Isabel M. Mullenbach, 85, of Adams, Minnesota, passed away on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019, at the Adams Health Care Center.

Isabel Marie was born Aug. 25, 1934, in Stacyville, Iowa, to Perry and Mary (Elgas) Elliott.  During her childhood, Isabel’s family lived in Stacyville before settling in Adams. She attended Sacred Heart School in Adams and graduated with the Class of 1952 from Adams High School. On June 1, 1957, she was united in marriage to Clifford Ernest Mullenbach at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Adams. Isabel and Clifford made their home and raised their family in Johnsburg, Minnesota. She was also busy working with her husband in their family business, Cliff’s Electric, in Adams and Johnsburg.

Isabel was a longtime member of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Johnsburg, where she was active in the liturgy committee and C.C.W., served as a Eucharistic minister, and quilted for missions. She was the president of the local Catholic Aid Association for many years. Isabel was a dedicated homemaker, enjoyed baking, sewing, canning, and crafts and worked alongside Cliff at many renovation projects. She was creative and had a love of music and singing, a talent she developed at a very young age and continued throughout her life. 

At the center of her life was her unwavering faith and undying love for her family. She will be remembered for her endless compassion, dignity and grace.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Clifford, in 1996; son and daughter-in-law, Lee and Gerianne Mullenbach; siblings and in-laws, Orian and Walter Brown, Doris and Ellis Douty, Myrna Bissen, Carol and John Vogel, Pauline and Norbert Blaser, Dean and Virginia Elliott, John Elliott, Delores Delaney, Chuck Mullenbach and Sister Dorothy Mullenbach .

Isabel is survived by her children, Laura (Randy) Freund of Johnsburg, Audrey (Galen) Hemann of Rose Creek, Minnesota, Aaron (Michelle) Mullenbach of Nevis, Minnesota, Harvey Mullenbach of Johnsburg and Holly (Steve) Sandon of Watertown, South Dakota; 19 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; brother-in-law, Fred Bissen of Stacyville; sister-in-law, Theresa Elliott of Rollingstone, Minnesota; and many nieces and nephews, other relatives and friends. 

A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 16, 2019, at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Johnsburg with Father Swaminatha Pothireddy officiating. Interment will follow in the St. John’s Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 4-7 p.m., with a 4 p.m. Rosary and 7 p.m. parish prayer service, on Friday, Nov. 15, 2019, at the Adams Funeral Home. Visitation will continue for one hour prior to the service on Saturday at the church.