Genesee County MI Archives Obituaries.....Kelly, Stella L. May 21, 1958
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Flint Journal
                  In Loving memory of
                         Stella L. Kelly
Kelly-Stella L. Kelly, 2526 Lawndale, age 66, died Monday, May 19, 1958, at 
the residence.  Funeral services will be held at 10 A.M.  Wednesday, May 21, 
1958, from the Colonial Chapel, Reigle Funeral Home, 2417 Saginaw St., Rev. 
Charles Pausley officiating.  Burial in Sunset hills Cemetery.  Mrs. Kelly 
will remain at the Reigle Funeral Home.  Death followed a long illness.  She 
was born in Postville, Iowa, Aug. 22, 1891, and resided in Flint for the last 
41 years.  Her husband, Frank L. Kelly, preceded her in death June 3, 1957.  
Surviving are: 3 daughters, Mrs. Ruth Wernette of Davison, Mrs. Marguerite 
DeRyke of Tarzana, Calif., Miss Dorothy Kelly at home; 3 sons, Donald of 
Pontiac, Robert of Flint, Earl of Columbus, Ohio; 2 brothers, Wilfred Thiese 
of Flint, Lenard Thiese of Pontiac; 3 sisters, Mrs. Dorothy Fraser of 
California, Mrs. Ruth Plymal of Alabama, Miss Esther Thiese of Flint; 9 
grandchildren; several nieces and nephews.


Additional Comments:
Stella L. Kelly was the oldest child of August Thiese who lived with Stella 
and husband Frank off and on from 1936-1950. She graduated from Alexandria 
High School in Alexandrian South Dakota where she played girls basketball in 
1909.  She attended the Grand Island Business College in Grand Island Nebraska 
where she was on the girls basketball team and was active in school plays.  
She meet her husband Frank L. Kelly in Chamberlain, South Dakota, as he rode 
up main street on horseback packing a six shooter on his hip.  In 1914 she was 
photographed with Frank Kelly and her family on American Island in 
Chamberlain.  A year later in 1915 she married Frank Kelly and they began 
there journey to Michigan. She reportedly made sandwiches for the 1937 sit 
down strikers in Flint.  She served on the Flint ration board during World War 
II.  Stella and her husband Frank were very active in sports in the Flint 
area. Two of her sons (Don and Earl) were All Saginaw Valley first team and 
class A all state in basketball for Flint Northern.

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