Genesee County MI Archives Obituaries.....Kelly, Mary April 22, 1943 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Kelly Wernette http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00030.html#0007483 March 26, 2012, 12:15 am The Brainerd Daily Dispatch, Brainerd, Minnesota. April 22, 1943 (Mother of Frank L. Kelly of Flint, Michigan) Mrs. Mary Kelly Dies at Home of Daughter Today Mrs. Mary Kelly, 77, died early this morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Joe Wise, 710 South Seventh Street. Mrs. Kelly was born April 5, 1866, in the Ft. Recovery, Ohio. She had resided in Brainerd here from Perham where she had lived most of her life. Her husband had preceded her in death in 1933. Surviving are three sons, Corp. George J. Kelly of the U. S. Army, Joe Kelly of Ontario, Calif., and Frank Kelly of Flint, Michigan.; two daughters, Mrs. Cecilia Carlson of Des Moines, Ia., and Mrs. Joe Wise of Brainerd; two sisters, Mrs. Frank J. Wise of Brainerd and Mrs. Fred Vogel of Tacoma, Wash., one brother, Leo Foltz of Perham. Funeral services will be held at the St. Francis Catholic church and interment will be in the Evergreen cemetery. The time of the services will be announced later. The body will lie in state at the Hoenig chapel. Additional Comments: Mrs. Mary Kelly was the daughter of John and Magdalena Foltz of Rush Lake, Minnesota. John was one of the earliest settlers and a Foltz built the first cabin in Ottertail County. The family made the trek to Minnesota in the famous "Trail of Tears" by boat and oxcart from Ft. Recovery, Ohio. Mary’s mom was also named Magdalena and therefore she decided to use the name Mary when she married John F. Kelly in The John F. Kelly Family 1. John F. Kelly, Born October 17, 1857, Cincinnati, Ohio. Died December 30, 1933, Duluth, Minnesota. Married Magdalena (Mary) Foltz, 1885, Rush Lake, Minnesota. Buried Evergreen Cemetery, Brainerd, Minnesota. Death certificate says John was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. Born October 15, 1869. John was possibly a Civil War orphan according to family lore. No person, including himself, knew the exact date of his birth, place of birth, or parents names. John put Cincinnati Ohio down on many census reports so I used that one. However, his date of birth changed from census to census? For parents names he always put question marks. Question marks appear on death certificate as well. However, he is connected somehow to the Foltz, Doll, and Wise families of Minnesota and Fort Recovery Ohio. John is the family mystery man. 2. Mary (Magdalena) M. Kelly, Born 1866, Fort Recovery, Ohio. Died April 26, 1943, Crow Wing County, Minnesota, (Brainerd) Buried Evergreen Cemetery, Brainerd, Minn. 3. Francis Rose Kelly. Born 1866, Rush Lake, Minnesota. Died August 27, 1953, Crow Wing County, Minnesota, (Brainerd). Married Joseph P. Wise, 1906. 4. Joseph George Kelley, Born March 2, 1890, Rush Lake, Minnesota. Died March 6, 1954, San Bernardino, California. (lived: Ontario California) Married Orpha Kelly, South Dakota, est. time 1919. California death records shows name as Kelley. Wife Orpha (Alvina) Kelley died on September 5, 1980, San Bernardino, California. Joe Kelley was the only family member to spell his name with the e in Kelley. 5. **Frank Leopold Kelly, Born December 16, 1893, Rush Lake, Minnesota. Died June 3, 1957, Flint, Michigan. Married Stella Louise Thiese (Kelly) August 26, 1915, Yankton, South Dakota. 6. Cecilia Mary Kelly. Born 1896, Rush Lake , Minnesota. Died 1979. Des Moines, Iowa. Married George Carlson. 7. George James Kelly. Born 1908, Aitkin, Minnesota. Died? Perhaps Florida. Wife Dorothy from Aitkin, Minnesota. **Frank Leopold Kelly is my grandfather. My mother Ruth Elaine Kelly was Franks youngest daughter. Kelly D. Wernette: kellywernette@yahoo.com The Frank Leopold Kelly Family 1. Frank Leopold Kelly, Born December 16, 1893, Rush Lake, Minnesota. Died June 3, 1957, Flint, Michigan. Married Stella Louise Thiese (Kelly) August 26, 1915, Yankton, South Dakota. 2. Stella Louise (Thiese) Kelly. Born August 22, 1891, Postville, Iowa. Died May 19, 1958, Flint, Michigan. 3. James Lewis Kelly, Born April 3, 1918, Flint, Michigan. Died July 22, 1951, Flint, Michigan. Married Sue Pennington/California. 4. Dorothy Magdalena Kelly. Born December 4, 1919, Flint, Michigan. As of 2012 92 years old. Living at the Elizabeth House in Clio, Michigan. 5. Earl Francis Kelly, Born March 26, 1921, Flint, Michigan. Died September 5, 1996, Dayton, Ohio. (Kettering) Married Esther Evans (Kelly) in 1943 (Ohio). Esther Kelly died on February 19, 2012 near Kettering Ohio. 6. Marguerite Kelly. Born September 30, 1922, Flint, Michigan. Died….Flint, Michigan. Married Daryl DeRyk, Tarzana, California. Died October 6, 2003, Burton, Michigan. (near Flint, Mi) 7. Frank Robert Kelly (Bob). Born November 22, 1923, Flint, Michigan. Married Edith? 8. Ruth Elaine Kelly (Wernette). Born December 31, 1925, flint, Michigan. Died December 21, 2008, Lake Havasu City, Arizona. Married George Wernette August 16, 1949, Flint, Michigan. Previous marriage; James Oliver Diamond; married October 2, 1946 in Lucas County, Ohio. Justice of the Peace#161281; Divorced James Oliver Diamond on September 30, 1947. One child; Kelly Diamond Wernette; born 08/23/1947. 9. Donald Eugene Kelly. Born August 31, 1927, Flint, Michigan. Died October 25, 1991, Waterford, Michigan. Married Betty Failing on June 12, 1948, Flint, Michigan. Betty (Failing) Kelly died October 29, 2004, Waterford, Michigan. Don and Betty Kelly adopted 6 Children. 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