Christina "Maia" (Lagergren) Kelly - Mittelstaedt Obituary (1946 - 2025)

Born Apr 21, 1946, Christina "Maia" (Lagergren) Kelly - Mittelstaedt attended Eisenhower High School in Yakima, WA. View the obituary, post a memory, or share a photo about Christina "maia" (lagergren) Kelly - Mittelstaedt.

Graduation Year	Class of 1964
Date of Birth	Apr 21, 1946
Date of Passing	Feb 27, 2025
About	Maia Kelly Mittelstaedt age 78 passed away at home February 27 after a 7 year long battle with lung cancer. Maia was born in Yakima on April 21st 1946 the daughter of Henry Lagergren, and Carolyn Lagergren. Maia attended Naches schools until her sophomore year in high school where she graduated in 1964. She later attended Yakima business college. Maia is survived by her son Denny Kelly, daughter Joanne Frank, brother Henry Lagergren and three nieces Julie Chandler, Jill Wagner, and Sara Karl. Also survived are 2 grandchildren Berlin & Marcus Thomas and four great grandchildren, Aedyn, Jesclyn, Madelyn, and Stokley. Maia also has stepchildren from her first marriage Sean Kelly and Marguerite Kelly whom she adored. Maia was preceded in death by her father in 1969, mother in 1990, wonderful sister Joanne Frisque, husbands Charley Kelly in 2000 and Robert Mittelstaedt in 2016. Maia lived in the San Francisco Bay Area from 1970 till 1991. While living there she worked in Secretarial positions for the American Tobacco Company, Allstate insurance, San Mateo county probation department, American Heat Association, and Stanford Research Institute. Maia moved back to the Yakima Valley with Charley in 1991 and enjoyed a 10 year retirement gardening, painting, and hiking with the Cascadians. She and Charley spent three weeks traveling in England in 1993 (one of the highlights in her life). She also volunteered for the Yakima Valley Society of Artists, the Yakima valley Audubon Society, the Nature Conservancy, on the board of the Yakima county clean air authority, the Yakima county Master Gardeners, and as a volunteer coordinator for the Seasons performance hall. She sang with the temple choir at First Presbyterian church (and traveled to Scotland and England to sing with other US church choirs at St. Giles, Canterbury, and Westminster Hall in 2001) and with the Yakima symphony chorus. After Charley's death Maia worked for the Yakima County Employment Security Dept eventually retiring in 2009. She so enjoyed her book club, knitting group, and all of her wonderful friends she's made through the years. Maia's passions were her art, hiking, nature, singing, listening to music, and last but not least she loved gardening and knitting.