Alice (Weeks) Kelley

KELLEY, WEEKS, BROWN, RICHARDSON, LEE, SIMONSON

Posted By: Tamara Jorstad (email)
Date: 11/6/2004 at 10:42:42

From the Ames Daily Tribue (Ames, Iowa), Saturday, March 17, 1945:

Slater
Funeral Rites for Mrs. Alice Kelley

Funeral services for Mrs. Alice Kelley, better remembered as Alice Weeks, were held last Saturday at 2 p.m. from the Bethlehem church at Slater with Rev. P. E. Onstad in charge. There were brief services at the home of a sister, Mr. and Mrs. O. M. Brown, with scripture reading, prayer and a song by the pastor.

The service at the church began with the singing of a hymn, "Jesus Lover of My Soul," sung by the audience. Pastor Onstad read the obituary and led in devotions, after which he sang a solo, "I Know of a Sleep in Jesus." The funeral sermon followed. In closing Mrs. A. L. Peterson and Mrs. M. S. Heggen sang a duet, "Jesus Cares."

There were some beautiful floral remembrances from relatives and friends. Also gifts to the mission and other activities in memory of the deceased. The pallbearers were all nephews of Mrs. Kelley. They included four Richardson brothers, Thomas, Richard, Elmer and Martin; Thomas Lee of Cambridge and Irvin Simonson of Madrid.

The deceasd was 59 years old. While always in good health, she died after a two day illness and following an operation. Her's was the second death in a family of ten children, Henry Weeks being the first one. Their parents were Mr. and Mrs. Torres Weeks, pioneers now dead.