William J (Bill) Ketcherside passed away Sunday August 14, 2022.  Bill was born September 15, 1931 in Desloge, Missouri, to Jesse E. and Helen G. (Adams) Ketcherside; the youngest of four children. He grew up in Desloge and Flat River (now Park Hills) and graduated from Desloge High School in 1949.  He attended Flat River Junior College, graduating in 1951. He then joined the U. S. Navy during the Korean War. He attended the Aviation Electronics Technician School in Millington, Tennessee and then taught electronics there for a year before joining Transport Squadron 7 at Hickam Air Force Base in Hawaii as an electronics technician working on Super Constellation airplanes. After returning from naval service he attended Southeast Missouri State College, graduating in 1957 with a B. S. in Education. He taught high school social studies in Perryville and in Berkeley, Missouri and in 1961 moved to Columbia to pursue graduate studies at the University of Missouri on an NDEA  fellowship. He graduated in 1963 with a PhD in educational psychology. After teaching psychology at the University of Arizona and at the University of Missouri at Rolla, in 1967 he joined the faculty of Central Missouri State College as the first Chairman of the newly formed Department of Psychology.  He held that position for eight years, hiring faculty and developing programs, and then joined the teaching faculty as a professor of  psychology until his retirement in 1992. Dr. Ketcherside was active in state and national professional associations where he held positions of leadership. In 1985, while serving as president of the Missouri Counseling Association he was greatly responsible for the passage of legislation requiring professional counselors in Missouri to be licensed. He was appointed to the state counselor licensure board to implement the law and begin issuing licenses. While serving two terms on the board he was involved in the formation of the American Association of State Counseling Boards. He served for several years as Executive Director of the association where he was responsible membership, budget and planning and conducting national meetings of the association. He was active in community affairs. He served as Cubmaster for Cub Scout pack  400 and as a trainer for Cub Scout leaders. As assistant scoutmaster for Scout Troop 400 he took the boys on many campouts and with the scoutmaster took 14 boys on a 10 day 70 mile hike at the Philmont Scout Reservation in New Mexico. He was an Honorary Warrior in the Tribe of Mic-o-say. He was a member and Past Exalted Ruler of the Warrensburg Elks Lodge, a life member of the American Legion, a member of the Masonic Lodge, the Scottish Rite, Ararat Shrine, and an active member of the Houn Dawg Shrine Club. He served on the Board of Directors of the Central Missouri Community Credit Union for 23 years, 15 years as Chairman of the Board. On November 28, 1951, in Leadwood, Mo., he married his high school sweetheart Berniece Vinyard. To this union three sons were born. Joe (Linda) of Kansas City, John (DeeAnn) of Denmark, Tennessee, and Jeff (deceased). They have six grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.  He was preceded in death by wife Berniece, son Jeff, by his parents and by brother Bob and sisters Mary and Helen.  He is survived by the children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.

Funeral arrangements have been made by Holdren, Sweeney and Phillips and will be a graveside service at 2 pm on August 21, 2022 at Warrensburg Memorial Gardens. In lieu of flowers a memorial donation can be made in his name to The Shriner's Hospitals For Children and left with the funeral home.