Alice C. Ketterman was born in Dec. 1860 at Urbana, Benton County, Iowa. She married
Francis M. Drake, son of
Andrew J. Drake and
Lucinda Clark, in 1887 at Urbana, Benton County, Iowa. Alice C. Ketterman was buried in May. 1944 at Oakland Cemetery, Manchester, Delaware County, Iowa. She died on 20. May. 1944 at Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa, at age 83. Source: Manchester Press, 26 May 1944, pg6.
MRS FRANCIS DRAKE
"Masonville frinds will learn with regret of the death of a former resident of that community, Mrs. Francis Drake, who died at the home of a sister, Mrs. Effie K. Schroeder, in Cedar Rapids, on Saturday, May 20, 1944, after a long illness. Mrs. Drake had resided in Cedar Rapids for the past 25 years. Following a service at the Beatty Chapel in that city the body was brought to this place yesterday for burial in Oakland Cemetery.
Mrs. Drake is survived by a son, Donald E. Drake of Cedar Rapids; a daughter, Mrs. Elsie Sherrer, of this community; 10 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren; four sisters, Mrs Schroeder, Mrs. Belle Houser, and Mrs. Emma Doty, all of Cedar Rapids, and Mrs. Blanche Buckley of St. Helena, Ore; also by a brother, Charles S. Ketterman of Cedar Rapids. 83 years of age, Mrs. Drake was a Gold Star mother, her son, Nial, having died in France during World War I. She was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary."
In the 1900 Census for Fremont Twp, Buchanan Co., Iowa, it is reported that Alice was the mother of 3 children, 2 of them living.
Alice E. Drake is buried in the Oakland Cemetery Row 8 Plot 33.