Stella Delores Langlie, age 85, passed away at New Richland Care Center on Tuesday, August 26, 2014. Funeral services for Stella will be 11 a.m Friday, August 29 at First Lutheran Church in Ellendale, MN. Reverend Richard Sliper will be officiating. Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. Thursday, August 28, 2014 at the church and one hour prior to the service. Interment will be in First Lutheran Cemetery in Ellendale.
Stella was born at home in Albert Lea to Arthur and Nellie Clementson on November 18, 1928 along with her twin sister, Helen. She has been a lifelong resident of the area, moving to Ellendale when she married Eugene Langlie on April 15, 1950. They were members of First Lutheran Church and Stella helped with the ladies aid. She was a homemaker and enjoyed gardening, baking cookies, cooking, reading, knitting, sewing and making doll clothes, shopping with family, collecting peacocks, and making her daily drive to Ellendale Cafe for socializing with friends over a cup of coffee. She also enjoyed going up north to Bear Paw many years with family and friends. In recent years, Stella has been living at Whispering Oak.Stella is survived by her children, Mark (Glory) Langlie, Jane (Richard) Tappe, Joel (Kelly) Langlie; grandchildren, Megan (Andy) Danielson & their son Linus, Marissa (fiancé Josh) Langlie, Mackensie (Drew) McBeain, Mariah Tappe, and Jake Langlie; sisters-in-law, Henrietta Lee and Sylvia Langlie; and many nieces and nephews. She is preceded in death by husband, Eugene; son, Craig; infant daughter; sisters, Helen Wayne and Irene Brown; and parents, Arthur and Nellie Clementson.