Obituary:
Kernersville News Journal
February 3, 2018
Marcia Ann Kelley
June 28, 1926 - January 31, 2018
Marcia Ann Kelley was born June 28, 1926 to William Denison Kelley and Florence Brooks Kelley in Bluefield, West Virginia. She graduated from Chestnut Hill College and entered the Salesians of Don Bosco where she remained for 20 years. She received her Masters Degree in Physics from Boston College. After leaving the Salesians of Don Bosco, she taught in high schools and community college as a lay person for the next 20 years. Upon retirement, Marcia volunteered with Father Wasson's orphans, known as Neustros Pequenos Hermanos (Our Little Brothers and Sisters) with orphanages in Mexico, Honduras, Haiti, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Guatemala. She accompanied Father Wasson to some of these countries and resided in Guatemala for several years teaching computer skills to orphans.
Marcia is preceded in death by her parents, William Denison Kelley, Sr., and Florence Evans Brooks. Also preceding her in death are her brother, William Denison Kelley, Jr., and sister Virginia Kelley.
Survivors include her brother Don Kelley, Warminster, PA, sister Pat Kelley Henderson, Kernersville, NC, Margaret Bittinger, Lewisburg, WV, and many nieces and nephews. Marcia loved helping others and adored pets of all kinds. She felt happiest when working with the NPH orphanage. She lived an honorable and charitable life.
A prayer service was said with her family on Saturday, February 3, 2018 at Pierce-Jefferson Funeral Home in Kernersville, NC. Even in her death Marcia continues to help others, as she requested for her body to be donated to Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center for research and education.
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Marcia taught math and physics at Mary Help of Christians Academy in North Haledon, New Jersey from 1948 to 1953, at Pius X High School in Roseto, Pennsylvania from 1953 to 1958, and again at Mary Help of Christians Academy from 1958 to 1967.
After leaving the Salesians Order in 1968, Marcia taught math and physics at Grafton High School in Grafton, Wisconsin from 1968 to 1970, Bellair High School in Bellair, Ohio from 1970 to 1972, Johnstown High School in Johnstown, Ohio from 1972 to 1979, and Haywood Community College in Clyde, North Carolina from 1981 to 1991.
Marcia volunteered for NPH, Father Wasson's orphans known as Neustros Pequenos Hermanos, from 1991 to 2002. She taught ESL and computer classess at Yavapai College while in Yarnell. Marcia was also an administrator of NPH Yarnell and set up a Leadership Training Center there.
Kernersville News Journal
February 3, 2018
Marcia Ann Kelley
June 28, 1926 - January 31, 2018
Marcia Ann Kelley was born June 28, 1926 to William Denison Kelley and Florence Brooks Kelley in Bluefield, West Virginia. She graduated from Chestnut Hill College and entered the Salesians of Don Bosco where she remained for 20 years. She received her Masters Degree in Physics from Boston College. After leaving the Salesians of Don Bosco, she taught in high schools and community college as a lay person for the next 20 years. Upon retirement, Marcia volunteered with Father Wasson's orphans, known as Neustros Pequenos Hermanos (Our Little Brothers and Sisters) with orphanages in Mexico, Honduras, Haiti, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Guatemala. She accompanied Father Wasson to some of these countries and resided in Guatemala for several years teaching computer skills to orphans.
Marcia is preceded in death by her parents, William Denison Kelley, Sr., and Florence Evans Brooks. Also preceding her in death are her brother, William Denison Kelley, Jr., and sister Virginia Kelley.
Survivors include her brother Don Kelley, Warminster, PA, sister Pat Kelley Henderson, Kernersville, NC, Margaret Bittinger, Lewisburg, WV, and many nieces and nephews. Marcia loved helping others and adored pets of all kinds. She felt happiest when working with the NPH orphanage. She lived an honorable and charitable life.
A prayer service was said with her family on Saturday, February 3, 2018 at Pierce-Jefferson Funeral Home in Kernersville, NC. Even in her death Marcia continues to help others, as she requested for her body to be donated to Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center for research and education.
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Marcia taught math and physics at Mary Help of Christians Academy in North Haledon, New Jersey from 1948 to 1953, at Pius X High School in Roseto, Pennsylvania from 1953 to 1958, and again at Mary Help of Christians Academy from 1958 to 1967.
After leaving the Salesians Order in 1968, Marcia taught math and physics at Grafton High School in Grafton, Wisconsin from 1968 to 1970, Bellair High School in Bellair, Ohio from 1970 to 1972, Johnstown High School in Johnstown, Ohio from 1972 to 1979, and Haywood Community College in Clyde, North Carolina from 1981 to 1991.
Marcia volunteered for NPH, Father Wasson's orphans known as Neustros Pequenos Hermanos, from 1991 to 2002. She taught ESL and computer classess at Yavapai College while in Yarnell. Marcia was also an administrator of NPH Yarnell and set up a Leadership Training Center there.
Obituary:
Kernersville News Journal
February 3, 2018
Marcia Ann Kelley
June 28, 1926 - January 31, 2018
Marcia Ann Kelley was born June 28, 1926 to William Denison Kelley and Florence Brooks Kelley in Bluefield, West Virginia. She graduated from Chestnut Hill College and entered the Salesians of Don Bosco where she remained for 20 years. She received her Masters Degree in Physics from Boston College. After leaving the Salesians of Don Bosco, she taught in high schools and community college as a lay person for the next 20 years. Upon retirement, Marcia volunteered with Father Wasson's orphans, known as Neustros Pequenos Hermanos (Our Little Brothers and Sisters) with orphanages in Mexico, Honduras, Haiti, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Guatemala. She accompanied Father Wasson to some of these countries and resided in Guatemala for several years teaching computer skills to orphans.
Marcia is preceded in death by her parents, William Denison Kelley, Sr., and Florence Evans Brooks. Also preceding her in death are her brother, William Denison Kelley, Jr., and sister Virginia Kelley.
Survivors include her brother Don Kelley, Warminster, PA, sister Pat Kelley Henderson, Kernersville, NC, Margaret Bittinger, Lewisburg, WV, and many nieces and nephews. Marcia loved helping others and adored pets of all kinds. She felt happiest when working with the NPH orphanage. She lived an honorable and charitable life.
A prayer service was said with her family on Saturday, February 3, 2018 at Pierce-Jefferson Funeral Home in Kernersville, NC. Even in her death Marcia continues to help others, as she requested for her body to be donated to Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center for research and education.
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Marcia taught math and physics at Mary Help of Christians Academy in North Haledon, New Jersey from 1948 to 1953, at Pius X High School in Roseto, Pennsylvania from 1953 to 1958, and again at Mary Help of Christians Academy from 1958 to 1967.
After leaving the Salesians Order in 1968, Marcia taught math and physics at Grafton High School in Grafton, Wisconsin from 1968 to 1970, Bellair High School in Bellair, Ohio from 1970 to 1972, Johnstown High School in Johnstown, Ohio from 1972 to 1979, and Haywood Community College in Clyde, North Carolina from 1981 to 1991.
Marcia volunteered for NPH, Father Wasson's orphans known as Neustros Pequenos Hermanos, from 1991 to 2002. She taught ESL and computer classess at Yavapai College while in Yarnell. Marcia was also an administrator of NPH Yarnell and set up a Leadership Training Center there.
Kernersville News Journal
February 3, 2018
Marcia Ann Kelley
June 28, 1926 - January 31, 2018
Marcia Ann Kelley was born June 28, 1926 to William Denison Kelley and Florence Brooks Kelley in Bluefield, West Virginia. She graduated from Chestnut Hill College and entered the Salesians of Don Bosco where she remained for 20 years. She received her Masters Degree in Physics from Boston College. After leaving the Salesians of Don Bosco, she taught in high schools and community college as a lay person for the next 20 years. Upon retirement, Marcia volunteered with Father Wasson's orphans, known as Neustros Pequenos Hermanos (Our Little Brothers and Sisters) with orphanages in Mexico, Honduras, Haiti, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Guatemala. She accompanied Father Wasson to some of these countries and resided in Guatemala for several years teaching computer skills to orphans.
Marcia is preceded in death by her parents, William Denison Kelley, Sr., and Florence Evans Brooks. Also preceding her in death are her brother, William Denison Kelley, Jr., and sister Virginia Kelley.
Survivors include her brother Don Kelley, Warminster, PA, sister Pat Kelley Henderson, Kernersville, NC, Margaret Bittinger, Lewisburg, WV, and many nieces and nephews. Marcia loved helping others and adored pets of all kinds. She felt happiest when working with the NPH orphanage. She lived an honorable and charitable life.
A prayer service was said with her family on Saturday, February 3, 2018 at Pierce-Jefferson Funeral Home in Kernersville, NC. Even in her death Marcia continues to help others, as she requested for her body to be donated to Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center for research and education.
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Marcia taught math and physics at Mary Help of Christians Academy in North Haledon, New Jersey from 1948 to 1953, at Pius X High School in Roseto, Pennsylvania from 1953 to 1958, and again at Mary Help of Christians Academy from 1958 to 1967.
After leaving the Salesians Order in 1968, Marcia taught math and physics at Grafton High School in Grafton, Wisconsin from 1968 to 1970, Bellair High School in Bellair, Ohio from 1970 to 1972, Johnstown High School in Johnstown, Ohio from 1972 to 1979, and Haywood Community College in Clyde, North Carolina from 1981 to 1991.
Marcia volunteered for NPH, Father Wasson's orphans known as Neustros Pequenos Hermanos, from 1991 to 2002. She taught ESL and computer classess at Yavapai College while in Yarnell. Marcia was also an administrator of NPH Yarnell and set up a Leadership Training Center there.
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Marcia donated her body to science and plans were made to have her ashes scattered at the family plot when they are returned in 2020.
