Marilyn "Kay" Hellendrung

March 10, 1950 - February 23, 2016

Marilyn “Kay” Trainor, always known as Kay, was born on March 10, 1950 to Mark and Edna (Ritzman) Trainor at Plum City Hospital, Plum City, Wisconsin, the last of four daughters. She passed away on February 23, 2016 at Mayo Clinic Health System-Luther in Eau Claire from complications from a heart attack. She graduated from Menomonie High School and University of Wisconsin Stout. She graduated and started working the following week at Stout. She worked at Stout until her health forced her to leave. Kay married Ron Hellendrung on Oct. 7, 1978 at New Hope Lutheran Church in Downsville, Wisconsin and they lived in Ridgeland all their married life. Her children, Bethany and Mark were the highlights of her life. Bethany married John Hellmann and they added two more highlights to her life, Kennedy and Peyton. Mark married Jill Olson and two more highlights arrived…Brody and Hannah. Kay loved those grandchildren so very much. Brody greeted her in heaven, as he passed away April 12, 2015. Kay is survived by her husband, Ron; her children Bethany (John) Hellmann and their girls, Kennedy and Peyton; Mark and his daughter, Hannah: two sisters, Letty (Bill) Duffy, Lois Sipple; parents-in-law, Phillip and Audrey Hellendrung; brothers-in-law Steve, Dennis, and Tom Hellendrung and their families, sister-in-law, Darlene (Larry) Purintun and many nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and friends. Kay must have had a premonition that 2015 would be her last Christmas. She insisted that there was going to be a family gathering at The Neighbors where she had been residing since May. We had a wonderful meal, lots of presents, and many memories for all of us. She is preceded in death by her parents Mark and Edna Trainor; grandson Brody Hellendrung; sister Rose Lamb; brother-in-law Jerry Sipple; and all her uncles and aunts and grandparents. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 27, 2016 at New Hope Lutheran Church in Downsville. Visitation will be from 9:30 a.m. until the time of the service at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Burial will be at Lower Weston Cemetery in the Town of Weston, Dunn Co. WI. Olson Funeral Home in Menomonie is serving the family.