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Janna S. (Rolie) Kelly - 1892-1987

ROLIE, JOHNSRUD, KELLY

Posted By: Connie Ellis (email)
Date: 3/29/2011 at 14:28:46

SOURCE: Waukon, Iowa WAUKON DEMOCRAT, July 23, 1987
Contributor: Connie Ellis (Not related)

Janna S. Kelly, age 94, of Waukon, Iowa died Thursday, July 16, 1987 at the Good Samaritan Center in Waukon, Iowa. Services were held Tuesday morning, July 21 at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, at Minneapolis, Minnesota. Burial was in the Ft. Snelling National Cemetery and the Rev. Ronald Johnson officiated. Martin Funeral Home, Waukon and McDivitt-Hauge Funeral Home of Minneapolis, Minnesota were in charge of arrangements.

Janna was born November 18, 1892 in Renville County, Minnesota to Carl and Anne (Johnsrud) Rolie. She was a country school teacher in Minnesota during World War I and was a grocery store clerk in Brookings, South Dakota. On May 20, 1917 she married Gilbert J. Kelly in Sacred Heart, Minnesota. She was widowed December 15, 1961. She was a Sunday School teacher for many years and was also involved in numerous church activities as a member of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by her brothers, Thorvold Johnsrud, Hans Johnsrud, and Otto Johnsrud and five sisters, Mary, Helen, Clara, Hilda, and Agnes.

She is survived by her two sons, Orrel G. Kelly of Waukon, Iowa and Harlan Kelly of St. Paul, Minnesota; 5 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.


 

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