Born July 27, 1912 in Clarksburg, West Virginia he was the son of the late Frank C. Kellen and the late Margaret Walters Kellen.

Mr. Kellen was a bookkeeper for Ray Andre Tire and also had been a salesman for Nationwide Insurance, retiring in 1976. He had been a member of the former Calvary Evangelical Presbyterian Church and attended the Church of the Living Word. He was a past member of Kiwanis, The United Commercial Travelers and The Odd fellows.

Mr. Kellen is survived by two daughters, Joyce Shoemaker and Mrs. Gary (Joan) Swanson both of Butler, Pennsylvania; by four grandchildren, six great-grandchildren; one sister, Josephine Moxey of Concordia Lutheran Home; one brother, Henry Walter Kellen of Charlotte, North Carolina and by a number of nieces and nephews.

Mr. Kellen Jr. was preceded in death by his wife, Lenora G. Phipps who passed away on December 18, 1996, and also by one great grandchild.

Friends will be received at the Thompson-Miller Funeral Home, Inc., 124 East North Street, Butler, Pennsylvania on Sunday, October 23, 2005 from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.

Services will be held at the Thompson - Miller Funeral Home, Inc. on Monday, October 24, 2005 at 11:00 a.m. with Reverend William Glassman of the Church of the Living Word officiating. Interment will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery.