Victor and Helen are the parents of:
Donald
Dale
Mary Kay
Sandy
Linda
Kathy
Marge
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Sioux County Capital; July 7, 1988
Victor P. Kellen, 73, of Alton, died Tuesday, June 28 in a Sioux City Hospital after a brief illness.
Services were held Friday, July 1, in St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Alton. Burial was in St. Mary’s Cemetery.
Mr. Kellen was born March 28, 1915 in rural Alton to William and Anna (Mairose) Kellen and was raised and educated in the Alton area. He married Helen Henrich August 14, 1943 in Alton while on leave from the Army. The couple lived in San Francisco where he left for 2 ½ years for overseas duty in the South Pacific. They returned to Remsen in January 1946 and in the spring of 1951 moved to the Alton area and they operated a dairy farm for 26 years. They retired in November 1978 and moved into Alton.
Mr. Kellen was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church and Fraternal Order of Eagles of Le Mars.
Survivors include his wife; two sons, Donald and Dale; five daughters, Mary Kay, and Sandy, Linda, Kathy and Marge; a brother of Remsen; three sisters, Dorothy, Frances and Esther; and 16 grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents; four brothers, William Jr. in infancy, Stanley, Raymond and Vernon, and three sisters, Mrs. Lee (Florence) Henrich, Mrs. John (Lillian) Gengler and Mrs. Ed (Evelyn) Harmon.
Victor and Helen are the parents of:
Donald
Dale
Mary Kay
Sandy
Linda
Kathy
Marge
********
Sioux County Capital; July 7, 1988
Victor P. Kellen, 73, of Alton, died Tuesday, June 28 in a Sioux City Hospital after a brief illness.
Services were held Friday, July 1, in St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Alton. Burial was in St. Mary’s Cemetery.
Mr. Kellen was born March 28, 1915 in rural Alton to William and Anna (Mairose) Kellen and was raised and educated in the Alton area. He married Helen Henrich August 14, 1943 in Alton while on leave from the Army. The couple lived in San Francisco where he left for 2 ½ years for overseas duty in the South Pacific. They returned to Remsen in January 1946 and in the spring of 1951 moved to the Alton area and they operated a dairy farm for 26 years. They retired in November 1978 and moved into Alton.
Mr. Kellen was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church and Fraternal Order of Eagles of Le Mars.
Survivors include his wife; two sons, Donald and Dale; five daughters, Mary Kay, and Sandy, Linda, Kathy and Marge; a brother of Remsen; three sisters, Dorothy, Frances and Esther; and 16 grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents; four brothers, William Jr. in infancy, Stanley, Raymond and Vernon, and three sisters, Mrs. Lee (Florence) Henrich, Mrs. John (Lillian) Gengler and Mrs. Ed (Evelyn) Harmon.
Family Members
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Vernon M. "Verne" Kellen
1911–1987
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Raymond Henry KELLEN
1913–1986
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Dorothy Kellen Wanderscheid
1918–2001
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Robert O. Kellen
1919–1999
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Lillian Kellen Gengler
1921–1969
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Frances I Kellen Wess
1922–1992
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William Kellen Jr
1926–1927
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Esther Elizabeth Kellen Gaffey
1928–1991
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Stanley Bernard "Stan" Kellen
1933–1983
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