the active ministry, and had
purchased a home in Gonzales, Calif., where Mrs. Keetch will teach elementary
school.
   Surviving are Mrs. Keetch and their four children: Mrs. Mary Satterlee,
Summit City, Calif.; Mrs. Lois Morris, Sacramento, Calif.; George Keetch, St.
Louis, Mo.; and John Keetch, Gonzales, Calif.  Also surviving are four
grandchildren: Dennis Morris, Bruce Morris, Clara Satterlee, and John Robert
Keetch