October
03,
1965
03,
1965
November
07,
2022
07,
2022
Jacqueline Ann Kellen, 57 of Gilberts, Illinois, passed away on Monday, November 7, 2022 after a yearlong battle with cervical cancer. Jacqueline was born October 3, 1965 and was raised in Mendota, Illinois where she attended school and made many incredible memories with her friends and family. Jacqueline graduated Mendota Township High School in 1983 and shortly thereafter began a career in 9-1-1 emergency telecommunications in both California, and in Illinois. Jacqueline retired this year from Northwest Central Dispatch Systems in Arlington Heights, Illinois after 35 years of dedicated and professional service to the communities she served. Jacqueline spent her free time enjoying old movies, listening to music, spending every minute she could with her pets and going out with her friends, letting her hair down, and dancing the night away.
Jackie is survived by one brother, Gregory Kellen of Mendota, Illinois; one niece, Lauren Kellen of Roscoe, Illinois; two nephews, Noah (Jessica) Kellen of Dekalb, Illinois and Dr. Adam Kellen of Billings, Montana; two aunts, Donna and (Les) Lindgren of Clermont, Florida, and Mary Ellen Johnson; one cousin, Eric Johnson of Western Springs, Illinois.
Jacqueline is preceded in death by her grandparents, Harold, and Ruth Johnson; her parents, John “Jack” and Carol (Johnson) Kellen, and one uncle, Harold Johnson.
Jacqueline will forever be remembered by her friends and family as a kind, compassionate and emphatic person who always put others before her own needs and to those who worked and served alongside of her, she will forever be remembered as the Calm in the Storm.
Per Jackie’s wishes there will be no memorial service or funeral is planned. Cremation rites were entrusted to Turner-Eighner Funeral Home in Somonauk. The family asks that in lieu of flowers, donations be sent to Advocate Sherman Hospital in Elgin, Illinois in Jaqueline's name. Until we meet again...goodbye Jacqueline Ann.
Turner-Eighner Funeral Home
13160 W. Rt 34 ~ P.O. Box 404
Somonauk, IL 60552
(815) 498-2363
Jackie is survived by one brother, Gregory Kellen of Mendota, Illinois; one niece, Lauren Kellen of Roscoe, Illinois; two nephews, Noah (Jessica) Kellen of Dekalb, Illinois and Dr. Adam Kellen of Billings, Montana; two aunts, Donna and (Les) Lindgren of Clermont, Florida, and Mary Ellen Johnson; one cousin, Eric Johnson of Western Springs, Illinois.
Jacqueline is preceded in death by her grandparents, Harold, and Ruth Johnson; her parents, John “Jack” and Carol (Johnson) Kellen, and one uncle, Harold Johnson.
Jacqueline will forever be remembered by her friends and family as a kind, compassionate and emphatic person who always put others before her own needs and to those who worked and served alongside of her, she will forever be remembered as the Calm in the Storm.
Per Jackie’s wishes there will be no memorial service or funeral is planned. Cremation rites were entrusted to Turner-Eighner Funeral Home in Somonauk. The family asks that in lieu of flowers, donations be sent to Advocate Sherman Hospital in Elgin, Illinois in Jaqueline's name. Until we meet again...goodbye Jacqueline Ann.
Turner-Eighner Funeral Home
13160 W. Rt 34 ~ P.O. Box 404
Somonauk, IL 60552
(815) 498-2363
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