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Alta Salina <I>Bankes</I> Kelley

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Alta Salina Bankes Kelley

Birth
Strongs Prairie, Adams County, Wisconsin, USA
Death
21 Feb 1970 (aged 65)
Boscobel, Grant County, Wisconsin, USA
Burial
Bell Center, Crawford County, Wisconsin, USA Add to Map
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HER 1ST MARRIAGE; 5 NOV 1920 TO JOHN E KNAUS PRODUCED 3 CH; ELMER H, AURELIA J & JEAN ZELDA.
HER 2ND MARRIAGE; 1927 TO CLYDE HARRIS
HER THIRD MARRIAGE; 1930 TO CLAY KELLEY

Alta Kelly's second husband was Clyde Hays (or Hayes), not Harris. I know
some of the Hayes family, Kelley family and Knaus family. Thank you.

Cathleen Withington (late fiance's mother was Alta's daughter).

WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL, Madison, Wisconsin, Monday, February 23, 1970, Page 36: Mrs. Alta Kelly
GAYS MILLS -- Mrs. Alta Kelly, 65, Blue River, died Saturday (Feb. 21, 1970) in a Boscobel hospital.
The former Alta Bankes was a native of Friendship.
Survivors include four sons, Elmer Knause and Eldon Kelly, Rockford, Ill.; Bester Hays, Belvidere, Ill.; and Clyde Hays, Richland Center; four daughters, Mrs. Gerald Whitteaker, Ferryville; Mrs. Jean Whitteaker, Boscobel, and Mrs. Barbara Dobson and Mrs. Joyce Giddings, Blue River; a brother, Alf, Bell Center; two sisters, Mrs. Lena Watters, Boscobel, and Mrs. Alma Peaslee, La Crosse; 49 grandchildren, and 16 great-grandchildren.
The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Gays Mills Methodist Church. Friends may call after 4 p.m. Tuesday until 9:40 a.m. Wednesday at the Martin Funeral Home, Gays Mills.
HER 1ST MARRIAGE; 5 NOV 1920 TO JOHN E KNAUS PRODUCED 3 CH; ELMER H, AURELIA J & JEAN ZELDA.
HER 2ND MARRIAGE; 1927 TO CLYDE HARRIS
HER THIRD MARRIAGE; 1930 TO CLAY KELLEY

Alta Kelly's second husband was Clyde Hays (or Hayes), not Harris. I know
some of the Hayes family, Kelley family and Knaus family. Thank you.

Cathleen Withington (late fiance's mother was Alta's daughter).

WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL, Madison, Wisconsin, Monday, February 23, 1970, Page 36: Mrs. Alta Kelly
GAYS MILLS -- Mrs. Alta Kelly, 65, Blue River, died Saturday (Feb. 21, 1970) in a Boscobel hospital.
The former Alta Bankes was a native of Friendship.
Survivors include four sons, Elmer Knause and Eldon Kelly, Rockford, Ill.; Bester Hays, Belvidere, Ill.; and Clyde Hays, Richland Center; four daughters, Mrs. Gerald Whitteaker, Ferryville; Mrs. Jean Whitteaker, Boscobel, and Mrs. Barbara Dobson and Mrs. Joyce Giddings, Blue River; a brother, Alf, Bell Center; two sisters, Mrs. Lena Watters, Boscobel, and Mrs. Alma Peaslee, La Crosse; 49 grandchildren, and 16 great-grandchildren.
The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Gays Mills Methodist Church. Friends may call after 4 p.m. Tuesday until 9:40 a.m. Wednesday at the Martin Funeral Home, Gays Mills.

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