Kelly Jo Klatt-Amundson

March 26, 1971 - December 21, 2019

Kelly Jo Klatt-Amundson, 48, of Mason City, IA passed away peacefully surrounded by her husband and six children on Saturday, December 21, 2019 at MercyOne North Iowa. A visitation will be held on Friday, December 27, 2019 from 4-7 P.M. at Fullerton Funeral Home, 123 2nd Street SE, Mason City. A funeral service will be held at 10:30 A.M. with a one hour prior visitation on Saturday, December 28, 2019 with Pastor Kevin Jones from Trinity Lutheran Church officiating at Fullerton Funeral Home. Burial will immediately follow at Elmwood-St. Joseph Cemetery. In expression of sympathy, memorials may be made in care of the family. Kelly Jo, daughter of Howard and Darlene (Larson) Klatt was born the youngest of seven children, on March 26, 1971 at Allen Hospital in Waterloo, IA. She was truly a beautiful baby. Kelly was raised in Oelwein, IA; she was baptized and confirmed at Christ Presbyterian Church. She attended Oelwein schools and graduated from Oelwein High School, class of 1989. During her teen years she was very active and participated in volleyball, golf and choir. She loved golfing, which you could say runs in the family, as her dad was her mentor and coach for many years. After graduation she moved to Mason City and enrolled at NIACC to pursue becoming an optometric assistant. Her first job was working for the North Iowa Eye Clinic. At the young age of 19, she became a mother to her oldest child Alyssa and two years later, daughter Taylor was born. Kelly then began working at Newman Childcare, where she became best friends with co-worker Carla Miller. Carla set Kelly up on a blind date with Darrin Amundson and proceeded to wait until the last minute to inform Darrin that she had two young girls. Darrin instantly fell in love with Kelly after he saw how she kept her home and was a wonderful mother. On June 24, 1995, the couple was united in marriage at Trinity Lutheran Church. To their union, four children were born: Olivia, Annika, Benjamin and Ella. Kelly spent many years as a stay at home mom taking care of her six children and maintaining the household. Being a mom gave her the most purpose in life, she was always so proud; especially when her oldest children turned into adults and started their own families and she became a grandma aka “mima.” Family was everything to her; she was always a cheerleader for her children at all of their extra circular activities throughout the years. She is now a guardian angel watching them from heaven. Kelly was very talented in design and interior decorating. She was constantly working on renovations and projects around the house. Kelly knew how to make home feel like home. She had started her own business called “Sign Language,” where she created homemade wreaths and signs. Whenever she started something new, she wouldn’t quit until it was complete, even if that meant staying up all night. Kelly was a person who was always up with the latest trends; whether it was hair, make-up, fashion or home décor. She enjoyed shopping and could be found at Target, Hobby Lobby, Joann Fabrics and Crafts, T.J. MAXX or Kohl’s; honestly anywhere she could browse. At home she loved watching any show on BRAVO and Sunday’s were notorious for watching the Minnesota Vikings. She was a regular at Casey’s; having to go in daily to get her diet Pepsi and sugar cookies. Within the last few years, Kelly became involved with a company called Wink Naturals and made many friendships along the way. She was always a social person and able to strike up a conversation with anyone. In her younger years she often went out with friends to sing Karaoke; she had an amazingly beautiful voice. Her family will forever cherish and remember her infectious laughter and radiant smile. We will miss taking a swig from her perfect mixture of ice and diet Pepsi, the way she could make us all laugh until we cried and the ability to call her at anytime for advice. We will miss her presence and feel her absence. Kelly was a loving wife, mom, grandma, daughter, sister and aunt. She lived life on her own terms and we admired her for that. She is survived by her husband Darrin Amundson; children: Alyssa Fullerton, Taylor (Jordan) Martzahl, Olivia (Dylan) Solomon, Annika (fiancé Billy O’Neill) Amundson, Benjamin Amundson and Ella Amundson; grandchildren: Ayden Jo Decker, Gunner Wentworth, Hadley Solomon, Emma Martzahl, Huxley Martzahl and one on the way; parents, Howard and Darlene Klatt; siblings: Tim (Cindy) Klatt, Dan (Sandi Tokheim Barry) Klatt, Mike (Amy) Klatt, Terri (Kevin) Makinster Debra (Al) Price and Marc (Vickie) Klatt; many nieces, nephews and cousins; one great niece; lots of extended family and friends. Kelly was preceded in death by her in-laws, Herbert and Marian Amundson; maternal grandparents, Luis and Olive Larson; paternal grandparents, Howard (Evelyn) Klatt; aunt, Janet Sivinski; uncle, Bob Klatt and close friends Kim and Paula.