OBIT: Kelly Jean O'BRIEN, 2008, of interest in Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed and proofread by Barry and Betty Christy. jhurl@meyersdalelibrary.org Copyright 2010. All rights reserved. http: //www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ ----------------------------------------------- O'BRIEN, Kelly Jean 05/05/08 Daily American Kelly Jean O'Brien, an international media relations expert, died April 28, in New York City. She was 37. The cause was a brain aneurysm. She was Director of Communications for the Americas for SWIFT, a global provider of secure financial services with offices worldwide. Prior to her position with SWIFT, she was vice president for Intermarket Communications in New York, and had been marketing director for SunGard in London. Educated at Haverford College and Rockwood Area Schools, she was born Dec. 13, 1970, in McKeesport. She is survived by her husband, Ben Auld of Brooklyn, N.Y.; her mother, Sandy Nicholson, Rockwood; her father, Jeff O'Brien, Kingwood; her brother, Chad O'Brien, Kings Mountain and his wife, Molly and their children, Joe and Kelsey; maternal grandmother, Priscilla Lopez, McKeesport; paternal grandmother, Mildred Satterlee, Somerset; and aunts, uncles and cousins. A memorial service will be held in New York at a date to be determined. Donations may be made in Kelly's name to the Kingwood Church of God, 119 Humbert Road, Markleton, PA 15551, or to the Somerset County Humane Society, 204 Whitetail Road, Somerset, PA 15501.