ELAINE M. KELLEN

February 9, 1924 – July 29, 2022

Elaine M. Kellen, age 98, of Worthington, Minn., died Friday, July 29, 2022, at the Sunset Hospice Cottage in Worthington. Funeral Mass was held Tuesday, August 2, 2022, at St. Adrian Catholic Church, in Adrian, officiated by Monsignor Richard Colletti. Burial was in the St. Adrian Cemetery.

Elaine was born February 9, 1924, at the family farm near Adrian, to Frank and Henrietta (Loosbrock) Bullerman. She attended St. Adrian Catholic School.

Elaine was united in marriage to Raymond Kellen on January 3, 1949, at the St. Adrian Catholic Church. The couple farmed in rural Adrian until retiring in 1989 and moved to Adrian in 1991. Elaine moved to the Ecumen Meadows November 1, 2013. She was a wonderful wife, mother, mother-in-law, grandmother, and great-grandmother. Elaine worked as a CNA in the Adrian hospital and worked at Nick’s Clover Grocery Store in Adrian for many years.

She was a member of the Ladies Aid at St. Adrian Catholic Church. She volunteered at the Adrian Nursing Home for many years. She made many rosaries, crocheted afghans, doilies, and many other things. She also enjoyed bowling, ceramics, playing cards, bingo, and puzzles. She was an avid Twins and Vikings fan and totally enjoyed her iPad and Facebook to keep in touch with her family and her many friends.  Elaine especially enjoyed spending time with her family.

Elaine is survived by her children, Linda (Allen) Staeffler, Edgerton; Sandra (Thomas) Penning, Wilmont; and Gary (Lisa) Kellen, Rhinelander, Wisc.; six grandchildren, Tara (Perry) Stoel, Alesia (Scott) Bloemendaal, Nancy Remakel, Suzanne (Joseph) Lewison, Sara (Craig) Herman and Dan (Sarah) Kellen; eleven great-grandchildren; and two sisters-in-law, Catherine (Bob) Bauer and Marlene Bullerman.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Raymond in 1994; granddaughter, Katie Jo Penning in 1985; parents, Frank and Henrietta; brothers, Vernon, Landel (Boysie) Bullerman; and sisters and spouses, Joan (Ray Sr.) Becker, Joyce Bullerman and Lolita (Alan) Schmidt.