James Joseph Arthur Kelker

1906 - 1973  (67 years)

• Name	James Joseph Arthur Kelker
  Born	20 May 1906	Indiana, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	7 Nov 1973	Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA
  Buried	9 Nov 1973	Forest Park Cemetery West - Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
  Person ID	I2316	Cody LeBlanc's Family Tree
  Last Modified	22 Feb 2021

  
  

  Family	Fannie Elizabeth Houston,   b. 7 Dec 1921, Sarepta, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA ,   d. 6 Apr 1998, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA  (Age 76 years)
  Last Modified	15 Apr 2015
  Family ID	F895	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 20 May 1906 - Indiana, USA Died - 7 Nov 1973 - Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA Buried - 9 Nov 1973 - Forest Park Cemetery West - Shreveport, Louisiana, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos

  James Joseph Arthur Kelker 1929 Purdue University Yearbook Photo West Lafayette, Indiana, USA B.S.C.E. Delta Chi; Chi Epsilon; P.O.M.M.; Purdue Union; Fencing Team I; Union Life Member; Photograph Editor Debris 3.

  
  

  Documents

  Obituary of James Joseph Arthur Kelker Published in The Shreveport Times on November 9, 1973

  
  

  Headstones		Headstone of James Joseph Arthur Kelker and Fannie Elizabeth Houston Kelker Forest Park Cemetery West - Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
  		Headstone of James Joseph Arthur Kelker Forest Park Cemetery West - Shreveport, Louisiana, USA

  
  

• Notes

  Obituary: Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 2 p.m. for James C. Kelker, 67, of 232 East Herndon St., who died Wednesday following a short illness. Mr. Kelker had lived in Shreveport since 1932. He was a civil engineer with Marathon Oil Co. He was a graduate of Purdue Univeristy. A veteran of World War II, he had served in the U.S. Army Reserves for 32 years. He had been affiliated with the Boy Scouts of America for 25 years. Mr. Kelker was an honorary member of the Rotary Club, and was a member of St. Catherine Catholic Church. Survivors are his widow, Mrs. Elizabeth H. Kelker; two sons, Francis J. Kelker of Miami, Fla., and Patrick Gene Malmstron of New Orleans; two daughters, Nancy Lee Kelker of Norman, Okla., and Mrs. Kim Dalrymple of Oklahoma City, Okla.; four brothers, two sisters and four grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted at St. Catherine Church with the Rev. Steve Testa officiating. Burial will be in Forest Park West under the direction of Rose-Neath Funeral Home. Pallbearers will be Dr. P. C. Worley, George E. McGovern, D. Q. Lucky Jr., Fred Hamiter, F. M. Smith and John A. Jameson. The family asks that memorials be sent to the Norwela Council, Boy Scouts of America for Garland Scout Ranch. (Published in The Shreveport Times on November 9, 1973)