Oliver Kelly
March 13, 1865-Jan. 6, 1942
Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, January 6, 1942, page 2, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library
OLIVER KELLY, 76, STRICKEN TODAY
Oliver H. Kelly, 76, a Niles resident the last 37 years, died in his home at 23 Parkway this morning at 8:40. He had been ill more than a year. He was a retired millwright.
His wife, the former Mae Lavanwey, preceded him in death less than two months ago--Nov. 10, 1941.
He is survived by five sons, Clyde, Wilbur, and Arthur, of Detroit, Oliver and Walter, Niles; and two daughters, Mrs. Julia Strong and Mrs. Irene Tonkin, of Niles; 13 grandchildren, a sister, Mrs. Rosa Coon, and a brother, Elwood Kelly, both of Watervliet.
He was born in Covert township, Van Buren county, March 13, 1865, and came to Niles from Three Rivers.
Services will be in the Price and Kiger funeral home Thursday afternoon at 2. The Rev. A.C. DeVries will officiate and burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery. Friends may call at the Price and Kiger funeral home until the funeral.
Niles Daily Star, Thursday, January 8, 1942, page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library
KELLY RITES
Services were held at 2 this afternoon for Oliver Kelly, 76, who died Tuesday morning in his home at 23 Parkway. The Rev. A.C. DeVries officiated and burial was in Silverbrook cemetery. Clyde W. Kelly, Wilbur Kelly, Arthur C. Kelly, Oliver L. Kelly, Jr., Walter Kelly and Clifford Strong served as pallbearers.