Ella Mae Muhrmann, 72, died at 2 a.m. Sunday at her home in McClelland, after an illness lasting since August. She had lived at McClelland for 17 years. She was a member of the McClelland Commnity Club.

Surviving are her husband, Charles C. Muhrmann; two sons, Earl Tabler of Council Bluffs and Clyde Tabler of McClelland; a daughter, Mrs. Edith Martin of St. Paul, NE; 11 grandchildren and three great grandchildren.

The funeral will be Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. at Woodring's Chapel, the Rev. Raymond Ferguson of Salem Evangelical Church officiating. Burial will be in the Downsville Cemetery.