Eileen Keller Obituary (1937 - 2015)

Eileen Keller, 78, Bismarck, North Dakota, passed away Thursday May 7, 2015, at Sanford off Collins, Mandan. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 AM, Tuesday, May 12, 2015, at Concordia Lutheran Church, Beulah with Rev. Toby Heller officiating. Burial will be in the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery, Mandan. Eileen was born January 8, 1937, at Hazen, North Dakota, to Emanuel and Martha (Oster) Miller. She was raised and educated in Hazen, where on April 18, 1955, she married Bernard Keller. Over the years she worked in food services in Beulah, Bismarck, and Williston. She was a member of WML at Concordia Lutheran Church. She enjoyed traveling, bowling, quilting, and spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She is survived by her husband, Bernie; two daughters, Carmen Husebye, Bismarck, and Faye (Kevin) Link, Monticello, Minnesota; two sons, Russell (Deb) Keller, Rapid City, South Dakota, and Terry Keller and Allan Figi, San Diego, California; two brothers, Larry (Sheila) Miller, Bismarck, and Clarence Miller, Santee, California; three sisters, Eugenia Rongholt, Billings, Montana, Laura (Norman) Melhoff, Bismarck, and Eldora (Levi) Sailer, Hazen; sisters-in-law, Vi Miller and Ilene Miller; seven grandchildren, Austin and Cody Link, Bethany Fritchoff, Lucas Keller, Justin Jassmann, Joshua Husebye, and Caleb Walker; great-grandchildren, Samantha Penn, Micah, Tyler, Hannah, and Ethan Jassmann. Eileen was preceded in death by her parents, two sisters, Edna (Reuben) Reinhardt, and Ruth (Reuben) Ellwein; three brothers, Clifford Miller, Walter (Dorothy) Miller, and Elmer Miller.