Lyla Mae Kellum was born in Bingham Lake, Minnesota on 11 Sep 1916, daughter of Irving and Hazel (Morton) Kellum. She attended Hamline University in St. Paul, MN and graduated in 1938 with a BA Degree. It was there that she met her future husband Robert Liljestrand. Lyla Mae Kellum and Robert Stratton Liljestrand were married on 24 June 1939 in St. Paul, Minnesota. Shortly thereafter they moved to Woods Hole, Massachusetts. Their apartment was on the second floor over a beauty shop. Today, the first floor space is now the Woods Hole Provisions grocery and deli on Water Street.
Lyla Kellum
(1916-2019)
Lyla’s Birth Certificate
Notes
- Lyla obtained this certified copy of her birth certificate in 1976, when she was 50 years old. The original was likely hand-written.
- The Registrar's name was J. A. Kellum!
Photograph Gallery
Lyla, college photo, 1938
Lyla with her older brother Robert, abt 1918
Irving, Robert, Hazel, James, Lyla abt 1920
Lyla - high school treasurer (from yearbook), 1932
Jim Bob Lyla Margaret St Paul Englewood Ave abt 1932
Lyla, high school photo, 1934
Lyla age 18, 1934, Englewood Ave St. Paul MN
Lyla, Hamline College yearbook, 1938
Lyla, math teacher, Fairfax MN 1938-9
Lyla and Robert, Woods Hole circa 1940
Newlyweds Robert and Lyla Liljestrand on the deck of their apartment in Woods Hole.
Lyla, Bob, Hazel, Irving in Boston, 1940
Lyla Mae Liljestrand with Jimmy (b. 8 May 1941)
Robert, Lyla and son Jim, Woods Hole, 1 Oct 1941
Kellum siblings - Margaret, Jim, Lyla, Bob, 1941
Lyla and Jimmy, 1942
Kellum clan, St. Paul MN, 1944. Back: Lyla, Elaine (Johnson), son Jerry, Dee Dee (Anderson), Hazel; Front: RobertL, JimL, Mike, Irving, Robert
Lyla's sister Margaret, Army Nurse Corps 1945
Siblings Margaret, Jim, Lyla and Bob
Kellum Family - Jim & Elaine (Johnson), Lyla & Bob, Bob & DeeDee (Anderson), Margaret, about 1946
All family plus Aunt Nelle at Bob’s home on Woodlawn, 1953
Kellums - Jim, Margaret, Bob, Lyla with Irving and Hazel, 1955
Lyla and her boys - Dick, Jim, Robe, 1955
Liljestrand family - Robe, Dick, Lyla, Jim, Robert, 1959
1960 family Back - Jim K, Jerry K, Bob K, Jim L; 3rd Elaine K, Dorothy K, Lyla, Margaret, Betty; 2nd Richard L, Hazel, Irving, Mike K; Front Robert L, Debbie, Tom Fields, Bill K
Lyla and Bob with his brother Howard and wife Betty
Lyla with her mother Hazel
Lyla and Bob, 1950s
Lyla and Robert, 1969
1939: Lyla's wedding to Robert Liljestrand
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Lyla’s Obituary, 2019
12 Apr 2019, Friday The Journal News (Hamilton, Ohio) from Newspapers.com