Patrick Kelly d. 1963

KELLY, CARNEY, LAWMAN, BAUMUNK

Posted By: Volunteer
Date: 12/28/2007 at 17:46:00

Emmetsburg Reporter; Emmetsburg, Palo Alto, Iowa; Tuesday, February 5, 1963

Patrick F. Kelly Rites Pending at Martin’s

Word was received in Emmetsburg Friday of the unexpected death of Sergeant Patrick F. Kelly, 23, who was stationed with the army in Germany. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Kelly of Emmetsburg.

Sgt. Kelly was a graduate of Emmetsburg Catholic High school, class of 1958. He attended Emmetsburg Community College for two years and entered the service in 1960.

Funeral services are pending at Martin funeral home in Emmetsburg.

Sgt. Kelly is survived by five brothers and three sisters including James L. of Cedar Falls, Donald W. of Waterloo, David A. of Ida Grove, Raymond F. of Spearfish, S. D., Joseph P. of Emmetsburg, Mrs. Mark Carney of Storm Lake, Mrs. Joe Lawman of Emmetsburg and Mrs. John Bamunk of Almeda, Calif.
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Emmetsburg Reporter; Emmetsburg, Palo Alto, Iowa; Tuesday, February 12, 1963

Patrick Kelly Services to Be Held Saturday

Funeral services for Sgt. Patrick F. Kelly, 23-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Kelly of Emmetsburg, will be held Saturday morning at 1030 o'clock at Assumption Church with the Rt. Rev. Msgr. W. F. Mason officiating.

The rosary will be recited at the Martin Funeral Home Thursday and Friday evenings at eight o'clock. Burial will be in St. John's cemetery.

It has been learned Sgt. Kelly died of injuries received in a fall when he slipped and his head struck the pavement in Germany, where he had been stationed. The name of the base was not immediately revealed.

He was with two companions at the time of the tragedy. He was taken to a hospital where he died later. This information was obtained from a fellow GIs of Emmetsburg, Pfc. William Murphy, who sent a letter to his mother with a clipping about Pat's death.

"I was shocked," he wrote his mother, "to read of what happened to Pat."

Bill is stationed at an undisclosed army base near Bomberg, Germany, which is only 40 miles from the Iron Curtain. The clipping was from an army newspaper.

Martin's was notified the body arrived in New York City Saturday with Sgt. E5 Bart T. Mitchell as escort. It will arrive in Albert Lea, Minnesota, by rail Wednesday afternoon and be brought here by Martin's. Sgt. Mitchell will accompany the body here