Stella L. Kelly
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.
Submitted by: Kelly Wernette, March 2012