Ethel M. Kingma, 86 of West Lafayette, passed away on Monday, April 16, 2018 at The Springs care facility in Lafayette, IN.

She was born on April 28, 1931, in Catawba WI to the late Erastus and Effie Draggoo Emrich. Ethel graduated from Battle Ground High School in 1949. On April 15, 1950 she married James W. Kingma.  They enjoyed sixty-seven years of married life together until his death last year.

Ethel worked at various jobs, but retired from the General Foods plant in Lafayette. The job she enjoyed most, however, was being a wife, mother, and homemaker.  She was a long time member of Battle Ground United Methodist Church.  Since she was married to a musician and enjoyed singing, music was an important part of her life.  She had numerous hobbies that included various crafts, gardening, and reading.  Her canned goods and homemade noodles were favorites at the local farmer’s market.  Her favorite thing to do, however, was to entertain and to visit with family and many wonderful friends.

Surviving children include, Sara (John) Currens of Albuquerque, NM, and Kellie Ann (Jim) Johnson of Las Cruces, NM, Rita (GL Boland) Kingma of Benson, AZ, Andrew (Paula) Kingma of West Lafayette, along with 6 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren. Her surviving brother, Clarence Emrich, resides in West Lafayette. Ethel was preceded in death by 8 brothers Ralph, Donald, Clifford, George, Dale, Bernard, Wynn, Marto and 3 sisters Mary Louise, Maxine and Gladys.

 Memorial visitation 10:00am Tuesday May 1,2018 followed by service at 11am at the Battle Ground United Methodist Church.

In lieu of flowers the family requests donations to Battle Ground United Methodist Church or Community Cancer Network.