Kelso, Mert Laverne 1922-2000

KELSO, BAINBRIDGE, SPIES

Posted By: Linda Ziemann, Volunteer (email)
Date: 8/9/2008 at 12:31:28

NAME OF DECEASED & AGE: Mert Laverne Kelso, 77, of Hinton
CAUSE OF DEATH: following a brief illness
DATE of DEATH: Saturday, Aug. 12, 2000
PLACE of DEATH: at a Sioux City hospital
DATE of BIRTH: Dec. 17, 1922
PLACE of BIRTH: Kingsley, Iowa
PARENTS: son of Mert S. and Bertha (Bainbridge) Kelso
SPOUSE & DATE & PLACE of 1st MARRIAGE: Geraldine Spies, July 24, 1945, at Melbourne EUB Church
SPOUSE & DATE & PLACE of 2nd MARRIAGE:
OCCUPATION: He lived in the Madison, S.D., area until entering the U.S. Navy. He served in the Navy from 1940 to 1945. After his discharge, he moved to Hinton. He retired from Sue Bee Honey after 20 years of service. After retirement he drove limousine for Jones Eye Clinic.
SURVIVORS: his wife; a daughter, Kathy and her husband Danny Beck of Hinton; three grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
PRECEDED in DEATH by: his parents and a sister, Lavonne Bakken.
PLACE of BURIAL: Melbourne Cemetery, rural Hinton, Iowa
NEWSPAPER SOURCE & DATE: The Sioux City Journal

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