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Donalda D. "Donnie" Ketchner
SCIO, NY - Donalda D. "Donnie" Ketchner, 66, of 4422 River St. passed away Friday (Feb. 12, 2010) shortly after arriving at Jones Memorial Hospital, Wellsville.
Born Dec. 14, 1943, in Olean, she was a daughter of Lee and Geneva Moore Jordan. She was predeceased by her first husband, Gordon Black, in 1977. On June 24, 1989, in Scio, she married William R. Ketchner, who survives.
Mrs. Ketchner was a graduate of Bolivar High School and a former member of the Bolivar Fire Department, the Bolivar Fire Department Auxiliary and the Bolivar First United Methodist Church.
She was a former employee of the Castle Inn, Olean, and the Wellsville Manor Care Center.
Surviving in addition to her husband are daughters, Sue (Walt) Brown of Mooresville, NC, and Merri (Tracy) Griffiths of Wellsville; a stepson, Timothy (Kim) Ketchner of Sebring, FL; nine grandchildren, Molly Brown and her fiancé, Ken Sullivan, Greg Brown, Clarissa Young, Kyle Young, Nathan Griffiths, Garrett Griffiths, Jennifer (Mark) Meinke and Ryan (Tana) Ketchner; three great-grandchildren, Tyler, Madison and Beu; and a brother, Michael Jordan of PA.
Friends are invited to call Monday from noon to 2 p.m. at J.W. Embser Sons Funeral Home, Inc., Wellsville. A funeral will be held at the convenience of the family with Deacon Frank Pasquale presiding. Burial will be in St. Joseph Cemetery, Scio.
In lieu of flowers, memorial suggestions include the Wellsville Volunteer Ambulance Corps or the Scio Free Library.
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