OBITUARY1, The Sioux Valley News, 17 June 1909, page 8: John W. Kelley of Willow Lake, South Dakota, died last week in a Minneapolis hospital, failing to rally from a surgical operation. Mr. Kelley was formerly Mayor of Cushing and lived in this section of the country for nearly twenty-five years. He was held in high esteem by the people of this community.
OBITUARY2, Death of J. W. Kelley
Another Old Soldier Answers to Final Roll Call
The subject of this sketch was born in Trumbull county Ohio, October 9, 1841, and died at a hospital in Minneapolis June 4, 1909. When a young lad he removed with his parents to Wisconsin, where he grew to manhood. When the first call for volunteers was issued for the civil war, he was among the first to respond, enlisting in the Seventh Wisconsin battery and served his country nearly four years. He took part in six engagements during that time, was taken prisoner at Humbolt, Tenn., was paroled and in the parole camp at St. Louis for nine months, was exchanged and served until the end of the war.
In 1868 he was united in marriage to Miss Rhoda M. Coon, who with five children, Thomas Kelley of Onida, Herbert E. Kelley, Mrs. W. L. Sparks and Mrs. S.A. Megaffee, of Giddings, and Miss Minnie Kelley, of this place, survive him. In 1878 he removed from Wisconsin to Iowa where he resided until 1899 when he came to DeSmet and afterwards to Willow Lake. For a number of years he was engaged in the general merchandise business at this place, but about a year ago failing health compelled him to retire from the business.
Deceased has always been an active and energetic man, both physically and mentally, giving liberally of his time, labor and sympathy in homes of sickness and distress. His helping hand was always ready to uplift the fallen or assist the needy. In religion he developed the habit of weighing things in balance of reason discarding that which did not seem to harmonize with the Creator's plan in the big book of nature. He believed in doing good for the sake of humanity and not in the fear of another vengeance of a higher power.
Sunday afternoon at two o'clock the sad cortege left the house, headed by old soldiers carrying a large flag at half mast and followed by members of the K of P lodge, of which he was a member, and marched to the Congregational Church where impressive funeral services were conducted by Rev. Frank Mitchell. The remains were laid to rest in the Willow Lake Cemetery in a tomb tastily decorated with the national colors which he loved so well, and as clods fell upon the new made grave, the nation's flag was dipped three times in honor of the departed comrade. The Knights of Pythias also held impressive services at the grave, each knight depositing a sprig of evergreen upon brier as an outward semblance that the memory of their departed brother should never fade.
OBITUARY2, Death of J. W. Kelley
Another Old Soldier Answers to Final Roll Call
The subject of this sketch was born in Trumbull county Ohio, October 9, 1841, and died at a hospital in Minneapolis June 4, 1909. When a young lad he removed with his parents to Wisconsin, where he grew to manhood. When the first call for volunteers was issued for the civil war, he was among the first to respond, enlisting in the Seventh Wisconsin battery and served his country nearly four years. He took part in six engagements during that time, was taken prisoner at Humbolt, Tenn., was paroled and in the parole camp at St. Louis for nine months, was exchanged and served until the end of the war.
In 1868 he was united in marriage to Miss Rhoda M. Coon, who with five children, Thomas Kelley of Onida, Herbert E. Kelley, Mrs. W. L. Sparks and Mrs. S.A. Megaffee, of Giddings, and Miss Minnie Kelley, of this place, survive him. In 1878 he removed from Wisconsin to Iowa where he resided until 1899 when he came to DeSmet and afterwards to Willow Lake. For a number of years he was engaged in the general merchandise business at this place, but about a year ago failing health compelled him to retire from the business.
Deceased has always been an active and energetic man, both physically and mentally, giving liberally of his time, labor and sympathy in homes of sickness and distress. His helping hand was always ready to uplift the fallen or assist the needy. In religion he developed the habit of weighing things in balance of reason discarding that which did not seem to harmonize with the Creator's plan in the big book of nature. He believed in doing good for the sake of humanity and not in the fear of another vengeance of a higher power.
Sunday afternoon at two o'clock the sad cortege left the house, headed by old soldiers carrying a large flag at half mast and followed by members of the K of P lodge, of which he was a member, and marched to the Congregational Church where impressive funeral services were conducted by Rev. Frank Mitchell. The remains were laid to rest in the Willow Lake Cemetery in a tomb tastily decorated with the national colors which he loved so well, and as clods fell upon the new made grave, the nation's flag was dipped three times in honor of the departed comrade. The Knights of Pythias also held impressive services at the grave, each knight depositing a sprig of evergreen upon brier as an outward semblance that the memory of their departed brother should never fade.
OBITUARY1, The Sioux Valley News, 17 June 1909, page 8: John W. Kelley of Willow Lake, South Dakota, died last week in a Minneapolis hospital, failing to rally from a surgical operation. Mr. Kelley was formerly Mayor of Cushing and lived in this section of the country for nearly twenty-five years. He was held in high esteem by the people of this community.
OBITUARY2, Death of J. W. Kelley
Another Old Soldier Answers to Final Roll Call
The subject of this sketch was born in Trumbull county Ohio, October 9, 1841, and died at a hospital in Minneapolis June 4, 1909. When a young lad he removed with his parents to Wisconsin, where he grew to manhood. When the first call for volunteers was issued for the civil war, he was among the first to respond, enlisting in the Seventh Wisconsin battery and served his country nearly four years. He took part in six engagements during that time, was taken prisoner at Humbolt, Tenn., was paroled and in the parole camp at St. Louis for nine months, was exchanged and served until the end of the war.
In 1868 he was united in marriage to Miss Rhoda M. Coon, who with five children, Thomas Kelley of Onida, Herbert E. Kelley, Mrs. W. L. Sparks and Mrs. S.A. Megaffee, of Giddings, and Miss Minnie Kelley, of this place, survive him. In 1878 he removed from Wisconsin to Iowa where he resided until 1899 when he came to DeSmet and afterwards to Willow Lake. For a number of years he was engaged in the general merchandise business at this place, but about a year ago failing health compelled him to retire from the business.
Deceased has always been an active and energetic man, both physically and mentally, giving liberally of his time, labor and sympathy in homes of sickness and distress. His helping hand was always ready to uplift the fallen or assist the needy. In religion he developed the habit of weighing things in balance of reason discarding that which did not seem to harmonize with the Creator's plan in the big book of nature. He believed in doing good for the sake of humanity and not in the fear of another vengeance of a higher power.
Sunday afternoon at two o'clock the sad cortege left the house, headed by old soldiers carrying a large flag at half mast and followed by members of the K of P lodge, of which he was a member, and marched to the Congregational Church where impressive funeral services were conducted by Rev. Frank Mitchell. The remains were laid to rest in the Willow Lake Cemetery in a tomb tastily decorated with the national colors which he loved so well, and as clods fell upon the new made grave, the nation's flag was dipped three times in honor of the departed comrade. The Knights of Pythias also held impressive services at the grave, each knight depositing a sprig of evergreen upon brier as an outward semblance that the memory of their departed brother should never fade.
OBITUARY2, Death of J. W. Kelley
Another Old Soldier Answers to Final Roll Call
The subject of this sketch was born in Trumbull county Ohio, October 9, 1841, and died at a hospital in Minneapolis June 4, 1909. When a young lad he removed with his parents to Wisconsin, where he grew to manhood. When the first call for volunteers was issued for the civil war, he was among the first to respond, enlisting in the Seventh Wisconsin battery and served his country nearly four years. He took part in six engagements during that time, was taken prisoner at Humbolt, Tenn., was paroled and in the parole camp at St. Louis for nine months, was exchanged and served until the end of the war.
In 1868 he was united in marriage to Miss Rhoda M. Coon, who with five children, Thomas Kelley of Onida, Herbert E. Kelley, Mrs. W. L. Sparks and Mrs. S.A. Megaffee, of Giddings, and Miss Minnie Kelley, of this place, survive him. In 1878 he removed from Wisconsin to Iowa where he resided until 1899 when he came to DeSmet and afterwards to Willow Lake. For a number of years he was engaged in the general merchandise business at this place, but about a year ago failing health compelled him to retire from the business.
Deceased has always been an active and energetic man, both physically and mentally, giving liberally of his time, labor and sympathy in homes of sickness and distress. His helping hand was always ready to uplift the fallen or assist the needy. In religion he developed the habit of weighing things in balance of reason discarding that which did not seem to harmonize with the Creator's plan in the big book of nature. He believed in doing good for the sake of humanity and not in the fear of another vengeance of a higher power.
Sunday afternoon at two o'clock the sad cortege left the house, headed by old soldiers carrying a large flag at half mast and followed by members of the K of P lodge, of which he was a member, and marched to the Congregational Church where impressive funeral services were conducted by Rev. Frank Mitchell. The remains were laid to rest in the Willow Lake Cemetery in a tomb tastily decorated with the national colors which he loved so well, and as clods fell upon the new made grave, the nation's flag was dipped three times in honor of the departed comrade. The Knights of Pythias also held impressive services at the grave, each knight depositing a sprig of evergreen upon brier as an outward semblance that the memory of their departed brother should never fade.
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