Marilyn Kallis
The Funeral Service for Marilyn Kallis, age 64 of
New Leipzig, will be held at 1:00pm MT, Monday, April 6,
2015 at the Evangelical Community Church in Mott. Pastor
Brian Wright will officiate with burial in the Ebenezer
Baptist Cemetery north of New Leipzig.
Visitation will be held on Sunday from 1:00 to the time of
the family service at 7:00pm at the Evanson-Jensen Funeral
Home in Mott.
MARILYN JEAN KUNDE was born on October 15, 1950 in Brainerd,
MN to Gordon W. and Mary H. (Scott) Kunde. She attended
school in Brainerd graduating from Brainerd High School in
1969. She attended Community College in Brainerd and then
worked in Faribault, MN as a teacher’s aide for six years.
Marilyn continued her college education at Bemidji State
University for another two years where she earned her
teaching certificate. She worked for one year student
teaching in New York Mills, MN before moving to North Dakota
in 1981 where she began teaching the 2nd grade at Roosevelt
Elementary in Carson.
Marilyn met David Kallis at the New Leipzig Baptist Church
and they were united in marriage on October 16, 1982 at
Brainerd, MN. They began their life together in New Leipzig
where David continued farming and ranching northwest of New
Leipzig and Marilyn continued teaching school in Carson. A
daughter Jennifer was born on June 27, 1985 and a daughter
Suanne on October 14, 1988. The Kallis’s continued to live
on the farm and Marilyn substitute taught at area schools
for several years.
She enjoyed doing crafts and decorating for the holiday
seasons. She taught Sunday School, Wednesday Night Kids
Club, and was in charge of crafts for Vacation Bible School
for numerous years. Especially dear to Marilyn’s heart was
the Samaritan’s Purse Operation Christmas Child Project
which she enjoyed being involved in for many years.
Marilyn passed from this life on Tuesday, March 31, 2015 at
her home northwest of New Leipzig.
Keeping her in their fondest memories are her husband,
David, 2 daughters and 1 son-in-law, Jennifer and Keaton
Heller, Gackle, ND; Suanne Kallis, Lincoln, NE; a
granddaughter, Emma Heller; and her mother, Mary Kunde,
Mott, ND.
She was preceded in death by her father.
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