Celebration of Life for Ned Verellen

There will be a Celebration of Life for Ned Verellen, Sunday, May 15 at the Lake Chelan Eagles at 2 p.m.

 

Ned Verellen of Chelan died after a brief illness Sunday, March 27, 2022 on his 70th birthday, at Central Washington Hospital in Wenatchee.
 Ned was born in 1952 to Verda and Lew Verellen in Chelan, and was a life-long resident of the Valley. He grew up on the family orchard where he learned to work hard and developed the skills he would rely on for the rest of his life.
 Ned graduated from Chelan High School with the Class of 1970 and joined the U.S. Army to serve his country in Germany for two years. He returned to Chelan to work in the orchards, and later in construction, where he discovered his talent as a painter. His reputation as a skilled house painter was well regarded throughout the area.
 Ned was a loving dad to his two sons, Clayton and Max, who survive him along with his partner Marilyn Johanson of Chelan; his former wife and mother of his sons Louise Verellen of East Wenatchee; two brothers, Mick of Omak and Terr of Chelan, and their families; his sister Louellen and his grandsons, Jack and Flynn. He was proceeded in death by his parents, and a brother Tim Verellen.