Joe Kelley Class 1941
Branch of
service U S Army
Rank
Entered service 2/18/1943
Discharged 10/19/1945
Birth 11/24/1922
Died 6/16/2009
Buried Park Heights Cemetery Sec D Lot 35, Brunswick, MD
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Eurpeon Africa Asia |
WW2 Vctory |
Mr.
Joe Kelley Class 1941
As originally published on Thursday, June 18, 2009.
Mr. Joe Benjamin Kelley, 86, of
Middletown
, passed away Tuesday, June 16, 2009, at Vindabona Nursing Home. He was 86
years old.
He was
predeceased by his wife, Aileen Michael Kelley in August 2006; one brother,
Hewes Davis Kelley (Pat) and his wife, Miriam; and one nephew, Jay Patrick
Kelley.
Born Nov. 24, 1922, in
Brunswick
, he was the son of the late Hewes Patrick Kelley and Mary Amanda Kelley. He
was a graduate of the
Old
Brunswick
High School
, Class of 1941. He was married to Aileen in July 1943 and remained married for
63 years, devotedly caring for his wife after her stroke.
He retired from
the B & O and Chessie Railroad System with 41 years of service from
September of 1941 to November of 1982. He was a veteran of World War II serving
in the Army from Feb. 18, 1943 to Oct. 19, 1945 and was honored with the Purple
Heart Commendation for the
Battle
of the Bulge. He was a member of the New Hope United Methodist Church of
Greater Brunswick.
He loved working
in his shop, drawing and printing, flying his airplane, reading, and spending
time with his family. He was a simple, quiet man, a devoted husband, cherished
father and grandfather. He is survived by
his only son, Michael Hewes Kelley of Jefferson and his wife, Susan Poole
Kelley; two granddaughters, Tracey Kelley Franklin and husband, Michael
Franklin, of Middletown, and Tina Kelley Bennett and husband, John Bennett, of
Frederick; two great-granddaughters, Kaylee Marie Franklin and Danica Rae
Bennett; one sister-in-law, Eloise Summers of Berryville, Va.; one niece, Sandra
Baker and husband, Maniel, of Berryville, Va.; great-nephews and -nieces, Scott
and Chad Baker of Va., Jacob Hewes Kelley, Jessica Kelley Dankmeyer and Laura
Elizabeth Kelley of Hagerstown; and very dear friends and neighbor, Mr. and Mrs.
Merle Guyton of Middletown.
A private viewing
and funeral services will be arranged by Stauffer Funeral Home,
Brunswick
.
Internment will be in the
Park
Heights
Cemetery
,
Brunswick