Gentry county Missouri, Obituaries: Elizabeth A. Kelly Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm Submitted by: Don Raymond The Stanberry Headlight; Gentry County Missouri; Thursday, December 6, 1951; page 3: Sunday Rites For Mrs. John Kelly: Native of Prussia Died Friday at a St. Joseph Hospital; Succumbs at the Age of 74: Mrs. Elizabeth A. Kelly, widow of John W. Kelly, engineer at the city pumping station here in an early day, died Friday afternoon at the Missouri Methodist hospital at St. Joseph, where she had been a patient for about 10 days. Mrs. Kelly who was 74 years old, had lived in Stanberry the past three years and had been a resident of Stanberry and Gentry county at other times. She was born in East Prussia, Germany, Jan. 29, 1877, the daughter of Martin and Henrietta Rudat Motzkus. At the age of four years she came with her parents to the United Stateds and they settled and lived for several years at Kansas City. The family also lived in Nebraska. In her early life she was a welfare worker on Indian reservations. She worked for several years near Ponca City, Okla., and later at Phoenix, Ariz. While working at Phoenix, she was married to Mr. Kelly on Jan. 1, 1905 and both continued their work with the Indians for several years. During their married life they lived in Stanberry, on a farm near McCurry, at Council Bluffs, Ia., and a West Plains, Mo. About three years ago they returned to Stanberry from West Plains and his death occurred here Oct. 12, 1948. She had been a member of the Methodist church for many years. Surviviing are two brothers, Fred Motzkus and Frank Motzkus, both of Stanberry. Funeral services were held for her Sunday afternoon at the Phillips chapel, conducted by the Rev. Chas. R. Hagee. Burial was in the High Ridge cemetery.