Lyda Mae (Gellert) Kelch (1930-2013)

KELCH, GELLERT, LOESLIN, MORTON, KUECK, WANGEN, KRAUSE, BROSKE, ALTES, WALSH

Posted By: Mark Christian
Date: 7/5/2013 at 21:59:14

From Chet Ryan Mortuary obituary, Nevada, Story County, Iowa:

Lyda Mae Kelch
July 19, 1930 - May 6, 2013

Lyda Mae Kelch, 82, left this world peacefully with her family at her bedside at 6:09 PM Monday, May 6, 2013 at Bethany Life Communities in Story City. A Celebration of Life for Lyda will be held 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, May 11 at the Bethany Manor Chapel, 212 Lafayette Avenue in Story City.

Lyda Mae Kelch was born on July 19, 1930 in Fairmont, Minnesota to Fred and Wilhelmina "Minnie" (Loeslin) Gellert. She graduated from Fairmont High School in 1948. She moved to Estherville, Iowa where she met and married Alfred E.S. (Smitty) Kelch on August 9, 1949.

She was preceded in death by her parents, daughter Rhonda, Smitty Kelch, sister Adeline Morton, brother Marvin Gellert, sister Lacorda Kueck and brother Lorin Gellert.

She is survived by three sisters, Arlene Wangen of Mankato, MN, Katherine Krause of Fairfield Bay, Arkansas and Pauline Broske of Northfield, MN; seven children, Michael (Julie) Kelch of Ankeny IA, Rachelle Kelch (Joseph Crook) of Bondurant, Iowa, Nicholas (Brenda) Kelch of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, Timothy Kelch of Buffalo, Minnesota, Anthony Kelch of Costa Mesa, California, Lisa Altes of Altoona, Iowa and John Kelch; seven grandchildren, Adam (Sandy) Kelch, Brian (Jacqui) Kelch, Christina (Justin) Walsh, Beau Kelch, Kendra Kelch, Maya Kelch and Michael Altes; eight great-grandchildren, Jadyn, Rayna, Kennedy, Cecelia, Michael and Rosemary Kelch and Charleigh and Trenton Walsh.

The family will receive friends on Friday, May 10 again at the Bethany Manor Chapel from 5-7:00 p.m.

Chet Ryan Mortuary of Nevada has been entrusted with the care of Lyda and her family.

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