
Kellie was born November 10, 1964 in Valley City, ND, the daughter of Dennis Archbold and Carmen (Lindeman) Archbold. Kellie grew up on the family farm and graduated from Enderlin High School in 1983. After graduation she attended University of Mary and University of North Dakota to obtain a BSN-RN Nursing Degree. Kellie married Bill Lemna of Enderlin, at a ceremony in Alice, ND, on November 7, 1986. Bill and Kellie raised three children in rural Alice, where Bill farmed and Kellie worked as a registered nurse at Sanford Hospital in Fargo in the burn and cardiology units before she transferred to become a nurse at Maryhill Manor in Enderlin, ND, where she worked until she contracted ALS in 1999.