Rochelle (Shelley) Reuter Wuellner, 57, died Wednesday, July 6.She was born to the late Philip and Roberta (Buffy) Reuter on May 2, 1954, in Williston, North Dakota. She graduated from Medicine Lake High School in 1972, and received her Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing in 1976 from the College of St. Catherine in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She married David Wuellner on July 2, 1977, in Medicine Lake, Montana, and they lived in St. Louis and Nashville before making Sedalia home in 1983.
Shelley worked as a registered nurse and as a part-time nursing instructor at State Fair Community College before becoming a full-time homemaker, a role she approached with unmatched joy, energy and dedication.
She was an active member of Sacred Heart Church and accepted leadership roles with Sacred Heart School Foundation, Sacred Heart Parish Council, P.E.O., Pettis County Health Center Board, Bothwell Regional Health Center Foundation Board, and Sorosis.
She is survived by her husband, Dr. David Wuellner, Sedalia, and four children: Luke Wuellner, San Diego; Mark (Maggie) Wuellner, Cincinnati; Abigail Wuellner, St. Louis; and Adam Wuellner, Chicago. She is preceded in death by her parents and one brother.
Mass of Christian Burial will be 10 a.m. Saturday, July 9, 2011 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, with the Rev. Father Mike Volkmer officiating.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to Sacred Heart School Foundation.
View Mom's obituary in the Sedalia Democrat. We also submitted a copy to the Plentywood Herald.
Dave, Luke, Mark, Abbey & Adam,
ReplyDeleteI cannot begin to pretend to understand how much you will miss your mom, wife, confidant and friend but I do know that Shelley will be missed by many people. She was the anchor in your family, the solid rock who was always there for you.
I’ve only met her on a few occasions, but know that Shelley was a special kind of person. The type that would drive hundreds of miles to meet a stranger at the airport, take her home, feed her, give her a clean towel for a much needed shower and then deliver her safely to a friend’s house late at night! How do I know she’d do that? Because I was that stranger she met at Kansas City airport and carted back to Sedalia one day back in 2006!
I remember her as somebody who filled every minute of every day with something she just had to do right there and then, purposeful, passionate. In my mind’s eye I always see her smiling, if not laughing, bustling about at a rapid rate of knots intending to do as much as humanly possible in the 24 hours given to her each day.
She was loaned to your family to fulfil a purpose and now that she’s done that God has other plans – nobody knows what they are, yet, but her legacy will live on. Her footprints are indelibly printed on the hearts of those whose path she crossed. I will miss her too!
Love,
Zelda
Dear Wuellner Family,
ReplyDeleteI am sorry I could not be at the mass this morning. You all are in my thoughts and prayers and will continue to be for a long, long time.
With love,
Barbara B.