Kellander

Eileen G. Kellander, 70, of Saxonburg died Wednesday at Butler Memorial Hospital.

Born June 3, 1936, in Hampton Township, she was a daughter of Ira Charles and Clara Walger Lane.

She was a 1954 graduate of West Deer High School and retired in December 2003 as a clerk stenographer at the Department of Public Assistance office in Butler after 30 years. Prior to that she had worked at the Butler County Courthouse. She also was the secretary of the Butler Local of the A.F.S.C.M.E. Union for years.

Mrs. Kellander was a member of St. Paul Roman Catholic Church.

Surviving are three sons, Paul and Todd Maxwell, both of Saxonburg, and Kirk Maxwell of Butler; three stepdaughters, Mrs. Thomas (Dot) Powers of Butler, Mrs. Earl D. (Lois) Fennell of East Butler and Mrs. Dennis (Loretta) Feeser of Front Royal, Va.; eight grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.

A brother, Earl Lane of Youngstown, Ohio, and a sister, Mrs. Dean (Joan) Kennedy of Grand Prairie, Texas, also survive.

Her husband Benjamin C. Kellander, whom she married May 26, 1972, died Jan. 1, 2004. She also was preceded by two sisters and three brothers, including her twin brother, Allen Lane, who was killed in the Vietnam War on March 24, 1966.

<B>KELLANDER </B>— Friends of Eileen G. Kellander, who died, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2006, will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the <B>Geibel Funeral Home</B>, 201 E. Cunningham St. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at the funeral home with the Rev. Harry Bielewicz, her church pastor, officiating. Burial will follow at the Butler County Memorial Park Cemetery, Butler Township.Information also is available at www.geibelfuneralhome.com.