Edith Mary (Robey) Kelly - 1873-1949

ROBEY, DUNN, KELLY, MCCLINTOCK, BLOXHAM, REEVE

Posted By: Connie Ellis (email)
Date: 1/31/2011 at 16:11:46

SOURCE: Waukon, Iowa newspaper April 28, 1949
Contributor: Connie Ellis (Kelly/Robey researcher)

Funeral services for Mrs. Orange"Orrie" B. Kelly, age 76, were held Monday at the Rossville Presbyterian Church, conducted by the Rev. A. H. Grossheim. Burial followed in the Oakland Cemetery in Waukon, Iowa. Pallbearers were John Rumph, Reuben Frink, Howard Theis, Cullen Henderson, Elmer White, and Harley Leas.

Edith Mary, "Edie", had spent her life in Allamakee County, Iowa. She was the daughter of Calvin Augustus and Isabelle (Dunn) Robey, early settlers in Paint Creek Township, Allamakee County, Iowa in the area of Big Foot, where she was born January 10, 1873. She died at the home of her son Clinton L. Kelly, rural Rossville, Iowa following a lingering illness.

On December 28, 1892 Edith Mary Robey and Ora B. Kelly were united in marriage by the late Rev. R. L. Van Nice. Mr. Kelly died June 1, 1945 at their home in Waukon, Iowa.

In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by her 5 sisters, Ella McClintock, Angie Kelly, Carrie May Robey, Hallie Mable Robey, Edna Claire Robey; and 2 brothers, Harry Edgar Robey and William Dudley Robey.

Surviving are 3 children; Mrs. Lee (Sadie Belle) Bloxham of Hay Springs, Nebraska, Merwyn R. Kelly and Clinton L. Kelly, both of Rossville, Iowa; 1 sister,Mrs. Shirley (Bertha Gertrude) Reeve of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; 2 brothers, Bertram LeRoy Robey of Minneapolis, Minnesota and Ray C. Robey of Rossville, Iowa; 7 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.