Lorena McManus Kellogg

Lorena McManus Kellogg
Mrs. Kellogg, 93, died on Easter Sunday, April 16, 2006 at Southminster in Charlotte. Born on January 2, 1913 to Walter Lee McManus and Emma Mae Brown McManus in Chatham County, NC, she spent her school years in Greensboro where she moved with her family when she was six years old. She graduated from Women's College (UNC-G) with a degree in Sociology and worked for FDR'S WPA program helping young people find jobs. In 1938 she married Hubbard Hale Kellogg who would be her husband for 60 years until his death in 1998. In 1943 she moved with her husband and first child to Charlotte where the family grew to include 3 sons, and where Lorena devoted her life to caring for her family, her church family, and numerous friends and neighbors. For many years she was an active member of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Charlotte Rescue Mission. She became well known for her annual sale of pecans to support the Mission. In her sixties she became interested in exercise at the Y, an interest she pursued with aerobics classes and work outs 4 to 5 times a week until 5 months ago.
In addition to her parents and her husband, Lorena was preceded in death by her youngest son Ed in 1976, her sister Eula Marshburn and her brother Walter. She is survived by her son Walter and his wife Jan, "adopted" granddaughters Lindsey and Christian Hambacher, her son Bob and his wife Dottie, her beloved granddaughter Hunter Fuerstman and her husband Mischa, and her great-grandchildren Sydney and Nate.
A memorial service will be held at 11:00 am on Friday, April 21, 2006 in the chapel at Harry and Bryant Company on Providence Road in Charlotte. The family will receive visitors at Harry and Bryant prior to the service beginning at 10:00 am.
Memorials may be made to the Harris YMCA, 5900 Quail Hollow Rd., Charlotte, NC 28210;Charlotte Rescue Mission, 907 W. First St., Charlotte, NC 28202; Sharon Baptist Church, 6411 Sharon Rd., Charlotte, NC 28210 or Hospice and Palliative Care, Charlotte Region, 1420 E. Seventh St., Charlotte, NC 28204.