Keller, Audrey Jean (1930-2017)

KELLER, GROSSHAUSER, MESECK, KOENIG, ZELLER, HALL, ADEN, SCHRODER, HINRICHS

Posted By: Paul Nagy (email)
Date: 5/18/2021 at 17:36:23

Audrey Jean Keller
December 3, 1930 - December 25, 2017

Audrey Jean Keller, age 87, of Storm Lake, Iowa, died on December 25, 2017, in Omaha, Nebraska.

A daughter of Fred and Agnes (Meseck) Grosshauser, Audrey Jean was born on December 3, 1930, in rural Storm Lake. Baptized at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Hanover, Iowa, on December 28, 1930, and confirmed at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Germantown in 1944, Audrey attended 1st through the 3rd grades in a rural school one mile from her home and 4th through the 8th grades at Germantown Lutheran School. In 1948, she graduated from Paullina High School.

Next, she attended Concordia Lutheran College in River Forest, Illinois, where she earned an Associate's Degree. Subsequently, she taught at St. Paul’s Lutheran School in Williamsburg, Iowa, from 1950 to 1956 and at Zion Lutheran School for one year in 1966. Lastly, she worked as the school librarian in Albert City and Rolfe, Iowa, until she retired in 1996.

On June 17, 1956, Audrey married Edgar Keller in Paullina, Iowa. In time, they were blessed with two children: Janet and Barbara. After Edgar passed away in 1975, Audrey returned to Buena Vista University to finish a degree in Library Science. In 1980, she graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree.

Audrey was a member of Zion Lutheran Church in rural Storm Lake where she held offices in both the Ladies Aid and LWML as well as in other local organizations. In addition, she was also a member of the Happy Hour Club in Albert City.

Audrey loved a good recipe and a great book. She enjoyed traveling, playing cards, and spending time with friends and family. Her family is blessed to carry on her legacy of living a faith-filled life.

Those left to cherish her memory include her children: Janet (Paul) Koenig, of Omaha, Nebraska, and Barbara (Paul) Zeller, of Victoria, Minnesota; her grandchildren: Steven Zeller, of Washington, D.C., Peter Zeller, of Victoria, Minnesota, Ericka (Zach) Hall, of Omaha, Nebraska, Dr. Aimee (fiancé, Jeffrey Aden) Koenig, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and Jola Zeller, of Minneapolis, Minnesota; her great granddaughter, Nyomi Joy Hall; her brother, Richard (Marilyn) Grosshauser; her sister-in-law, Elsie (Robert) Schroder; and her brother-in-law, Ralph (Elda) Keller; as well as extended family members and friends.

Audrey was preceded in death by her parents, Fred and Agnes Grosshauser; her husband, Edgar Keller; and her sister- and brother-in-law, Dorthy and Edmund Hinrichs.

Funeral services will be held Friday, December 29, 2017, at 11:00 a.m. at Zion Lutheran Church in rural Storm Lake. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation will take place for one hour before the services at the church. The Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Home in Storm Lake is overseeing the arrangements.

Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Homes, 2017.

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