Saratoga Springs, NY- Evelyn I. Ketchum(Nee Birkenmeyer) passed away Saturday January 22, 2011 at Wesley Health Care Center. She was 80. Born on May 1, 1930 in North Tonawanda, New York, she was the daughter of Julia I. Dolak Birkenmeyer Cline and the late Joseph Birkenmeyer. Evelyn was raised in Saratoga Springs and graduated from St. Peter's Academy in 1948. She worked for General Electric and New York Telephone companies. She married Richard M. Ketchum in 1951, and after 56 years of marriage, he predeceased her in 2007. Survivors in addition to her mother Julia, 99, of Jackson, NJ, include her sister Marlene O'Toole and her husband John of Freehold, NJ; four nieces, one nephew, two great nieces and three great nephews. Evelyn was dearly loved and will be greatly missed by her family. There will be no calling hours. Graveside services will be held 11am Monday, May 16, 2011 at the Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery, Duell Road, Schuylerville. Funeral arrangements will be private and under the direction of the William J. Burke & Sons/Bussing & Cunniff Funeral Homes of 628 North Broadway, Saratoga Springs(584-5373). Online remembrances may be made at www.burkefuneralhome.com.