Betty Ketelsen

BLOOMFIELD — Funeral services for Betty Ketelsen, 85, Bloomfield, will be 10:30 a.m., May 19, at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, Bloomfield. Rev. Terry Krueger will officiate, with burial in Bloomfield City Cemetery. Visitation will be Wednesday, from 4-7 p.m., at the church. Brockhaus Funeral Home, Bloomfield, is in charge of arrangements. Betty died May 14, 2022, at Avera Creighton Hospital, Creighton. Betty Joyce Ketelsen, daughter of Harold and Unice Evelyn (Busing) Trenhaile, was born Nov. 22, 1936, at Bloomfield. Betty graduated from Crofton High School, Crofton. On December 24, 1954, She married Harold Dean Ketelsen Dec. 24, 1954, in Yankton, S.D. They were blessed with four children, Jeffrey, Jody, James and Jonathan. Betty lived in several places throughout her lifetime, including Bloomfield, Stanton, California, Redfield, South Dakota, St. Louis, Mo., and Wausa. She was the owner of the Pleasant Valley Store, worked as a certified nurse assistant, and sold Home Interior. Betty was a member of St. Mark’s Lutheran Church and the church sewing group. She was also a member of the Red Hat Ladies Club. Betty is survived by her children, Jeffrey (Sylvia) Ketelsen, Jody (Trisha) Ketelsen, James (Diane) Ketelsen, and Jonathan (Wendy) Ketelsen; ten grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren and one on the way; and her siblings, Richard, Bernice, Connie, Dale, Jack, Janet and Steve. She was preceded in death by her parents; Harold and Evelyn Trenhaile; husband, Harold Ketelsen; brothers-in-law, Richard Schneider and Kenneth Zimmerman; and sister-in-law, Darlene Trenhaile.