GRAINOLA - Eva Katherine Kelly, longtime Grainola resident died Sunday afternoon, Sept. 21, 1997, at Windsor Place Nursing Home in Coffeyville, Kan. She was 86.
The funeral will be held graveside at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Cedar Vale (Kan.) Cemetery with the Rev. Dennis Jones of Shidler officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of Graves Funeral Home, Coffeyville, Kan. Friends may visit at the funeral home until 9 p.m. today and Wednesday from 8 a.m. to noon.
Eva Katherine (Jackson) Kelly was born July 31, 1911, in Fairgrove, Mo., the daughter of William Wesley and Loma May (Bingaman) Jackson. She grew up and attended school in Grainola.
On June 30, 1930, she married Elmer Lee Kelly in Perry and the couple established their home in the Grainola area, where they lived and ranched their entire married lives. Mrs. Kelly was a homemaker. She was a member of the Grainola United Methodist Church and the Grainola Homemakers Unit. She was also active in establishing and maintaining the Grainola Senior Citizens Center.
Survivors include her husband, Elmer, of the home; four sons, Charles and Paul both of Grainola, Eugene of Severy, Kan., and Carl of Hewins, Kan.; two brothers, Howard Jackson of Grainola and Delmar Jackson of Ardmore; two sisters, Annie Stevens of Springfield, Mo., and Mary Yelton of Borger, Texas; 11 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by one son Robert; her parents; one sister, Nellie Gammon; and five brothers, Orval, Needham, Lester, Clyde, and Loren Jackson.
Memorial contributions may be made in Mrs. Kelly's name to the Grainola United Methodist Church, Grainola, OK 74652.
From The Pages Of The Ponca City News, Tuesday, September 23, 1997
Obituary provided by Jim L Nelson
GRAINOLA - Eva Katherine Kelly, longtime Grainola resident died Sunday afternoon, Sept. 21, 1997, at Windsor Place Nursing Home in Coffeyville, Kan. She was 86.
The funeral will be held graveside at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Cedar Vale (Kan.) Cemetery with the Rev. Dennis Jones of Shidler officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of Graves Funeral Home, Coffeyville, Kan. Friends may visit at the funeral home until 9 p.m. today and Wednesday from 8 a.m. to noon.
Eva Katherine (Jackson) Kelly was born July 31, 1911, in Fairgrove, Mo., the daughter of William Wesley and Loma May (Bingaman) Jackson. She grew up and attended school in Grainola.
On June 30, 1930, she married Elmer Lee Kelly in Perry and the couple established their home in the Grainola area, where they lived and ranched their entire married lives. Mrs. Kelly was a homemaker. She was a member of the Grainola United Methodist Church and the Grainola Homemakers Unit. She was also active in establishing and maintaining the Grainola Senior Citizens Center.
Survivors include her husband, Elmer, of the home; four sons, Charles and Paul both of Grainola, Eugene of Severy, Kan., and Carl of Hewins, Kan.; two brothers, Howard Jackson of Grainola and Delmar Jackson of Ardmore; two sisters, Annie Stevens of Springfield, Mo., and Mary Yelton of Borger, Texas; 11 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by one son Robert; her parents; one sister, Nellie Gammon; and five brothers, Orval, Needham, Lester, Clyde, and Loren Jackson.
Memorial contributions may be made in Mrs. Kelly's name to the Grainola United Methodist Church, Grainola, OK 74652.
From The Pages Of The Ponca City News, Tuesday, September 23, 1997
Obituary provided by Jim L Nelson
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