Sena (Kjar) KELEHER

KJAR, KELEHER, HACKLEY, SCHLEI, PARSONS, HANUSHEK, SCHOCKOW, MESTAS

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 2/10/2024 at 13:06:51

June 15, 1919 ---- March 13, 2019

Sena Keleher, 99, Pittsford, New York, died March 13, 2019. Interment was at White Haven Memorial Park, Pittsford.

Sena was born June 15, 1919 in Rowan, Iowa to Jens and Margaret Kjar. She attended school in Rowan and graduated from high school there. She attended Waldorf College, and then taught in one-room schools near Rowan. During WWII she worked at the Rock Island Arsenal. Sena married her lifelong friend John Keleher in 1943. Their daughter was born in 1945. After the war they moved to Chicago and worked in the newborn nursery at Memorial Hospital in Berwyn, Illinois. The couple had a wonderful 70-year marriage. They shared a love of their families, sports, animals and many friends. In 2011 they moved from Colorado Springs, their home of 50 years, to Pittsford, to live with their daughter.

Sena was preceded in death by her husband; parents; step-father Alt Hackley; siblings Nels (Lois) Kjar, Elsie (Kermit) Schlei, Ann (Chuck) Parsons and Paul Kjar. She is survived by her daughter Nancy Hanushek; grandchildren Eric Hanushek, Jr. and Megan (Joan Schockow) Hanushek; sister-in-law Elaine Kjar; adopted family Cheryl, Alonzo, Rheanna and Melissa Mestas; and special friend Nancy McGuire. Memorials are suggested to the Humane Society.

Belmond Independent -- Belmond, Iowa
March 19, 2019