O’Rourke & O’Rourke
Inc. Funeral Home

25 River Street
Salamanca, NY 14779
phone: (716) 945-4760
fax: (716) 945-4222
john@orourke-orourke.com

Carmen Rose Jimerson-Kettle

Carmen Rose Jimerson-Kettle, 48, of Merden Avenue, Salamanca, New York died Thursday morning, April 16, 2015 at her home.

Born December 28, 1966 in Buffalo, New York, she was the daughter of Florence Jimerson Black. She was married in 2011 to Mr. Kip Kettle, who survives.

Carmen was an enrolled member of the Seneca Nation of Indians and the Bear Clan.

She had been employed as an Enrollment Officer with the Seneca Nation Tribal Enrollment Office.

Surviving besides her husband are: a son, David (Patricia Hathaway) Graham, Salamanca, NY; two daughters, Cheryl (Michael Snyder) Graham, Cattaraugus Territory, Samantha Saunders, Salamanca, NY; six grandchildren; two brothers, John Jimerson, Salamanca, NY, Juan Morales, Jamestown, NY; six sisters, Shelly (Steven) Tisdale, Salamanca, NY, Yvonne (Josh) Mack, Lowville, NY, Maria Jimerson, Olean, NY, Angela Jimerson, Hamburg, NY, Tina Jonas, Buffalo, NY, Vicki Morales, Buffalo, NY; several nieces and nephews.

Friends may call at the family home, 106 Merden Avenue, Salamanca beginning Sunday after 2 p.m. and continuing all day Monday.

Burial will be in Memorial Heights Cemetery, Jimersontown, New York.

Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the O’Rourke & O’Rourke Inc Funeral Home, 25 River Street, Salamanca, NY.

E-condolences can be sent john@orourke-orourke.com or posted to facebook.com/onofh.