Margaret Leona KELLEY, 85, died at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Mt. Vernon. She had been in failing health for several months.

Mrs. KELLEY was the widow of James M. KELLEY and spent most of her married life on a farm just east of Ina.

For some time she had made her home with her son, Mr. and Mrs. E. E. KELLEY at Mt. Vernon.

She was the daughter of Annis L. and Louise (MENDENHALL) LEONARD.

Surviving are two sons, E. E. KELLEY of Mt. Vernon and Ray KELLEY of Ina; one daughter, Mrs. Ruby SETTLE of Ina; one brother, Wm. LEONARD of Peoria; 4 sisters, Mrs. Mary BEATY and Mrs. Ollie DARNELL of Ina; Mrs. Bertha HAYSE of Evansville, Ind., and Mrs. Ruby KELLEY of Drumright, Okla.; 9 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Methodist Church in Ina with Rev. Herbert J. WILSON officiating. Burial took place at Fitzgerrell Cemetery.

Source: The Ina Observer
Date: Thursday March 21, 1963
Submitted by: Mary Zinzilieta