Funeral services for Ethel A. Kilian, age 81, of Albert Lea, will be held 10:30 a.m. Thursday, March 10, at Grace Lutheran Church. Rev. John Henriksen will officiate. Interment will be in the Geneva Cemetery. Visitation is 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home and one hour prior to the services at the Church.

Ethel passed away Sunday, March 6, 2005, at Rochester Methodist Hospital.

Ethel Agnes Kilian was born March 12, 1923, to Amos and Olivia (Jolson) Farr in Geneva. She grew up in the Geneva area and attended school there. On July 6, 1941, Ethel was united in marriage to Raymond Kilian in Gettysburg, S.D. She was employed at Northpark for many years.

Ethel was a member of Grace Lutheran Church and the Eagle’s Auxiliary. She especially enjoyed visiting with friends and family.

Survivors include her husband, Raymond of Albert Lea; son, Richard of Albert Lea; daughters: Louise Fox of Albert Lea, and Dianne and her husband Harlan Thom of Minneapolis; grandchildren: Rick and his wife Sharon Kilian of Maine, Kristin Kilian of Albert Lea, Lori and her husband Victor Alexander of Washington, Kimberly and her husband Robert Lamp of Albert Lea, Kevin Fox of Albert Lea, Amy and her husband Dar Barcomb of North Carolina, and Derrick Rollins of Wisconsin; great-grandchildren: Brian, Seth, Jacob, Devin and Rylie; sisters: Luella Thompson of Britt, Iowa, and Orlie and her husband Lowell Haug of Austin; sister-in-law, Beverly Farr of Geneva; and nieces and nephews.

Ethel was preceded in death by her parents; grandson, Robert Kilian; greatgrandson, Daniel Rollins; sister, Isabel and her husband Lester Kilian; and brother, Amos Farr.