Mrs. Ramona A. Alvey Kellim (nee:Valeika), 59, born August 23, 1947 in Augsburg, Germany, died Tuesday, April 17, 2007 in Pocahontas, Illinois.

Mrs. Alvey Kellim lived in Pierron, Illinois since 1994, moving from Troy, Illinois. Ramona was a Sales Manager for G.W.C., Inc. in Cahokia, Illinois. Ramona was a present member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Pierron, Illinois and a past member of St. Jerome Catholic Church in Troy, Illinois.

Mrs. Alvey Kellim is preceded in death by her parents Florian and Anne (nee:Macaitis) Valeika, and her second husband Ronald Kellim whom she married on September 3, 1994 in Pierron, Illinois and he passed away on July 29, 1999.

Mrs. Alvey Kellim is survived by her first husband James Alvey from whom she was divorced, her son Jim Alvey of Troy, Illinois, her daughter Ms. Sandra (Alvey) Myatt of Troy, Illinois, her brother Raymond (Tyra) Valeika of Atlanta, Georgia, her sister-in-law Mary Kay Kellim, her niece Cheryl Stenz, her nephew Dr. Steven Valeika, two grandchildren Jimmy Alvey and MaKayla Myatt, and two step-children Bunny Thompson and Julie DelCasino.

VISITATION HOURS: Friends may call at the Laughlin Funeral Home from 5:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. on Friday, April 20, 2007. Christian Burial Service will be at Saturday, April 21, 2007 at 11:30 A.M. from the Laughlin Funeral Home "Chapel", Troy, Illinois with Reverend Monsignor Virgil W. Mank, V.F. officiating. Interment will be at Friedens Cemetery, Troy, Illinois.

Family wished memorial donations be made to American Heart Association.

Online expressions of sympathy may be made at www.laughlinfh.com.