Mary Lou Ketter DeBacker

1928 - 1977  (49 years)

• Name	Mary Lou Ketter DeBacker
  Birth	3 May 1928	Emmett, Pottawatomie County, Kansas
  Gender	Female
  Death	26 Jul 1977	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Burial	28 Jul 1977	Mount Calvary Cemetery, St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas
  Person ID	I3320	Rossville
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2017

  
  

  Father	Lawrence B Ketter, Sr.   d. 21 Mar 1967
  Mother	Alma Irene (Irene) Troughton Ketter,   b. 11 Jul 1910, Wetmore, Nemaha County, Kansas d. 17 Apr 1997, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas (Age 86 years)
  Marriage	12 Jul 1927	Purcell, Doniphan County, Kansas
  Family ID	F1610	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	George C DeBacker,   b. 24 Aug 1925, Delia, Jackson County, Kansas d. 9 Mar 2014, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	13 Jun 1946	Delia, Jackson County, Kansas
  Children	+ 1. Severin N DeBacker   2. Laureen DeBacker Bryant
  Family ID	F1603	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Jul 2016

  
  

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  Burial - 28 Jul 1977 - Mount Calvary Cemetery, St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents » Slide Show		Obituary- DeBacker, Mary Lou 1 MRS MARY LOU DeBACKER Mrs. Mary Lou DeBacker, 49, Delia, died Tuesday, July 26, 1977, in a Topeka hospital where she was readmitted Monday. She had cancer and had been released from the hospital Saturday. She had been admitted to the same hospital June 19. She was born May 3, 1928, at Emmett and spent most of her life in the Emmett and Delia communities. Mrs. DeBacker was precinct committee- woman for the Democratic party in Jackson County’s Washington Township several years. She was a past president of the Sacred Heart Altar Society in Delia. She was married to George DeBacker June 13, 1946, at Delia. He survives. Other survivors include a son, Severin DeBacker, Delia; a daughter, Laureen DeBacker, at home; her mother, Mrs. Irene Ketter, Delia; two brothers, Lawrence Ketter and Melvin Ketter, Topeka; a sister, Mrs. Florence Martin, Topeka; and a granddaughter. Rosary was recited at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at Verschelden Chapel. Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday (today) at Sacred Heart Catholic Church at Delia. Burial will be in Mount Calvary Cemetery at St. Marys under the direction of Verschelden Funeral Home. The family suggests memorial contribu¬tions to the American Cancer Society.
  		Obituary- DeBacker, Mary Lou 2 Mary Lou DeBacker Mrs. Mary Lou DeBacker, 49, Delia, died Tuesday in a Topeka hospital where she was admitted Monday. She had cancer and had been released from the hospital Saturday. She had been admitted to the same hospital June 19. She was born May 3, 1928, at Emmett and spent most of her life in the Em¬mett and Delia communities. Mrs. DeBacker was precinct committeewoman for the Democratic party in Jackson County’s Washington Town¬ship several years. She was married to George DeBack¬er June 13, 1946, at Delia. He survives. Other survivors include a son, Severin DeBacker, Delia; a daughter, Laureen DeBacker, at home; her mother, Mrs. Irene Ketter, Delia; two brothers, Lawrence Ketter, 322 Hillside Drive, and Melvin Ketter, 2828 Wisconsin; a sister, Mrs. Florence Martin, 2823 W. 19th; and a granddaughter. Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church at Delia. Burial will be in Mount Calvary Cemetery at St. Marys. Mrs. DeBacker will lie in state at Verschelden Funeral Home at St. Marys where rosary will be recited at 8:30 p.m. today. Memorial contribu¬tions may be made to the American Cancer Society. DEBACKER, MARY LOU – age 49, of Delia, Kansas, passed away July 26, 1977. Rosary will be at 8:30 P.m. Wednesday at Verschelden Chapel. Mass of the Resurrection 10 a.m. Thursday at Sacred Heart Church, Delia. Interment Mount Calvary Cemetery, St. Marys. Memorial con¬tributions may be made to the American Cancer Society. Verschelden Funeral Home St. Marys, Ks. 437-2222 Casket Bearers for Mary Lou Debacker John Blackard, St. Marys; Vernon Keller and S.M. Thompson, Rossville; Dave Karnowski, Emmett; Kenneth Kerwin, Robert Kerwin, Joe Floersch and Bob Sumner, Delia.
  		Funeral card- DeBacker, Mary 3 In Loving Memory of Mary Lou DeBacker Born May 3, 1928 Died July 26, 1977 Verschelden Funeral Home St. Marys