Ellen A. Kieler

Tennyson, Wisconsin Ellen A. Kieler, 83, of Tennyson, Wisconsin, died Wednesday, July 11, 2012, at The Finley Hospital in Dubuque, Iowa. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, July 14, 2012, at St. Andrew's Church in Tennyson with Rev. Bernard Rott officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. Friday at Casey Funeral Home & Cremation Services in Cuba City where the parish rosary will be at 3:45 p.m. Ellen was born on December 28, 1928, in Worthington, Iowa, the daughter of Joseph and Ida (Tobin) Kohn. She married Floyd Kieler on December 30, 1950, at St. Patrick's Church in Dubuque. Ellen loved bingo, cards, going to the casino, and playing solo and dice with her grandchildren. She had a great sense of humor and was very devoted to her faith, especially the rosary. Survivors include her husband, Floyd, of Tennyson; four daughters, Diane (David) Konshak, of Cuba City, Denise (Ed McKenzie) Kieler, of Potosi, Donna (Tom) Digman, of Hazel Green, and Dena (Jason) Udelhofen, of Potosi; two sons, Richard "Dick" (Dana) Kieler, of Dickeyville, and Rodney Kieler, of Cuba City; two brothers, Delbert Kohn and John Kohn, both of Dubuque; nine grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, Joseph and Ida: two sons, Roy in 1963 and Roger in 2007; four sisters, Virginia, Geraldine, Luella and Patricia; and two brothers, Grange "Bud" and James.