Eldean R. Kalata Obituary (1939

Eldean "Fuzzy" Rae Kalata, age 83, passed away on Thursday, December 15, 2022 at Our House Assisted Living in Wisconsin Rapids, WI. Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Thursday, December 22, 2022 at Herman-Taylor Funeral Home in Wisconsin Rapids. Burial will be held at Restlawn Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 9:00 A.M. until the time-of-service Thursday at the funeral home. Eldean was born on September 8, 1939 in the township of Belmont to Raymond and Norma (Pomerenke) Mallison. She graduated from Almond High School in 1957. She married Philip Kalata on August 16, 1958 in Heffron, WI. They built their home in Kellner in 1966. Together they had four children. Eldean enjoyed being a homemaker and tending to her large vegetable garden. She liked to freeze and can what she had grown and proudly shared with her friends and family. Eldean and her husband enjoyed traveling together and visited all 50 states; her favorite was Alaska, which they visited three times. She also liked to try her luck at the casino and going to garage sales. She cherished time spent with her grandchildren and would always have frozen chocolate chip cookies in the freezer for them when they would visit. Eldean is survived by her husband; children: Clifford (Renee) Kalata of Wisconsin Rapids, Roger (Beth) Kalata of Chippewa Falls and Amy (Brian) Mahloch of Delafield; seven grandchildren: Kate (PJ) Young, Philip (Anna) Kalata, Ian (Kate) Kalata, McKenna (Dylan) Schudy, Dawson Kalata, Sawyer Mahloch and Olivia Mahloch; one great-grandson Callan Kalata; siblings; Dennis (Carol) Mallison of Stevens Point, LaVerne Mallison of Wisconsin Rapids, Elaine (Gaylord) Abrahamson, Karen Riske, Diane Pacewicz, Sandra Vroman, and Carolyn Cauley; sister-in-law Pat Kalata. She also had many nieces, nephews, and cousins. She is preceded in death by her parents, daughter Lisa; two sisters: Barbara Nickoli and Joanne Schulke; brother Donald Mallison and infant brother Roger, and eight brothers-in-law; and one sister- in- law. The family would like to thank the staff at Our House and St. Croix Hospice for all the kind and compassionate care they gave to Eldean.