Dee Ann Kettula, 67, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Saturday, January 22nd, 2022.

Dee was born in WaKeeney, Kansas on May 14, 1954, a daughter of Ethel Louise (Owen) Starns, and Gayle Wilbur Pembleton.

On December 22, 1973, Dee married Vernon Kettula in Iron River, Michigan.

Survivors include her husband, Vernon; mother, Ethel Starns, (Tom) of Ellinwood, Kansas; son, Philip Kettula (Stephanie), of Cheyenne, Wyoming; daughter, Christie Swimmer (Gerald), of Denver, Colorado; two sisters, Sherry Pembleton, of Omaha, Nebraska, Wendy Craig (Cliff), of Hill City, Kansas; two brothers, Joe Pembleton (Darcy), of Salina, Kansas and William Anderson, of Park Falls, Wisconsin.

She is preceded in death by her father, Gayle Pembleton; brother, Earl Pembleton; and step-father, Clarence Anderson.

Cremation has been chosen and services will be announced at a later date.