Born: January 03, 1912
Died: January 29, 2009
Services: Funeral services will be held on Sunday, Febuary 1st at 3 pm at Immanuel Lutheran Church (River Church) in Tn. Theresa, Wisconsin.
Visitation: Visitation will take place on Sunday, Febuary 1st from 12:30 pm until the time of service at 3 at Immanuel Lutheran Church (River Church) in Tn. Theresa, Wisconsin.
Martha Louise Schellin, 97, of 1118 Horicon St., Mayville, died on Thursday, Jan. 29, 2009, at Mayville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.
Funeral services will be held on Sunday, Feb. 1, at 3 p.m., from Immanuel Ev. Lutheran Church (River Church), town of Theresa. The Rev. Mark Berlin will officiate. Burial will be in Hochheim Cemetery, town of Herman. Friends may call on Sunday from 12:30 to 3 p.m., at the church.
Martha was born on Jan. 3, 1912, in Mt. Prospect, Ill., the daughter of Al and Alvina (Busse) Schwake. She was married to Alfred E. Schellin on May 21, 1938, at St. Matthew Ev. Lutheran Church, Des Plaines, Ill.
Together with her husband farmed in the town of Theresa and was a Dodge County care giver. She was a member of Immanuel Ev. Lutheran Church (River Church), town of Theresa, a member of Immanuel Ladies Aid and served as past president, was a Bethesda volunteer, was a member of Dodge County Homemakers Club and founded Mayville Luckey Clovers 4-H Club.
Survivors include five children, Carolyn (Peter) Dehler, Mayville, Barb (Lee) Kornely, Beaver Dam, Diane (Ken) Kanzenbach, Horicon, Melvin (Brenda) Schellin, Theresa, and Jean (Dennis) Buss, Waterloo; two sisters-in-law, Lillian Schellin and Verna Schellin, both of Des Plaines, Ill.; 19 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband in 1973; one son, Donald in 2002; two sisters and two brothers.
Memorials: Memorials may be directed to Immanuel Ev. Lutheran Church or The Lutheran Hour.
