HELEN S. SELLNER
Helen
Helen S.
(Mrs. Arthur) Sellner, age 93, of Faribault, died on Wednesday, October 7,
2009 at her home.
Funeral services will be held at Fourth Avenue United
Methodist Church, Faribault, on Monday, October 12, 2009 at 10 a.m. with the
Reverend David Brown officiating. Interment will be at Maple Lawn Cemetery,
Faribault.
Visitation will be held at the Boldt Funeral Home,
Faribault, on Sunday, October 11th from 2 to 5 p.m. and also at the church
for one hour prior to the service on Monday.
Helen S. (Ring) Sellner was born January 31, 1916 in
Medford to John and Edith (Hoover) Ring. When she was five, her family moved
to Faribault. She was baptized and confirmed in the United Methodist Church
and became an active member. Her education began at Lincoln Elementary
School and she graduated from Faribault High School with the class of 1933.
She continued her education at Mankato State College, University of
Minnesota and the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, VA.
On July 5, 1940 she married Donald F. Wallace who
died in 1967. In 1974 she married Arthur M. Sellner who died in 1995. She
had one daughter, Estelle Kay (Wallace) Vollmers.
She became an elementary teacher and began her
career in the rural schools of Rice County. During World War II she taught
in Norfolk and Newport News, VA. Returning to Faribault, she taught and
retired from Lincoln Elementary School after 23 years. A conservation unit
taught by Helen in 1967 resulted in her Lincoln fifth graders spearheading
the acquisition and naming of Shager Memorial Park on Cannon Lake. Her
interest in children and the outdoors led her to become a director of the
MISCCA day camp for 42 handicapped children one summer.
Mrs. Sellner is a life member of the National Education Association, a
member of the Lambda Chapter of Alpha Delta Kappa, an international honorary
sorority for outstanding women educators. She held several offices in this
organization, including president of the chapter.
Since her retirement, she has been busy with her flower
gardens, making quilts for her grandchildren and designing her own
correspondence cards.
She is survived by her son in law, Mark Vollmers and
family of Milwaukee, WI; her step daughter, Carol (and Morris) Anderson and
family of Faribault; a step son, Steven (and Stephanie) Sellner of Honolulu,
HI; grandchildren; great grandchildren; and many close friends and
relatives. She is also survived by sisters, Margaret Puffer of Faribault,
Hazel Voss of St. Charles, Jean Puffer of Spencer, IA, a sister in law,
Verna Ring of Garland, TX; two brothers, John (and Loretta) Ring of St. Paul
and James (and Maren) Ring of Albert Lea; and a sister in law, Marge Ring of
Faribault.
She was preceded in death by her two husbands, Arthur
M. Sellner and Donald F. Wallace; her daughter, Estelle Kay Vollmers, a step
son, Bruce Sellner; her sisters, Marian Gangloff, Florence Lawson and
Dorothy Voge; and her brothers, Orville and Avison Ring.
In lieu of flowers, the family prefers memorials be
given to Fourth Avenue United Methodist Church, Trinity Radio Club, the
Salvation Army or the donor’s choice.
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