Wiletta "Willie" Marie Kelling

Wiletta “Willie” Marie Kelling went peacefully to be with her Lord on Monday, November 27, 2023.  Services will be held on Friday, December 1 at Geo. J. Carroll & Son Funeral Home.  Visitation will be at 1:00 p.m. with services following at 2:00 p.m.  Burial will follow in Fairview Cemetery.

Willie was preceded in death by her parents, Bill and Ella Durnberger; and her siblings, brother Lawrence Durnberger and sister-in-law Ruthie Kelling.

Willie was a loving family matriarch whose greatest joys in life were her husband, children, extended family, and pets.  She never met a stranger and brought joy to everyone she met.  She is remembered by many as their Campfire Girls mom and was called mom by most of her children’s friends.

She is survived by her loving husband of 51 years, George; her children Antje Webernick (son-in-law Clayton), Robert Kelling, Robert and DeeDee Cutter, Cassie and Jeremy Young, Jeff Rasure, and Michelle and Steve Brock; her grandchildren Victoria Kelling (husband Martin), Emily Kelling, Anneliese Kelling, Blake Boren, Ryleigh Beaver, Cameryn Webernick, and Clayton Webernick, Jr.; her siblings Cody Dunrberger (wife Jackie), sister-in-law Paula Durnberger, brother-in-law Jence Kelling, and brother-in-law Carl Kelling; nephews Bryon Kelling (wife Allison), Brandon Kelling (wife Kendall), Andrew Durnberger, Mathew Durnberger, Michael Durnberger (wife Cheyenne); nieces Brook Kelling, Kaitlyn Durnberger, Tina Durnberger, Lori Bakke (husband Luke), and Elizabeth Seyler.

She is also survived by a host of great nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers are Bryon Kelling, Brandon Kelling, Cesar Saucedo, Steve Brock, Blake Boren, and Jeff Rasure.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Alzheimer’s Foundation or Gainesville Home Hospice.