Memorial Services for Elise (Malmberg) Kelley, 48 of Fremont, Nebraska who passed away Monday, August 14, 2023 at Nebraska Methodist Hospital will be 10:30 AM Monday, August 21, 2023 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Fremont, NE. Pastor Anthony Gerber will officiate. Interment will be at the O'Neill Cemetery at a later date. Memorial Visitation will be on Sunday, August 20, 2023 from 3 to 6 PM at Moser Memorial Chapel in Fremont. Memorials are suggested to the Trinity Lutheran Education Fund or the Autism Center of Omaha. Moser Memorial Chapel, 2170 N. Somers Ave. Fremont, NE 68025 in Fremont is in charge of arrangements.

Elise Nicole Malmberg was born on September 13, 1974 in O'Neill to Gary and Barb (Frese) Malmberg. She grew up in O'Neill and was a 1993 graduate of O'Neill High School. She graduated from "UNK" University of Nebraska Kearney in 1998. In 2001, she received her Occupational Therapy Degree from Newman University in Wichita, Kansas. Within the last few years, she received her Pediatric Occupational Therapist, she received her Master's Degree from University of Wisconsin and was currently in the Doctoral Program at Methodist Health System in Omaha. She held multiple certifications and endorsements in Pediatric Sensory Integration.

She worked at Heartspring Health in Wichita, KS and then started her own practice in Wichita. For the last 10 years she was an Outpatient Therapist at Children's Hospital in Omaha. Her passion was working with children with sensory disorders, especially autism. Many called her the child whisperer. Elise
married Brian Kelley January 15, 2015 in Jamaica.

Elise was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Fremont, PEO, "AOTA" American Occupational Therapy Association and Alpha Phi Sorority at UNK. She loved music and had a gift for harmonizing to most songs. She liked to work with flowers and loved her time slalom water skiing at her parents' lake home.

Elise is survived by her husband, Brian Kelley; stepsons, Jack and Josh Kelley all of Fremont; parents, Gary and Barb Malmberg of O'Neill; brothers, Casey Malmberg of Blair, NE and Cole (D.D.) Malmberg of Minneapolis, KS; parents-in-law, Ned and Linelle Kelley of Inman, NE; special nieces and nephew, Reata, Tye and Coy Malmberg; and her loving dog Zoey.

Elise was preceded in death by her grandparents.