Background
Ella, Kathleen E. Van was born on April 16, 1943 in Flint, Michigan, United States. Daughter of Wallace Joseph Weirich and Helen Catherine Gutenkauf.
Ella, Kathleen E. Van was born on April 16, 1943 in Flint, Michigan, United States. Daughter of Wallace Joseph Weirich and Helen Catherine Gutenkauf.
Bachelor of Science in History and English Literature, Loyola University, Chicago, 1967. Postgraduate, Ray-Vogue School Design, 1977—1980.
Founder, president, director Portraits/Chicago Inc.-Fine Portrait Painting and Sculpture, Lake Forest, Illinois, since 1980. First program coordinator Common Ground, Deerfield, Illinois, 1975—1977. Director sales, marketing, public relations for Chinese artists East-West Contemporary Art Gallery, Chicago, 1986—1992.
Member Illinois State History Association, Lake Forest Preservation Foundation. Member of Wedgwood Society, Lake Forest Chamber of Commerce.
Married James Eugene Van Ella, August 8, 1964 (divorced April 1975). Children: Aleen Janette Malloy, Erica Kathleen Krzyszkowski.