KELLY, Leo W. (died 1953)

KELLY, GIESER

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 7/3/2009 at 22:43:24

OSAGE, IOWA -- Funeral services for Leo W. Kelly, 60, World War I veteran who died Friday at the Veteran's Hospital at Des Moines, were incomplete Saturday. Death was unexpected, from a coronary attack. The body is at the Champion Funeral Home.

Survivors include the widow, three sons, Leo J., of Los Angeles, Calif.; Bernard W., Cedar Falls; and James P. of Osage; a daughter, Mrs. George Gieser, of Wallace, Idaho; four grandchidlren, three brothers and four sisters.

Mr. Kelly served as a Marine in the first World War, being overseas for two years. He had been a resident of Osage since 1931, formerly living at new Haven, Lincoln, Nebraska, Waterloo, and Charles City.

(Mason City Globe-Gazette, Sat., Jan. 17, 1953)