Ethel Kellams

Ethel Rose Kellams, age 94, of Bethany Good Samaritan Village in Brainerd, died Saturday, February 16, 2002, at St. Joseph?s Medical Center in Brainerd. Services will be at Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter on Tuesday, February 19, 2002, at 10:00 AM with Reverend Lilja Behr officiating. Interment will be at the Beverly Cemetery in Blue Island, Illinois. Arrangements are with Brenny Funeral Chapel of Baxter.
Ethel Rose (Frink) Kellams was born August 22, 1907 in Chicago, Illinois, to Charles and Evangeline (Neeson) Frink. She grew up and attended school in Chicago. She worked as a Customer Services Representative for Carson-Piri. She was married to Julius Bryan Kellams in Chicago, on May 12, 1928. The couple moved to LaSalle in 1930. After being widowed in 1939, Ethel moved with her family to Earlville, IL. She lived there until 1992, when she moved to Baxter, along with her daughter and son-in-law. She moved to Bethany Good Samaritan Village in 1997, after living at Brainerd Manor for a year. She had been a member of the Order of the Eastern Star. She enjoyed homemaking, cooking, and baking.

Ethel Kellams is survived by two daughters, Norma (Edgar) Carter of Baxter, and Ruth Kellams of Shamburg, IL; and several grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, and a daughter Dora Jean Curtis. Submitted by: Brenny Funeral Chapel 218-828-5051