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1 NAME Jim Kelley
1 ADDR 3228 Champions Drive
2 CONT Wilmington, Delaware, USA 19808
2 CONT http://www.ourbranches.com
1 PHON 302-292-6924
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1 NAME David James /Kelley/
2 GIVN David James 
2 SURN Kelley
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 29 MAY 1925
2 PLAC Philadelphia,PA
1 NOTE OCCU: Retired From the E.I. Dupont company
2 CONT Address: 5015 W. Brigantine ct. Wilmington, DE 19807 PHONE: (302)-239-1531 Here
2 CONT is a poem Dave wanted added to his notes:
2 CONT "Families are for ever. Please keep us close together, and help us to be good,
2 CONT and always love each other, the way a family should. When our lives are over,
2 CONT please let us meet again so we can be a family up in Heaven, Lord, Amen." 
2 CONT MARRIAGE: The couple were married on June 16 1945 in Trainer, PA at Holy Cross
2 CONT Church.
1 NOTE My Father's Master degree was in Electrical Engineering and Management. We were
2 CONT o.k. Financially for those times, my Father had a good job and we all worked and
2 CONT handed in our pay. My Father was in the Army during WW1, I don't really know his
2 CONT part or rank. He never got out of the states during the war years of 1914 thru
2 CONT 1918.
2 CONT The houses on Castor Ave: Moved in the summer of 1935 to 5221 Castor ave. I
2 CONT started 5th grade in St Martin's, we moved across the street to 5227 in 1941
2 CONT where I lived when I finished High School and went into the Marines. That's the
2 CONT house where your Mother lived with Tom till my Father died. Your uncle Don was
2 CONT still there. It had two stories and a 3rd floor attic where Mart and Fr. Tom
2 CONT slept, 3 bedrooms on 2nd floor where Don, Jack, and me slept. Sue had the middle
2 CONT by herself, Mother and Dad in the Front bedroom. One bathroom between Sue's and
2 CONT Front bedroom. Down stairs we had a front enclosed sun porch, then into the
2 CONT Living Room, into the Dinning Room, into a neat small breakfast Room with wall
2 CONT benches to sit, into the Kitchen and it had a garage in the back. Pretty nice
2 CONT neighborhood and nice people such as the Harvey's. Who had Kate, Jane, Julia
2 CONT (all beautiful), Ed, (my buddy) and John, Jim, and Pete, all three became
2 CONT Oblates from North Catholic like Fr Tom. Officially Northeast Catholic High
2 CONT School. We always refer it as North or North Catholic.
2 CONT Have not a clue about my uncles during WW1----Uncle Tom hardly ever saw, Uncle
2 CONT Frank___neat guy, worked for my Dad @@ F.W. Tunnell's in Philly. Great
2 CONT family----Aunt Rose and the kids were Alice, Mary, Raymond, and Phillip. Mary
2 CONT used to baby sit us a lot. We would drive her crazy. Uncle John---He supposedly
2 CONT drank a lot. I remember when I served newspapers in his neighborhood and I would
2 CONT deliver to the various Taprooms, I would run into him, he would run and hide
2 CONT when I came in. He Got divorced and his wife and daughter moved to up state Pa.
2 CONT Aunt Sue Kept in touch with them. I sat in the hospital (with my Mother) and was
2 CONT there when he died. I remember how sick he was, and skinny, you could see right
2 CONT thru his skin to see his bones. It was my 1st close experience with death. He
2 CONT died in 1943.
2 CONT Aunt Regina---(my Godmother) She was very sick all the time, every time we
2 CONT visited she was in bed. She was very good to me. She would send a lot of neat
2 CONT care packages to me when I was overseas her husband was Uncle Jose McGrath, Kids
2 CONT were Mary, James, Paul, Rita, And Dick (our adopted brother) Real close cousins.
2 CONT They all lived with Grand mom Kelley (Very Special Lady) in the Frankford
2 CONT section of Philly.
2 CONT My Mother had sisters Josephine, Helen, Veronica ----Brothers Lawrence and
2 CONT Vince____Aunt Josephine ___I didn't know her she lived in Greensburg. Aunt Helen
2 CONT ----------(I loved her dearly) she lived in Long Island N.Y. (2) great kids --
2 CONT Helen and Patricia, my very favorite girl cousin. She was so beautiful, she was
2 CONT a year older than me, and she was my 1st crush. When she would visit we would
2 CONT play cards all the time, we were very close. Patty died when she was only 16
2 CONT year old, I was devastated. Aunt Ronnie---who lived in Greensburg, Pa till my
2 CONT Dad died, then she came down to Philly to share an apartment with Mother in the
2 CONT Olney section of Philly. She was very sweet and a great companion for Mother
2 CONT till they both died in their 80's. Mother in 1976, Aunt Ronnie in 1977. I was
2 CONT with Aunt Ronnie and Mother when they died of cancer in the Hospital. Uncle
2 CONT Lawrence----A mystery man. Nobody knows much about him. Uncle Vince_____Great
2 CONT guy, very close to Mother and Dad. He worked very close in the company with Dad
2 CONT for many years. He and his Wife, also named Aunt Ronnie, visited the house a
2 CONT lot. Beautiful people.  
2 CONT Birth to 3rd grade:
2 CONT I think I was born in Jefferson Hosp. in Philly. by Dr. McNeil Then again I
2 CONT think I was born @@ home. (5243 N. 13th St.) by Dr. McNeil I have to check out. 
2 CONT can't think of one thing they had to say about my infancy/toddler stage. My
2 CONT earliest memory is a brand new little yellow suit I wore and went playing in the
2 CONT woods across the street and climbing a tree and falling off the tree and my
2 CONT Father picking me up and carrying me home and calling Dr McNeil. He checked me
2 CONT out, couldn't find anything wrong and getting hell from my Father for causing
2 CONT such a fuss and ruining my new little yellow suit. I didn't go to a
2 CONT Kindergarten. Catholic Schools didn't have any in those days.    Have no idea of
2 CONT 1st grade nun's name. But I do remember she asked my name and when I told her
2 CONT and she said "oh no - not another Kelley". Now does that tell you something
2 CONT about Uncle Mart and Fr. Tom? My first day coming home from school, cutting thru
2 CONT the woods I was jumped by George Eastburn, a 4th grader who lived 4 houses up
2 CONT from us. He had me down and was sitting on top of me. I pulled him down and bit
2 CONT him bad on his face. He let me go and I ran home. I got him good later when I
2 CONT was in the 4th grade after I joined the Feegan Gang. The 1st Sunday Mass at Holy
2 CONT Child Church we assembled down under the Church in the basement before Mass. The
2 CONT classes would go up to Church mass - the 8th grade first on down to 1st. Well,
2 CONT for some reason me and Dorothy Bell missed going up stairs to Mass. I remember
2 CONT we were there for a very long time and didn't know what to do so we just sat
2 CONT there and she taught me songs she knew from Shirley Temple movies. One was: On
2 CONT the Good Ship Lollypop" and the other was one of my all time favorites "On the
2 CONT Isle Of Capri". Now it's getting real late, because it's getting dark and we are
2 CONT still trying to be brave when all of sudden somebody at the top of the stairs
2 CONT yells "is any body down there." I was fine till then, then I lost it, both of us
2 CONT did, we started crying and ran to him yelling," we are, we are". It was a Philly
2 CONT Policeman. They had been looking for us all day, all over Philly and finally
2 CONT thought to check the Church basement. I did not get hell this time, my parents
2 CONT were so glad to find us. Can you imagine what we put them thru? Dorothy was my
2 CONT favorite girl all the way thru Holy Child School till we moved the summer after
2 CONT the 4th grade. I never saw her after that. Nothing special of 2nd and 3rd grade.
2 CONT Don't remember sister's names who taught me. I was playing games in the street
2 CONT like we did in those days. Hand ball, box ball, hide and seek, had skates and
2 CONT skates mobiles made out of orange crates and a slate of wood and a piece of
2 CONT broom handle for steering. Learned a lot of card games, house games. Plenty of
2 CONT roughhouse with my brothers, we had boxing gloves and we would fight a lot. Had
2 CONT a neat little puppy dog who bit me on the nose when I was playing on the floor
2 CONT with him. I bit him back; we got along fine after that.
2 CONT 4th grade _ Now I'm old enough to join The Feegan Gang but you had to get
2 CONT initiated first. You had to run thru and jump over trenches that had big fires
2 CONT burning in them, run thru a gang of older guys who would smack you all the way
2 CONT thru. Then the special trick, a big kid would get behind you and squeeze you
2 CONT under the chest hard till you passed out. If they thought you were faking they
2 CONT would let go and if you were unconscious you would hit the ground hard. Mart
2 CONT thought I was faking and let go and I hit the ground and rolled down the hill.
2 CONT They let me in the gang when I came too. We played in the woods a lot that's
2 CONT where Fr. Tom, me and Jack got caught smoking my Father's cigars by my Mother.
2 CONT She put the butts in front of my Father's dinner plate that nite, he took us
2 CONT down the cellar and made us finish smoking them, we gagged a lot, and he sent us
2 CONT to bed. We never did stop smoking, also in the woods we made tree houses, and in
2 CONT the upper or lower lots we would make snow houses and forts and play Soldiers or
2 CONT Cowboy and Indians. We would climb the trees near the block long row of garages
2 CONT and shimmy out the big branches over the garages and drop down on the garage
2 CONT roofs and play on top of them. I remember playing catch with my Dad, He would
2 CONT sit on the top front step of the house and throw the ball to me and I would toss
2 CONT it back to him. We made slingshots from tree branches shaped in a Y shape,
2 CONT attach big wide rubber bands to it and use small pebbles and shoot birds (mostly
2 CONT Crows) out of trees. Worked off Ice trucks helping to deliver ice to houses for
2 CONT their iceboxes. You call them refrigerators now. We played baseball in the upper
2 CONT lot which we named Somerville field.  That's where the Negro teams (Homestead
2 CONT Graves)(also a team would play on mules) would come and play our semi pro teams.
2 CONT Saw some real good baseball. The horse drawn wagons would deliver our milk
2 CONT (Abbots dairy) our bread (Bond and Friehoffers Bakeries). We helped Mother make
2 CONT homemade Ice cream. We sold Magazines, Shoveled snow, cut grass to make money
2 CONT and turn it all in to my Father. We sold penny candy in school to help the Nuns.
2 CONT I mention before that I was born in a house @@ 5th and Duncannon Ave. in the
2 CONT Olney section of Philly. Don't remember a thing about it, moved to Logon Section
2 CONT of Philly before my 1st grade to 5243 N. 13th St. where I lived till we moved
2 CONT that summer after I finished the 4th grade. Our house on 13th Street was a two
2 CONT story with a cellar, coal furnace, living room, dinning room, kitchen, small
2 CONT shed where the Ice box was kept, upstairs had front large bedroom, a middle
2 CONT room, and a back room, and a bathroom. I can't remember any thing about where we
2 CONT all slept. We had a small alley between next door that lead to the back of the
2 CONT house and small yard and back door. It had an open front porch high off the
2 CONT street. With a stonewall. Remember the small picture of the six of us sitting on
2 CONT the wall with our feet dangling and we went back 70 yrs later and tried to
2 CONT duplicate the old photo. We moved the summer of 1935 to St Martin's parish to
2 CONT 5223 Castor Ave where I started the 5th Grade. 
2 CONT 4th to 6th grade
2 CONT 4th Grade -- Moved that summer after I finished 4th grade to 5227 Caster Ave
2 CONT house. Had a lot more chores to handle like cutting the lawn, weeding the flower
2 CONT garden, cutting the long hedges surrounding the front, side, and rear of house,
2 CONT and taking out the ashes by the buckets, and sharing in keeping the coal furnace
2 CONT going to heat the house in the winter. We would cut our grass and shovel our
2 CONT snow before we would go out and make money cutting the neighbors grass or
2 CONT shoveling their snow covered walkways, driveways and pavements. In the summer we
2 CONT used to play tire ball, wire ball half (floaters) ball in the street. I broke
2 CONT Babe Ruth's home run record (720) one summer in tire ball With Fr. Tom pitching.
2 CONT It took a lot of games. Tire ball was using a cut up piece (about 5 inch long)
2 CONT of a bicycle tire, and you would pitch it to the batter by flipping it so it
2 CONT would come in to the batter end over end. We had home plate on Granite Street
2 CONT along side of the house and set the distant by using the trees along Granite
2 CONT Street as markers for single, double triples and Castor Ave as a home run. I was
2 CONT the only kid that broke the record. I played football on the Triangle that we
2 CONT used as a practice field and played baseball on a field we made out of a lot
2 CONT along Oxford Ave with home plate @@ the edge of Oxford ave. facing the back row
2 CONT of the houses along Castor Ave. A home run was if you could hit it over the
2 CONT hedges along the alley in back of those houses. A lot of times a home run would
2 CONT bounce and hit a house window and break it, we would pay or fix the broken
2 CONT windows ourselves, so the parents would keep letting us keep playing there. We
2 CONT would box with gloves down the cellar or in the garage' with Martin, Fr. Tom
2 CONT (Jack and Don were too little) and the Harvey boys (Ed, John,), Jack Hatfield,
2 CONT George Seese, Ray Wright, Jack Cavanaugh. Great neighborhood! Jack Hatfield had
2 CONT a pool table in a cellar rec room and he had a bicycle too, nobody had bikes, he
2 CONT used to let me ride his bike and shoot pool in his house. His family liked me.
2 CONT He was one of the few Protestants in the area. He had Epilepsy and I would
2 CONT always carry a clothespin with me so when he would go into a fit I was able to
2 CONT stick the clothespin in his mouth so he wouldn't swallow his tongue and choke to
2 CONT death. In those days Mother didn't want us to play with non-Catholics, so I
2 CONT never told her about Jack Hatfield. One day we were all hanging in front of the
2 CONT Harvey's (They also had 3 beautiful girls (Kate, Julia and - Jane, who your
2 CONT Uncle Mart married before he went overseas and is the mother of all of Uncle
2 CONT Mart's Kids) and Jack was going thru a Epilepsy fit and I was putting the
2 CONT clothes pin in his mouth and stretching him out on the lawn when my Mother
2 CONT happened to come around the corner, coming home from the store and saw what we
2 CONT were doing. She never said not to play with Jack after that. My buddies from
2 CONT school (Tommy Keenan, Pud O'Donnell, Reds McDevitt, Jim Maguire) and I would
2 CONT walk the sewers, which was a little dangerous. I wouldn't tell my brothers that
2 CONT I was doing stuff like that and hopping trucks along the Roosevelt Blvd. to
2 CONT Broad St, sneaking on the Subways, riding them up and downtown all day or hop
2 CONT more trucks to Delaware Ave. in Fish town And then swim in the river. We also
2 CONT thumb rides on the Blvd. to Pennypack Creek or the creek near Sears and go bare
2 CONT ass swimming. And I had better been home before 6:00p.m. for dinner or I didn't
2 CONT get any. We played basketball on Large St. behind Frankford H.S. soccer field.
2 CONT We had a basket on a telephone pole. It was tough street ball, good experience
2 CONT for a kid, guys from high school, and St Joe's and LaSalle College played there,
2 CONT especially Sat. Mornings. I remember guys like Phil Looby from LaSalle College.
2 CONT He was tough. 
2 CONT 5th grade 6th grade much the same stuff. Except one disaster in the 6th Grade,
2 CONT Halloween day. We would come home for lunch every day, this day the boys decided
2 CONT to stop by Henneritta and Gabriela Murphy's house on the way back to school,
2 CONT because we knew their father made bathtub gin and wine and brud beer. While some
2 CONT of the boys kept the girls busy up stairs, some of us would sneak down the
2 CONT cellar and hit the booze. My 1st Experience and I snuck too much. I was drunk by
2 CONT the time I got to school, was making a lot of noise in the corridor, the Mother
2 CONT Superior grabbed me and took me in her office and had me pull down my long
2 CONT stockings (We wore knickers in those days) and she began to beat me with a yard
2 CONT stick, waiting for me to cry, she broke two yard sticks and I wouldn't cry, she
2 CONT gave up and sent me back to my classroom, I crawled up the steps to the 2nd
2 CONT floor 6th grade classroom hurting. I sat in the last seat in the 1st isle. I
2 CONT made it and in comes Mother Superior and tells to come up in front of the class,
2 CONT I struggled to the front and read me the riot act in front of all and told them
2 CONT that I was being put back in the 5th grade as punishment. I spent one month in
2 CONT the 5th grade. I learned a hard lesson (Little did I realize that was the start
2 CONT of my alcohol problems) I made a private promise to not get in trouble in school
2 CONT again. I began to study extra and hit the books hard. It paid off, it was the
2 CONT start of a very successful school life. I ended up @@ the end of the 6th grade
2 CONT getting the bronze metal for the highest mark in math. It helped ease things @@
2 CONT home some. One thing that stands out from those years is coming down each
2 CONT morning to the kitchen and seeing 6 pairs of school shoes all shined and lined
2 CONT up for us to wear to school, and many a morning I would get down stairs early
2 CONT and catch my Mother still scrubbing the floor. My Job by then was to wake up
2 CONT Martin, I'd go to the 3rd floor and stick a broom handle between the stair
2 CONT banister rungs and hit Martin to wake him. He hated that, I made sure I got out
2 CONT of there before he got near the steps. He always came down to the one bathroom
2 CONT mad and would lock the rest of us out till he was done. I used to get Donald to
2 CONT keep knocking on the door, Martin sometimes open the door quick and belt Don, So
2 CONT I had to step in and the fights would start. Then my father would wake up and we
2 CONT were all in trouble. 
2 CONT 7th & 8th 
2 CONT Mother----A very quiet, good living, church-going person, devout catholic,
2 CONT belong to "The Blessed Virgin Mary Society @@ ST Martin's of Tours Church. Alway
2 CONT quietly helping someone like when my Uncle John was dying in the Incurable
2 CONT Hospital in Philly, Mother would be the one down there visiting him and helping
2 CONT him until his death. She would take me with her @@ times. I remember holding
2 CONT Uncle John's hand when he died and seeing all his veins and bones thru his arms
2 CONT because his skin and flesh had gotten so thin you could see right thru the skin.
2 CONT It was sad. He died a very lonely man. He lost his wife and daughter because of
2 CONT his drinking long before his death. When I delivered the newspapers in his
2 CONT neighborhood (he lived with Grandmother Kelley, Uncle Jose/Aunt Regina and the
2 CONT rest of the McGrath's), we delivered to the Taprooms and I would run into uncle
2 CONT John in them, he would try to hide, but I would see him, I thought he was a good
2 CONT guy, but the drinking got him. Mother was always working hard around the house
2 CONT and the FLOWER BEDS. One of my jobs was to help with the outside work. I would
2 CONT hide a water/garden snake in her flowerbed (I had a boxful during those days) to
2 CONT scare her. She would let out a yell and then I would track the snake down and
2 CONT put it back in my shoebox. I would tease my Mother a lot. I think I told you
2 CONT before how I would sneak in the kitchen when she was making dinner and pull her
2 CONT apron string lose and run out the backdoor real quick and scoot quick in thru
2 CONT the front door before she could see me and she would be yelling out the back
2 CONT "David you get in here and behave". By that time I had quietly snuck back thru
2 CONT the living room, dining room to the kitchen again and was standing behind her
2 CONT and I would scare her again when I would say, "Mother, I'm right here". She was
2 CONT a good sport, with all us boys, Donald would give her fits all the time, even up
2 CONT to her death in the hospital, He was helping push the gurney she was on and
2 CONT yelling, "Lady with a baby, Lady with a baby". She made sure we did all our
2 CONT house/outside chores and kept after us to keep our room and closets clean,
2 CONT stayed after us to do our homework and clean up after meals and do the dishes.
2 CONT She washed and ironed all day with the 6 of us and my Dad. She took very good
2 CONT care of Dad after he had his 1st heart attack in 1938. Mother was a quite a
2 CONT strong person.   
2 CONT Dad-- The best, Hard Working, Strong, Stern and yet very fair, would whack you
2 CONT when you needed it. You never talked back to your parents or shame on you. You
2 CONT paid the price. Very kind and fun and would tell neat stories.
2 CONT He and I were very close. I use to sit on the floor in front of his chair in the
2 CONT living room and file his nails while we would talk and he would tell stories and
2 CONT I would tell him stuff. He would make me laugh and he was always pushing you and
2 CONT encouraging you to do more and better. He set a great example to motivate you to
2 CONT plug hard in life so it would pay off. He was good at fixing and building
2 CONT things. He was a master Engineer. He built a bench for Martin to put all his
2 CONT medical alcohol jars of body parts (all labeled) of dead cats which mart would
2 CONT cut open and dissect to help him in his future medical career. My job was to
2 CONT catch stray cats and kill them for Mart to work on. He also built an alter for
2 CONT Fr. Tom to use to say Mass for us down the cellar. Mother made all the vestments
2 CONT Fr. Tom wore, and she would make small wafers to use for communion. We'd all go
2 CONT to mass while Fr. Tom practiced on us. Uncle Jack was the alter boy, Suzanne & I
2 CONT were the Choir, And I forget what Donald did, except laugh a lot during mass.
2 CONT Our Parents did all they could to help us grow up. In our last home, he with the
2 CONT help of us boys, made over our cellar into a Rec Room by paneling the walls, put
2 CONT flooring in, sitting chairs, a dart board, (which I became pretty good @@
2 CONT shooting). He was active in Philly's Chamber of Commerce. He was F.W Tunnell
2 CONT Co's general manager (Glue & Fertilizer Plant) he brought a lot of our relatives
2 CONT to work with him. Uncle Frank, Uncle Jose McGrath, Uncle Vince Owens, Abby
2 CONT Hoener (our cousin). He was very well liked, I remember his viewing being one of
2 CONT the biggest I ever went to. I remember I couldn't wait to grow up so I could
2 CONT help my Dad and make it easier for him and Mother. Never had the chance to help
2 CONT him, Dad died when I was still in the Marines in 1946, the only consolation I
2 CONT have is I gave him his 1st grandson (our Tom) to share with for 4 months before
2 CONT he died. He doted over him like a grand pop does. He loved your mother so; they
2 CONT had fun together with Tom. My brothers and I talk a lot about our Dad when we're
2 CONT together. We missed out on a lot years when we could of shared stuff and our
2 CONT kids with him. He could have guided us thru our 20's, 30's. We sure could have
2 CONT used his experiences and helpful advice during those years and we could have
2 CONT made life easier for him. We missed him bad. It's a gift to have your parents
2 CONT around when you are older. Families are what make life work. I have always used
2 CONT my Dad as a Motivator and remember him in my nightly prayers. I was a lucky kid
2 CONT to have great parents. 
2 CONT 7th & 8th grade
2 CONT 7th Grade-- I started to work hard @@ school and home. I was motivated, did my
2 CONT chores at home diligently, with Fr. Tom sold magazines and had a paper route and
2 CONT turned in the money to my Father because that's what kids did in those days. We
2 CONT were family oriented and wanted to do any thing to help out. We were given
2 CONT allowances by our parents accordingly.      Played hard, hung with the older
2 CONT guys so I could get better in baseball, football, and basketball. It helped, and
2 CONT with my gang we walk the big underground sewers, making rolled up newspaper
2 CONT torches to see down there. Had a lot of adventures bumming rides, riding buses,
2 CONT subways, and the elevators all over Philly.
2 CONT Would go swimming in Pennypack Creek, the Delaware River down in Fishtown off
2 CONT the wharfs and (BA) swim @@ the creek behind the big factory on the Roosevelt
2 CONT Blvd. and try to get out of there before they dumped the dye in the creek @@ 5:0
2 CONT pm every nite. And I had better be home in time for dinner or you didn't get
2 CONT any. You were late if you were not in your chair by 6:oopm when my Father sat
2 CONT down. Be late and you were sent to your bedroom with no dinner. (Once in awhile
2 CONT Mother would sneak something to eat up to you.) There were no excuses. WHEN US
2 CONT BOYS WOULD GET IN A HASSLE MY FATHER WOULD SEND US DOWN TO THE CELLAR OR OUT IN
2 CONT THE GARAGE TO SETTLE IT WITH BOXING GLOVES. MARTIN AND I BECAME PRETTY GOOD AT
2 CONT BOXING. WHICH HELPED LATER IN LIFE. Played a lot of Wire ball. Half ball, tire
2 CONT ball (I told you about those games, like when I broke Babe Ruth's Home Run
2 CONT Record). Went to a lot of 8th @@ 7th grade Parties. Life was good. My father had
2 CONT his 1st heart attack and that slowed things down around the house we had to be
2 CONT quiet all the time.
2 CONT Killing cats so Martin could dissect them and bottle and label the parts. Well I
2 CONT would catch the stray cats and bring them home and Mart would try to put them to
2 CONT sleep with Chloroform, sometimes it wouldn't work and I'd have to hit them over
2 CONT the head with a hammer or strangle them. (Somebody had to do it)! 8th Grade ---
2 CONT Sister Borgia -- by far the toughest nun in the school. She took me under her
2 CONT wing and decided I was going to be her prize pupil. (It worked) - At graduation
2 CONT time I won it all ---The Gold Medal for highest average in the whole school
2 CONT (98.6) I think that record still stands @@ St. Martin's. Your cousin Colleen cam
2 CONT close. And your aunt Sue did well too. I remember beating out Teresa Birkenstock
2 CONT and Jim Maguire, which was quite a feat. I also won a scholarship to St. Joseph
2 CONT and LaSalle High Schools.
2 CONT She made me study 3 & 1/2 hrs every day and I had to get my study chart signed
2 CONT by my Father each day verifying I did study 3 & 1/2 hrs. She told me I couldn't
2 CONT mess with girls. I had a girlfriend, Dot Stiegerwald, who lived two blocks above
2 CONT the school on Sanger St and I used to sneak to her house by walking 3 or 4
2 CONT blocks out and around the neighborhood to see her. The next day @@ school Sister
2 CONT Borgia would tell me about it, she had spies working for her. It was a full
2 CONT year. Even @@ the May procession I had to give a prayer speech @@ the Blessed
2 CONT Mother's Statue. I walked with the May Queen (Dot Stiegerwald) which was cool.
2 CONT Great Graduation parties. I even quit smoking during the 8th grade. I was a good
2 CONT Kid. I begged my Father to let me go to Northeast Catholic High where my 2 older
2 CONT brothers were going, even though I had free scholarships to St, Joe's & LaSalle.
2 CONT He said o.k. because I proved I could do well. It was an eventful year in my
2 CONT Life and fulfilling.  The summer was wild, went back to smoking and girls and
2 CONT fun for the summer. 
2 CONT High School (Freshman/Sophomore)
2 CONT Note: I got my 1st pair of long pants for 8th grade graduation. Boys wore
2 CONT Knickers in my day from 1st grade to 8th. Now we were big time. We had one pair
2 CONT for School, one pair for Church/dress, We still played in our knickers with
2 CONT leather patches sewed over knees. And you changed accordingly, or trouble with
2 CONT parents.
2 CONT Freshman year (Sept.1939 to June 1940)- I was assigned to North Catholic's Annex
2 CONT in Lower Frankford @@ St. Jolican's School. We had tough Oblates of St Frances
2 CONT teachers and a very tough Principal (can't remember name) but I still see his
2 CONT stern face. I played freshman football, had to walk to the main school every day
2 CONT for practice. We had a great team a 7 and 1 record. I played right end. I did
2 CONT pretty well. I beat out Jim Maguire for the spot, Uncle Don says Jim's still mad
2 CONT @@ me.  I went out for the basketball team too, got cut on the last cut, very
2 CONT disappointed. Any time in gym when we would play other classes with any of the
2 CONT guys that made the team I would bust my tail extra to show them up. It worked
2 CONT most times. This is when "The Unholy Five " was formed. Dave Kelley, Don St
2 CONT John, Joe Flanagan, Bill Dyer, and Ed Ortlieb. We became close friends, tough,
2 CONT good students and gang forever. I'll tell you more about them guys later. We
2 CONT were all in the college prep classes all thru High School. We had two languages
2 CONT (French/Latin), Algebra, Geometry, Physics, Biology, English, Religion, History,
2 CONT Radio, Science. Awful schedule, no study periods, we all worked hard in School
2 CONT and we had out side jobs too. Freshman year I still sold Magazines and papers. I
2 CONT remember one incident clearly in my freshman year. Because I was going to the
2 CONT Annex and was a little closer to home than Mart or Fr. Tom who were in the Main
2 CONT school @@ Torresdale and Lehigh Ave. I got home earlier. This one afternoon I ge
2 CONT the word that Mart is set to fight another senior over @@ Harberson's Field
2 CONT across from the main school (where all the famous North Catholic fights were
2 CONT Settled). I had to run all the way back down to the main school and be there for
2 CONT my brother. That's what you did in those days, families always stuck together
2 CONT when there was a fight. It turned out to be one of the best fights of that time.
2 CONT It lasted so long I was able to get down there and watch most of it. (It was all
2 CONT over Aunt Jane), I think over the weekend this kid was trying to hit on her and
2 CONT Mart got the word and you didn't mess with anybody's girl. Mart and Aunt Jane
2 CONT were an item since grammar school. I had to fight Mart one time over Jane; it
2 CONT was Julia, her sister, I was hitting on. He was tough. He's the only guy ever,
2 CONT in all the fights I had in life who ever knocked me out. I had a lot of good
2 CONT times with the girls. They were teaching me how to dance around this time. My
2 CONT Father was still not to well, but started back to work by now.  Fun summer.
2 CONT Sophomore Year (Sept 1940 to June 1941)- The Unholy Five all were still together
2 CONT in Soph 2, I was playing for the Jr. Varsity football, very tough coaches, many
2 CONT late nights for dinners (Good excuses) because of late practices and many laps
2 CONT in the dark around the tracks to makes us think of our screw ups in practice.
2 CONT Our Varsity coach was Sy Simmindinger and Whitey Marshall for the JV'S. Mr.
2 CONT Marshall became the Varsity coach in my senior year. Tough schedule, we did
2 CONT good. What was neat we had a lot of ST Martin's (my 8th grade class) on the JV's
2 CONT team. Reds McDevitt, Ed Quarry, Jim Maguire, Dave Kelley.
2 CONT Our soph 2 class were the terrors in the gym games and out on the school field
2 CONT in intramural sports. I grew a lot in the summer after freshman year. They
2 CONT kidded me about growing out of my long pants, they were way up my legs. Great
2 CONT school year, very close to my "unholy five" buddies. We still stay in touch.
2 CONT There's only 3 of us left. Neighborhood friends were Hank Houseman, (Hank's
2 CONT older brother graduated from La Salle College that summer and me and Hank Helped
2 CONT Ed memorize the color blind charts so he could join the navy as a pilot) Walt
2 CONT O'Donnell, Duke Whalin, and Reds McDevitt.                           Soph. Year
2 CONT continued (June 1941)
2 CONT I am continuing my summer after Soph. year. I started smoking and drinking now
2 CONT that I was hanging out with the older guys on the corner too. Guys Like Lloyd,
2 CONT John LeCompte and Reds Snieder. I started out going to the dance clubs with the
2 CONT gang and they were drinking before they got there. I didn't drink in the early
2 CONT summer. I used to take care of the guys who got in fights or got too drunk and
2 CONT would take them home or jump in the middle of their fights. I remember taking
2 CONT John LeCompte home one nite (he was Mart's age) and opened his front enclosed
2 CONT porch door to put him in a chair and got out of there, but before I could his
2 CONT mother opened the living room door and saw John and started yelling at me for
2 CONT getting him drunk. I took off and on the way home decided if I was going to get
2 CONT blamed for getting the older guys drunk I may as well drink myself, so I did the
2 CONT next weekend. I had 2 beers that Friday nite and went to the dance and carry on
2 CONT like I'd seen the older guys, I thought that was what beer did to you, but when
2 CONT I got near my house I straighten up pretty quick. I started drinking on all the
2 CONT weekends. It was party time, but for some reason I wouldn't get drunk. I used to
2 CONT practice Darts down our cellar and became very good at it. I didn't have money
2 CONT for drinking. I worked in Sears Mail order dept. and what money I made I turned
2 CONT in to Dad. He gave me $1:00 to spend each nite. That didn't go far if you drank
2 CONT before you hit the dance halls like "The Spot" or "The Swing Club". We use to go
2 CONT to a Bar in Ridesburg called Butsey's where they had 10 cent shots an 5 cent
2 CONT beers and I would shoot darts against the older men for money and beat them and
2 CONT now had some spending money. It started a new side career. We all out hung on
2 CONT the corner of Merriam Rd and Bridge St. There was a corner store there where
2 CONT they sold milk, bread, candy, potato chips, pretzels and Tasteykakes and other
2 CONT treats, and they had pinball machines too. The owner was a good guy and let us
2 CONT hang on the corner because we spent money in the store.  We would all meet there
2 CONT before we would go out at nite. Had plenty of fun with the girls swimming at the
2 CONT pools. The Boulevard pool (on Roosevelt Blvd), The Ware's pool and The Somerton
2 CONT Pool, both a long bus ride to Somerton, Pa. You had a lot of time to talk to the
2 CONT girls on the bus rides. To and from the pools. Played cards sitting on the grass
2 CONT plots dividing the Roosevelt Blvd Lanes on many weekday nights. It was good
2 CONT times. But we were pretty serious kids for our age due to the war in Europe
2 CONT going on with Hitler invading all the countries, and Japan invading China. 
2 CONT Junior Year in H.S. Sept. 1941 to June 1942
2 CONT Sept. of 1941 - Back in school, class junior 1---Heavy school schedule.
2 CONT Worked hard @@ school and Home. Worked after school across from our H.S.
2 CONT in a FACTORY THAT MADE tent material for the military. The war IN EUROPE was
2 CONT ESCALATING. Hitler had invaded Poland heading for Russia next, was daily bombing
2 CONT England. Was tied up with Italy and Japan called "The Axis" They were the bad
2 CONT guys. We as kids thought and played soldier a lot and talked about joining up. I
2 CONT was playing football with the "Frankford Yellow Jackets" against the Bridesburg
2 CONT Eagles in Bridesburg on Dec. 7th 1941. At half time we scooted off the field to
2 CONT the corner store for a Pepsi and Tastykake and we heard on the store radio that
2 CONT the Japs had bombed Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. It stirred us up, we pretended the
2 CONT other team were Japs and we beat up on them and won the game. We all got home
2 CONT and that night we met on the corner and decided to join up. On Monday morning,
2 CONT 35 of our neighborhood guys went downtown and joined the Marines. I brought all
2 CONT my papers home to have signed, I was only 16 then and you had to have a parent
2 CONT sign for you to go. My Father wouldn't sign, he said I had to finish H.S. first.
2 CONT We had a big Party at the "Club Morocco" on the Roosevelt Blvd, on Tues.  night
2 CONT that week and we all got smashed. I had to fight the twins John and Loy LeCompte
2 CONT that night, we got home around 4:00am by a truck and dumped off in front of each
2 CONT of our homes. I had school that day, I was still drunk and went in school Wed,
2 CONT and got in trouble and was given the choice by our principle to take the pledge
2 CONT to never drink again till I was 21 or bring my parents in. I took the pledge it
2 CONT didn't last long, I went out that Fri. night. I was able to join the V-12
2 CONT program as a Marine officer trainee later - on March 17th, 1943.   Xmas Time
2 CONT worked in Post Office Delivering Mail. One Route was working on a mail truck
2 CONT delivering Xmas package to various places, one place was Byeberry Insane Asylum
2 CONT up in Sommerton, up in the far northeast part of Philly. What an experience.
2 CONT Some of the inmates were allowed to walk the grounds, and when you would get off
2 CONT the truck to take the packages up to the front door, they would jump out at you
2 CONT and scare the hell out of you. The walk up to the main door, was bounded on both
2 CONT sides by glass enclosures where more inside inmates would bang on the glass,
2 CONT jump up and down, make faces at you, and other crazy hand signs at you. It kept
2 CONT you on the alert. Summer I worked in Sears Warehouse where we used hand trucks
2 CONT to unload 1000lb bails of various types, & sizes of packed clothes shipped from
2 CONT railroad cars, and truck the bails inside to the mail order section of the
2 CONT warehouse and break the bails open to be delivered up to the mail order floors
2 CONT in the main store. I met and worked with many girls who were a lot older than me
2 CONT - "Interesting"! Weekend nite life was hitting big bars and dance halls where
2 CONT the older girls hung out, places like "The 5 finger Bar" @@ Broad and Lehigh in
2 CONT North Philly, Big bars downtown On 15th St.. The "Continental" on Frankford Ave.
2 CONT We would hit them after I would work the old men in the neighborhood bars and
2 CONT play them for money with darts so I had money to spend on the girls. The whole
2 CONT gang of us @@ North Catholic led a fast life, school, working after school and
2 CONT out every nite drinking, just waiting to go in the service. The war speeded up
2 CONT the pace of living, for everyone. Gave up High School sports, so I could work
2 CONT and make money. Played sandlot football with the Frankford Yellow jackets,
2 CONT basketball with "The Triangle A C" against teams all over Philly and out side
2 CONT Philly.    
2 CONT The "Unholy Five" got very close during my Junior and senior years. We were all
2 CONT in the same classes, played intramural sports together, hung out at the dances
2 CONT together. My neighbor gang, we hung on the corner together, went to church
2 CONT together, worked together, played weekend and week nite sports together, drank
2 CONT together, fought the other neighborhood gangs together. Summer swimming @@ the
2 CONT Pools and creeks. Fr Tom had started to drive that year and he would practice on
2 CONT the cinder roads surrounding the factory where my Father worked. One day I was
2 CONT with him in the car @@ the Factory (F. W. Tunnell & Co.) and we were riding
2 CONT around the place and Tom, who was driving dropped his cigarette and told me to
2 CONT hold the steering wheel and was bending down trying to find it and we had to
2 CONT turn a curve in the road, we/I didn't make it. We landed down in a ditch we
2 CONT climbed out of the car and up to the road. We looked towards the factory and my
2 CONT Father was standing there looking at us. That put an end to my getting started
2 CONT to learn how to drive. And curtailed Tom's driving for a while. I never ask my
2 CONT Father to drive after that, it wasn't till 1953 that I went for my driver test
2 CONT (2 wks. before the Twins were born). It was an Eventful summer of 1942.
2 CONT My H. S.Senior Year (Sept.1942 to June 1943)
2 CONT Senior 2 Class @@ "North". It was full schedule the 1st half of the Year. The
2 CONT "Unholy Five" set up a system for us to use thru this year.
2 CONT Each guy @@ test time had a particular subject to study hard on and when we had
2 CONT tests in class, we would pass singles for the answers to each who didn't know
2 CONT the answers, we all did good. We would every Friday @@ 10:15 a.m. cut class, jum
2 CONT the Fence surrounding the school and go in Joe Flanagan's car (parked 2 blocks
2 CONT away) to downtown to the early show @@ the Earle Theatre and catch the movie and
2 CONT The Big Band show, which changed every Friday. Then we would get back to school
2 CONT before the 2:15 p.m. class and the class Absentee reporter would cover for us
2 CONT under threat of a beating. At our 1943 50th class reunion (1993) he (Charlie?)
2 CONT told that story and how he was afraid of us. We all (only 4 of us were left, Joe
2 CONT Flanagan had died) bought him a big double shot of whiskey and had a lot of
2 CONT laughs, and a lot of old stories that day. We all had enough credits to go to
2 CONT college but all we were thinking of is to join up and help fight the war against
2 CONT the Japs and Nazis, which was raging.
2 CONT I went in the V-12 program (March 17th 1943) with Kevin Murray (we were The only
2 CONT 2 who made the Marine Corps). Joe left for the regular Navy, and Don St John,
2 CONT Bill Dyer and Ed Ortlieb all went in the Navy @@ the end of the school year. Ed
2 CONT stayed in and made a career of Naval Service. He became the 1st captain of the
2 CONT 1st nuclear Submarine and served in the Viet Nan war before he retired. We all
2 CONT started a new life. The whole United States was fully involved in the war. My
2 CONT father was an Air raid warden in the neighborhood, as were all of the older men.
2 CONT The woman made care packages for the guys in the service. There was gas ration,
2 CONT cigarette ration, meat and food ration, and nobody bitched, and they and we
2 CONT would do whatever it took to win the war. We also had black markets too. There
2 CONT are always some like that in the world. I told you about the lady who owned the
2 CONT apartment building you Mother and I rented, who was into the black market, and
2 CONT others like her. Before I left for training to be an officer @@ Penn State I was
2 CONT back working @@ Sears Warehouse again and messing with older girls and having a
2 CONT good old time. I bought a Zoot Suit (dark brown) down in South St. where they
2 CONT sold all the cool clothes. My Father flipped but I used my money I scrounged by
2 CONT working and saving. and he just shook his head. It had real wide lapels. On the
2 CONT Waist length finger tip coat. Pants were High waist, 15 in. cuffs, wide knees,
2 CONT Slashed pockets on coat and slacks, every thing but the long chain (didn't want
2 CONT to spend the money) I wore it on my last nite home. And on the "El" coming home
2 CONT after a lot of drinking, I sat there and tore the big lapels off, so much for
2 CONT "Zoot Suits", I had gone to our H.S. senior prom earlier in the year with Alice
2 CONT Gottchell. (She was the Catch of the city, I lucked out.) We had the dance in a
2 CONT big hotel (Ritz Carleton) downtown Philly. I got totaled. I had 3mos. earlier
2 CONT stole a full bottle of whiskey from Dad's liquor cabinet. I snuck down stairs
2 CONT one nite on a social nite when my father had guests and I knew the cabinet was
2 CONT open, and hid it in the bushes outside. The nite I got all dressed up in my Tux
2 CONT and showed my parents how I looked, said goodbye @@ the front door went out and
2 CONT went around the corner and up the back way and found the whiskey bottle and
2 CONT headed out to my prom date's house. Great nite. I made an impression on the
2 CONT Gottchell family that lasted a long time. Alice died last year and a friend from
2 CONT Wilm. who was close to her family went to the funeral in Philly. and he was
2 CONT telling me my name came up and they remember our prom nite and me especially.
2 CONT (I'll tell you why some day). One girl who I worked with @@ Sears were pretty
2 CONT close and when I quit @@ sears I didn't tell her. She found out and that last
2 CONT week before I left there she is knocking at our front door. I saw who it was and
2 CONT said I didn't want to answer the door. My Mother went and invited her in and
2 CONT this girl named Mary was upset I left and didn't say goodbye to her. She told my
2 CONT Mother she was so serious that she wanted to marry me. Now this girl/woman is 22
2 CONT yrs. old and my Mother flipped, seeing that I was only 17. I talked to her for a
2 CONT while and walked her to the bus stop and said goodbye. I never saw her again. I
2 CONT had a neat couple of girls (Dot Steigerwald, Jean Fee) who I said I would write
2 CONT to. I never did. Didn't think it would be right, knowing where I was heading
2 CONT into War. It was a great year and a great life. I said good-bye to everyone. Now
2 CONT it's time to be what I always wanted to be a "United States Marine" "Semper Fi!
2 CONT After High school graduation, I spent from July to Dec. 1943 @@ Penn State with
2 CONT the Marines. They were sending us thru an accelerated course to officer
2 CONT training. It was an 8 hr./day of classes, military and college courses. Out of
2 CONT over 800 seniors of the 1943 graduates from North East Catholic H. S., only
2 CONT Kevin Murray and me were picked for the Marines. It was called the Navy V-12
2 CONT program. There were young guys from all over the U.S. going thru this V-12
2 CONT program. It depended on how much previous college you had for your length of
2 CONT training they gave you. College seniors were pushed thru in 90 days, that where
2 CONT the expression on some officers as "90 Day Wonders" came from. We had 600
2 CONT Marines training with a lot of Army Air Force trainees and 3000 girl students
2 CONT (Terrible Duty - Ha!). When my brother Mart finished all his Army training and
2 CONT was sent overseas to North Africa to fight the Germans, I asked for combat duty,
2 CONT I wasn't going to let Mart fight the war without me helping. They love
2 CONT volunteers who are "Gung Ho". I was, and still am. So overseas I went!
2 CONT We all new our Dad loved us. We didn't kiss and hug in those days, a firm
2 CONT handshake or a pat on the shoulder was very meaningful. He was very affectionate
2 CONT with Mother. They did every thing together. They were very close and happy
2 CONT together. Dad graduated from Carnegie Tech Univ. with a degree in Electrical
2 CONT Engineering and a Master's degree in Management from Duquesne University in
2 CONT Pittsburgh, Pa. Dad was General Mgr. of F.W Tunnell Co. in the Richmond section
2 CONT of Phila. They made Glue and Fertilizer. Yes he made good money in those days.
2 CONT He worked long hrs. and 7 days/week like everyone in those days because the war
2 CONT was on. He was on Phila. Chambers of Commerce board also, which kept him busy.
2 CONT He would come to my games when he could. I was the only one who played High
2 CONT School, and even sandlot sports. He loved sports. He was a college champion in
2 CONT rowing. He would tell some neat stories about the Monongahela River in
2 CONT Pittsburgh area with his buddy G. Gunning. They were in World War I together. He
2 CONT met my Mother in Greensburg, Pa. I don't know any details but your Aunt Sue
2 CONT does. He got this job in Phila. and they got married and moved to Phila. and
2 CONT started our family. Mart was born Sept. 1922. Mother had 6 kids from Sept 1922
2 CONT to Oct 1928 (Don is last). Mother lost a child in 1930. We were living on 13th
2 CONT St then, where we took that picture of the 6 of us on the porch wall, then we
2 CONT moved to the house(s) on Caster Ave, where I lived till I left for the Marines.
2 CONT I was one of the 1st 100 hit and injured (burns on arms and shoulder, left side
2 CONT and a piece of shrapnel in the stomach, nothing compared to Bob Hoopes (my best
2 CONT man @@ my wedding), who almost lost his one leg and a lot of other Marines and
2 CONT Sailors. We lost 6 Marines that day (January 21st, 1945) and many more Sailors.
2 CONT It took one week for us marines to search and find all the dead bodies. It took
2 CONT us a whole week to bury them @@ sea. We played "Taps" for each one as we dropped
2 CONT each into the ocean. I still fill up heavy when "Taps" are played and I still
2 CONT hear "the sound of the Plunk in my head when each body hit the ocean water. It
2 CONT stays with you.
2 CONT I was in an accelerated collage/military training program. Graduated June 1943
2 CONT from High school, then left for Penn State University in July 1943 and was
2 CONT training to be a Marine Corps officer/college degree in an accelerated program.
2 CONT We went to classes / trained 8 hrs. / Day 6 days/wk. Left Penn State Dec. 1943,
2 CONT went thru Parris Island, S.C. for Boot Camp and than in Jan. 1943 on to Sea
2 CONT School in Portsmouth, VA.
2 CONT THEN ON TO THE "TICONDEROGA" the two months before it was commissioned as a
2 CONT 20mm/40mm gunner, made runs on Trinidad as part of training, then thru the
2 CONT Panama Canal to the South Pacific to fight the Japs. Fought in
2 CONT The China Seas and South Pacific on the "T" thru 5 battles with the Japs Till we
2 CONT got hit bad on Jan 21 1945 by two Kamikazes and 2 other bombs. And some near
2 CONT misses, which causes a lot of damage in the lower decks. We were listing badly
2 CONT and had a lot of damage on the superstructure (they call it the island on a
2 CONT carrier.) The got us out of there with the help of destroyers and air fighter
2 CONT cover. This was off the Philippines where we just bombed Luzon and Leyte early
2 CONT that morning. We were sent home to Bremerton, Wash. Naval Yard for repairs.
2 CONT Other jobs on ship were Guard duty, 4hrs. on and 8hrs. off, Ship Captain's
2 CONT orderly, worked maintaining and cleaning my gun battery.
2 CONT Bodies had to be buried @@ Sea or on the local islands within 7 days. In Europe
2 CONT they made gravesites for the dead whatever country you got killed in. You
2 CONT couldn't ship bodies back to the USA in those days. It would take too long to
2 CONT ship bodies back to the USA (they would rot) and no big cargo planes like today.
2 CONT Needed ships and planes in the war zones. That was how war was in those days.
2 CONT The parents or wives got a Telegram saying you were "KILLED IN ACTION; Very
2 CONT Heavy!!!! 
1 FAMS @F1@
1 FAMC @F11@
0 @I2@ INDI
1 NAME Marion Loretta /Meyer/
2 GIVN Marion Loretta 
2 SURN Meyer
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 13 DEC 1926
2 PLAC Philadelphia,PA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 14 JAN 1993
2 PLAC Wilmington,DE
1 NOTE OCCU: Mother/ US Postal Clerk
1 NOTE RELI: Catholic
1 NOTE COMM: Mom Kelley, as she was called by her coworkers at the US Post Office(10
2 CONT kids)
1 NOTE Last address was 2400 North Broom street near Concord ave in Wilmington, DE
2 CONT 19802
1 NOTE PHONE: Heaven- 1-800-Angel
1 NOTE      Marion Meyer Kelley's Life Story:
1 NOTE Marion Meyer Kelley's Life Story: 
1 NOTE Written By Marion Kelley herself;
1 NOTE I was born in Richmond, Philadelphia,PA. Why I mention this is because I was the
2 CONT only one of four children that was, The rest of the children were born at home.
2 CONT My first memory was about the age of 3 1/2 yrs old. We had a first floor
2 CONT apartment on Gaul st. in the Richmond section of Philadelphia. My sister Doris,
2 CONT cousin Gertrude and I all had chicken pox. I was very ill. I can remember being
2 CONT in a crib and my mother had made us mittens so we would not scratch ourselves.
2 CONT Remembering this when my eight children came down with the chicken pox, I did
2 CONT the same thing. I also remember the man who came around with dresses,etc., to
2 CONT sell and wonderful smell and the crisp sound they made (later I realized it was
2 CONT the paper inside the dresses that made the sound). December rolled around and
2 CONT December 13th, my Birthday. There was a small store about a block and a half
2 CONT away. Well, that time of the year it gets dark around 5 o'clock. Doris and
2 CONT Gertrude took me to the store to buy me a present. They left me outside by
2 CONT myself (4 years old) next to a dark alley. When they came out I was soooo
2 CONT Frightened but forgot all the fear when I saw the lovely red Pocketbook they
2 CONT bought me. Then Christmas came and I had asked for a Red Fire Engine that you
2 CONT could ride in (Tomboy that I was). Well.... I did get a fire Engine but it was a
2 CONT small one with a seat on top and that you pushed around (I remember being so
2 CONT disappointed). Doris and I received these huge Dolls, My Doll was two heads
2 CONT taller than me. Gertrude received two such Dolls from her mother and father (who
2 CONT were separated). Gertrude lived with us because her mother worked and lived at a
2 CONT country club that was way out in the country. This was during the Depression. My
2 CONT Father earned 17 dollars a week, my mother was a top notch waitress at the
2 CONT Benjamin Franklin Hotel and brought home $90.00 a week. So our family never felt
2 CONT any hardships. I only had my Doll two days and what happened I was carrying the
2 CONT doll down the steps outside and because the doll was sooo big I tripped on its
2 CONT legs and crashed to the pavement. I wasn't hurt because I landed right on top of
2 CONT the doll, but the doll wasn't as lucky as me, she ended up with a broken head.
2 CONT Gertrude gave me one of her Dolls. We were all very Happy! Before I was five yrs
2 CONT old, we moved around the corner and across the street on Cambrea st. to a house.
2 CONT On the corner was a grocery store. I can recall going to with a small list(I
2 CONT always received a piece of candy). My mother charged and paid it once a week. So
2 CONT many memories there! For Christmas, Doris and I received large, beautiful and
2 CONT expensive doll coaches. We were always ladies in our starch dresses and bows in
2 CONT our hair; walking our dolls in those expensive coaches. My father had a band (
2 CONT he played banjo). We had a piano down in the basement and about two nights a
2 CONT week his band came over to practice. Well, it was like having a party twice a
2 CONT week. All the young adults would come over and dance and have a ball. It was
2 CONT also during Prohibition and my father made his own beer and rootbeer. My father
2 CONT was extremely intelligent. He only went to the 9th grade but graduated by taking
2 CONT correspondence courses. He also hooked the mike to the radio and the kids would
2 CONT listen to him over the radio. On Christmas Eve all the young adults were over
2 CONT and having a great time and Doris and I could not sleep. There was a grate in
2 CONT the bathroom floor so we could watch them. We must have fallen asleep on the
2 CONT floor because when we woke up we were back in our beds. Now it was time for us
2 CONT to move to the country. I was in the first grade. We moved to Newtown Square on
2 CONT a farm. Doris and I stayed at my Grandmother Meyer's until my parents moved all
2 CONT of our furniture. The house was heated by a big black stove in the kitchen that
2 CONT burned coal. There was a Pot Belly stove in the small living room next to the
2 CONT kitchen. The large living room was shut off in the winter because it was to
2 CONT large to heat. We had electricity on the first floor but not upstairs.At night
2 CONT my mother would light a kerosene lamp and take us upstairs. In the mourning she
2 CONT would wrap us up in blankets and carry us down to the warm Kitchen, a great big
2 CONT room with a table that ran full length of the room. There was also a pump that
2 CONT Doris and I had to prime and pump the water.My father taught my mother how to
2 CONT raise chickens. This young women was raised in New York city. There were about
2 CONT 150 chickens. There was a rooster that had been a "blue ribbon winner", but
2 CONT Doris and I would go into the Hen house to collect eggs and the rooster would
2 CONT attack us. My mother got so mad one day, she grabbed that Blue Ribbon rooster
2 CONT and chopped its head off. Next we moved to Broomall. This house was a beautiful
2 CONT large home. In this lovely home my brother Harry was born.We moved again to
2 CONT Flanarch Hills. These homes were semiattached. Our next move was to Blue bell,
2 CONT PA. Another great country home.Sooo again we moved on back to city to Richmond,
2 CONT Philadelphia. There was a play ground across the street and we went to the
2 CONT movies twice a week. About the time I graduated from 8th grade , we moved to
2 CONT Tranace, PA. My Mother left our Father due to his infidelity with a women and
2 CONT she changed her name back to McMullen.We moved again to Broad street and
2 CONT Alligany, a 3rd floor apartment. We hung out a with group of boys from North
2 CONT East Catholic High. We did not date these boys but we went everywhere together.
2 CONT On Sunday my mother worked all day, so we had the boys over for dinner. We were
2 CONT busy cooking and had the radio on for music when they broke in and announced
2 CONT that Pearl Harbor had been attacked by Japan and within six months everyone of
2 CONT the boys were in the service. We started dating shortly after that but the boys
2 CONT started to get younger and younger. Two of the boys , Harry and Bob Tobin went
2 CONT to Virginia College to become officers. They flunked out and went to boot camp
2 CONT training together. Bob and I wrote wonderfully, crazy letters. He would address
2 CONT my letter as Meyer jr.. We had so much fun writing. I never really dated Bob
2 CONT Tobin and I always got him dates with my girlfriends. He would break their
2 CONT hearts. He wrote that he was coming home on leave and then would go over
2 CONT seas(pacific). So Doris and I threw a big party for him. During the party the
2 CONT girls put their names in a hat and the boys would pick out a name. The names
2 CONT picked would then become their partner on a treasure hunt. There were two cars
2 CONT and twenty people. One of the boys we had invited had a twin sister , who was
2 CONT crossed eyed. He said he would not come to the party unless she was invited and
2 CONT of course, I said yes.Bob was the most handsome one there and had the most
2 CONT wonderful personality! Guess who's name he picked. Your right again, the poor ,
2 CONT little crossed eyed girl. Bob treated her as if she was the most beautiful girl
2 CONT there. Well, I'll tell you, I really fell in love with him at that point. Later
2 CONT back at the apartment, Bob and I went into the living room to sit and watch the
2 CONT fire. He took out a poem that he had written for me, declaring his love for me.
2 CONT Before he left he said " we were not to write to one another as we had been
2 CONT doing because we were to young to be in love and so on and so on". I felt he had
2 CONT done this because before he had come home, Walt had warned Bob about me, that he
2 CONT walked where angels feared to tread. I never wrote Bob. Later he dropped me a so
2 CONT called note and asked me to write, but I wouldn't was angry and felt I had been
2 CONT made a fool of by him, so I never again wrote.Later I went to a church dance.
2 CONT Who did I run into but Bob Tobin and the crowd. He wanted me to go on a hay ride
2 CONT with him and the whole gang on Saturday night. I told him I was going steady and
2 CONT I couldn't. He pleaded with me to go with him. He said he was going overseas and
2 CONT was not coming back. I laughed in his face and said, "come on Bob, you can do
2 CONT better than that. Try to be a little more original" and I walked off the dance
2 CONT floor. I was so upset the next day because I knew I really loved him. After that
2 CONT I moved to Glenolden, PA. and as soon as I was settled in, I called Bob's mom
2 CONT for his address. She said he was on his way to the west coast and when she got
2 CONT his address she would give it to me. I had this weird dream that night. I was at
2 CONT a fire hall dance and everyone was dancing and having a great time. Bob was
2 CONT sitting on a folding chair against the wall and just watching everyone. Now, if
2 CONT you knew Bob you would realize how strange that was. He was always the life of
2 CONT the party and always right in the middle of everything. I walked over to him and
2 CONT said" what is wrong Bob, come on and get into the fun" he answered" No, I'll sit
2 CONT and watch. The next day, Doris overheard some girls at church saying "did you
2 CONT here about Bob Tobin getting killed on the way to the West coast". Well, at that
2 CONT point Doris past out on the church steps. The story we got later was the troop
2 CONT train was traveling through the desert and every once in a while it would stop
2 CONT to refuel, all the boys would get out to get a breath of fresh air. The sun was
2 CONT so hot they would climb under the train for shade. The train would blow its horn
2 CONT so the boys could get back into the train. Walt was with Bob when the whistle
2 CONT blew, but Bob did not get out in time and was cut in halve right in front of
2 CONT Walt's eyes. Walt never did go overseas, because he had a nervous breakdown.
2 CONT Doris, my friend Ellen and I went to see him laid out, I took one look at that
2 CONT handsome young man and I said to myself" that's not Bob", for Bob was Life
2 CONT itself. His mother said that all Bob ever talked about were the Meyer Girls and
2 CONT that we meant more to him then anyone. That was the story of my great love! I
2 CONT went into mourning for six months. The rest of Marion's Life story can be found
2 CONT in her Marriage notes. Included is at least one story about each of her ten
2 CONT children. 
1 NOTE The couple were married on June 16 1945 in Trainer, PA at Holy Cross Church.
2 CONT They met each other on April 6 1945 at a party when Dave was home for a thirty
2 CONT day leave from the US Marines during World War 2. 
1 NOTE [NF001] Marion telling her story; 
2 CONT At the time of the party mentioned above my sister Doris and I were sharing an
2 CONT Apartment with a friend. We usually had steak and wine on Saturday Nights and I
2 CONT was saying how much I did not want to go to the party. I was to go ahead, you
2 CONT may meet your future husband, so I went and I did! That was the night I met
2 CONT Dave, your father. He was so handsome in his Marine uniform and those dancing
2 CONT Irish eyes! How could I resist him. So we married about four months later,
2 CONT during the war that is the way it happened. Then my babies started coming! My
2 CONT first pregnancy, I was going to the Naval Hospital for my first check up. They
2 CONT had just opened up the Maternity section, so I went there for my first
2 CONT "internal". When I first got there I had to talk to the Doctor. Well, I walked
2 CONT in to meet this handsome , young Naval Officer in full uniform. I got ready for
2 CONT the internal and the nurse told me to sit up on the table and I sat on the table
2 CONT and put my hands in stirrups!!(do you believe it?) The nurse asked me, is this
2 CONT your first internal? When I shook my head yes, she put me in the proper
2 CONT position. When the Doctor came in, I closed my eyes and never opened them until
2 CONT the nurse said " you can open your eyes, the doctor has left". After that they
2 CONT scheduled me with an elderly Doctor. When Tom was born, he was the first red
2 CONT headed baby born in the Naval Hospital and the nurses took him all around the
2 CONT Hospital showing him to all the servicemen. Do You Believe it?  When Kathy was
2 CONT born we had just moved into a new home and we had a big Christening party., 150
2 CONT people came and went during the course of the day. She had enough dresses, all
2 CONT different sizes, to last up until her 3rd Birthday. She use to hang on my legs
2 CONT and when I wanted to walk I would have to drag her with me. Tom was crazy about
2 CONT her and let her get away with anything. I would put her in her playpen in her
2 CONT beautiful starch dress and bows and tie her hair up so they would not call her a
2 CONT boy. Then came number Three, WOW! So many stories I could tell you about
2 CONT Maureen, I could fill a book. She was funny Bad. I would tell Tom and Kathy, who
2 CONT were both so good, not to laugh at her and they would run out of the room and
2 CONT giggle. Then came Danny, Beautiful, Adorable, Dan. He threw Temper Tantrums that
2 CONT could even last up to three hours. I never raised my voice to him. I would give
2 CONT a tipped bath and make him comfortable. Then I would put him in his crib;
2 CONT leaving the door open of our ranch house. He would never let me hold him or love
2 CONT him, until he was seven years old. One day, he came home from school, I went to
2 CONT grab him just to hug him; he started to fight me and I said " I don't care , I
2 CONT love you, If I want to, I'll hug you". He settled down and let me love him.
2 CONT Mickey was born a year later. My favorite description of Mickey is he was to
2 CONT good for his own good. As long as he was in the same room with me, he was happy.
2 CONT By the time of Mickey's first Birthday, he was a head taller than Danny. My
2 CONT mother would get furious with me, but I would explain to her, he has got to
2 CONT learn to stand up for his rights; better here in his own home, than out on the
2 CONT street. I don't think he learned that yet! Candy was born one year after Mickey.
2 CONT Candy was the sweetest little girl! Everything you wanted in a little girl! When
2 CONT she was one year old there was a parade in the neighborhood. So we fixed up a
2 CONT float and had all the brothers and sisters walk her. She won the most Beautiful
2 CONT Baby Prize. Her brothers and sisters were so proud. Then I was pregnant for the
2 CONT 7th time!! I was 61/2 moths pregnant and I was going to the Hospital for a check
2 CONT up. I took Kathy with me and told her I was sure the Doctors would tell me I was
2 CONT to have two Babes. She waited in the hall for me while I was examined. The
2 CONT Doctor said there was only one Baby. I said, " Doctor there are two Babies".
2 CONT Bonnie was first and I heard the doctor say, there must be another Baby, Look
2 CONT how small this one is, When Connie came out, I opened my eyes and said " You'll
2 CONT listen to me next time,Doctor". He was my Aunt Gertrude's friend and she said it
2 CONT was his favorite story to tell over coctails. So Kathy got her two Babies. They
2 CONT were Beautiful!  Eight years went by and then Jim came along, so many
2 CONT stories.When I came home from the Hospital, The whole neighborhood of kids met
2 CONT our car two blocks away shouting!! He was spoiled by everyone. When he was
2 CONT naked, he would break away from his sisters who were trying to dry him and would
2 CONT have to chase him all over the house. He was a little Devil! You could just see
2 CONT his eyes dancing. He's another one I could write a whole book about. Then came
2 CONT Jack, 11/2 years later. I was carrying him when your father and I were really
2 CONT breaking up and when he was an infant. He would cry in his sleep and talk baby
2 CONT talk. So I moved into he and Jim's room. They both had their own cribs. I slept
2 CONT on a cot, so when Jack would cry in his sleep, I could be beside him to comfort
2 CONT him. My favorite story about Jack is, When he was in first grade, he did
2 CONT something outrageous, (I don't even remember what it was, but it had to be
2 CONT pretty bad)because he was an angel growing up. You could not spoil him. But I
2 CONT pulled him into the Bedroom and pulled down his little pants and spanked his
2 CONT bare behind over my knee. Then I stood him up, he had tears rolling down his
2 CONT precious face and I said to him " Now do you know why Mom Spanked you?" He said
2 CONT with tears in his voice "Because you want me to grow up to be nice Man". WOW!
2 CONT How can you miss with a kid like that? Now he has his own baby boy, who is just
2 CONT as good as his father. I am so happy for Jack. He deserves that Baby.  My Story
2 CONT about Kathy: 
2 CONT When I was nine years old, I lived in Kennsington, Philadelphia. I went to the
2 CONT movies every Saturday afternoon;11 cents was all it cost. I went to see the most
2 CONT beautiful love story, it was called"Withering Heights". If you have never seen
2 CONT it , the girls name was Kathy. If you ever get the chance , see it or get the
2 CONT book from the library, you will agree that it is the most beautiful Love story
2 CONT ever. When I walked out of the theater, I made up my mind that my first
2 CONT daughter's name would be Kathy. My dear Kathy,that is how it came to be your
2 CONT name. Over the years I NEVER forgot that movie. So there wasn't any hesitation
2 CONT of what your name would be when you were born. When I was pregnant for my first
2 CONT baby, my sister Aileen was living with me. When she would go to bed, I would
2 CONT work on this huge doll; it must have been as tall as a three year old. I made it
2 CONT with black pigtails and a lovely three piece suit and blouse; and it had black
2 CONT paten leather shoes and the jacket I embroidered the name Kathy. 
1 NOTE So here I am retired. It's Saturday night and on Channel 24 they play all "Big
2 CONT Band Music", How much I loved it. As the music plays, all my memories of the
2 CONT past years flow. I am surprised I can remember 95% of all the words and haven't
2 CONT missed a beat. What a lovely way to spend an evening. That's my Life. The life
2 CONT of Marion Loretta Kelley. 
1 NOTE "The Big Dog Under The Wagon" 
2 CONT Marion L. Kelley [version] 
2 CONT Come wife says good old farmer Gray, put on your things tis market day, and
2 CONT we'll be off to the nearest town, we'll be back before the sun goes down. Spot,
2 CONT Umm, no we'll leave old Spot behind. Now Spotty barked and Spotty whined and
2 CONT soon made up his doggish mind, to follow under the wagon. Away they went at good
2 CONT round pace, and joy came into the farmers face, poor Spot, he did want to come,
2 CONT but he'll guard the barn and guard the cotton and keep the cattle out of the
2 CONT lot. I'm not so sure of that! Said Spot, "THE BIG DOG UNDER THE WAGON" The
2 CONT farmer all produce sold, got his pay in yellow gold. He tarted home through the
2 CONT lonely forest, HARK! A robber sprang from behind a tree, your money or your
2 CONT life, said he! The moon was up, but he did not see, "THE BIG DOG UNDER THE
2 CONT WAGON" Now Spot neared barked and Spot neared whined, but he quickly caught the
2 CONT thief behind and pulled him down the marley gate, and tore his coat and tore his
2 CONT shirt! The robber uttered not a sound, while hands and feet the farmer bound,
2 CONT and tumbled him into the wagon. And now, our Hero grand and gay, a silver collar
2 CONT he wears today, among his friends and among his foes, he follows on his horney
2 CONT toes! " THE BIG DOG UNDER THE WAGON"
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1 NAME Thomas Joseph /Kelley/
2 GIVN Thomas Joseph 
2 SURN Kelley
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 23 MAR 1946
2 PLAC Philadelphia,PA
1 FAMS @F3@
1 FAMC @F1@
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1 NAME Kathleen Theresa /Kelley/
2 GIVN Kathleen Theresa 
2 SURN Kelley
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 27 DEC 1947
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1 FAMS @F323@
1 FAMC @F1@
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1 NAME Joseph Luke /Forsyth/
2 GIVN Joseph Luke 
2 SURN Forsyth
1 SEX M
1 FAMC @F310@
0 @I6@ INDI
1 NAME Daniel John /Kelley/
2 GIVN Daniel John 
2 SURN Kelley
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 2 JUL 1950
2 PLAC Upland,PA
1 NOTE OCCU: Sales Manager
1 NOTE RELI: Catholic
1 NOTE COMM: Attended the University of Delaware (102 credits)
1 NOTE COMM: Heatlh problems: Arthritis
1 NOTE _FA1:
2 CONT PLAC 131 Chadd rd., Newark , DE
1 NOTE Dan Kelley's Life Story:
1 NOTE _FA2:
2 CONT DATE 1 Dec 1988
2 CONT PLAC Wilmington, DE
1 NOTE Dan Kelley's Life Story: 
1 NOTE [NI006] Special Characteristics: 
2 CONT 4th child of ten;2nd oldest boy;small for age untill 10th grade the grew to 5ft
2 CONT 11in.;very agile and atheltic shortstop and 2nd basement in baseball; True love
2 CONT is Basketball and Racketball. I was very sucessful in sports. I was the leadoff
2 CONT man in little league. I played on championship teams inlittle league,7th grade &
2 CONT 8th grade Basketball and High school Basketball.(Conrad). My brother Micky was a
2 CONT superstar in Highschool Basketball. I started in my Junior year during the
2 CONT preseason but lost the job at the outset and ended up collecting splinters the
2 CONT rest of the year on the bench. However, I enjoyed every minute of it. I coached
2 CONT softball in my 20's and played shortstop for 6 yrs. Played mostly 2nd base and
2 CONT outfield in softball till I was 43 yrs old. 
2 CONT Speacial Interest: 
2 CONT In High school my brother Mickey and I were also well known in the tristate area
2 CONT for our dancing skills. I won a few dance contests. After my divorce, I persude
2 CONT my dancing abilty as a hobbie and was invited to dance in a play called ku'met
2 CONT at Long wood Gardens with the Brandywine group. One of my best adventures ever.
2 CONT I enjoy working in and selling computers for many years now. I had traning in
2 CONT still and motion photography in the National Gaurds during the Vietnam War while
2 CONT I was a student at the University of Delaware. 
2 CONT Fun Family Stories: 
2 CONT One of my first jobs after college was as a manager at Cumberland Farms
2 CONT Convience store. ( noted for selling lots of milk, bread and eggs) My wife Cissy
2 CONT worked for me and that was a big mistake. A typical day when I used to sell 600 
2 CONT gallons of milk a week. I had old fashion walkin cooler with wooden floor. When
2 CONT I was taking the milk crates off the hugh milk truck ( 48 gallons of milk on
2 CONT dolly) 
2 CONT I had to push into the walk in cooler. The wooden floor had a dip in the floor
2 CONT and as the milk crates started coming down on me, I tried to save it and then
2 CONT realized that all 48 gallons were going to crush me as they fell. I let out a
2 CONT major curse word and as the milk fell down on the floor and splattered all over
2 CONT me and hit the front windows where a customer was. My wife Cissy came running
2 CONT back to see me drenched in milk. After she saw that I was ok, she refused to go
2 CONT out and serve the customers because I used to many curse words and she was
2 CONT embarresed. I told her I was the Boss and she had to go out as I was covered in
2 CONT milk and she still refused, so I went out there drenced in milk and served thse
2 CONT customers. How's that for Milk and Egg on your face. We laugh all the way to the
2 CONT end of the night and forever more. 
2 CONT Dan Kelley's Family 
2 CONT I first saw Sissy at a Elsemere Dance and officialy met her at Corpus Cristy
2 CONT church. Before I actually met Sissy, We moved into Villone Village. The same
2 CONT neiborhood as where Sissy lived. I saw Sissy coming out of Casapulas Sub shop
2 CONT and said to my father " thats the type of girl I'm going to marry.A typical
2 CONT Italian Wedding( Sissy is Italian). Over 100 people attended with great food and
2 CONT drink. Over $1,000.00 worth of gifts. We had a 2 week honeymoon spent traveling
2 CONT all over Florida; Disneyland,Tampa,Fortlauderdale,Miami,Keys and West palm
2 CONT Beach.2nd honeymoon was spent in the Poconos and The Bahamas in 1973. 
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1 NAME Michael Patrick /Kelley/
2 GIVN Michael Patrick 
2 SURN Kelley
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 26 JUL 1951
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1 NAME Candace Maria /Kelley/
2 GIVN Candace Maria 
2 SURN Kelley
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 30 JUL 1952
2 PLAC Abington,PA
1 NOTE OCCU: Mental Heath Business Administrator
1 NOTE RELI: Catholic
1 NOTE COMM: Candice considers herself a hard worker
1 NOTE COMM: Some of Candice's favorite things to do are dancing and exercising
1 NOTE _FA1:
2 CONT PLAC 407 Bennington rd. Wilmington, DE 19804
1 NOTE PHON: 302-999-8596
1 NOTE Candace Kelley:
1 NOTE Candace Kelley: 
1 NOTE [NI008] From Candace Kelley, daughter of David J. Kelley and Marion Meyer
2 CONT Kelley. Who was born July 30, 1952 and was the sixth child out of ten and third
2 CONT daughter out of five. Resides at 325 Main Street, P. O. Box 217, Wellsville PA,
2 CONT 17365. Telephone # 717-432-9244 E-Mail GEcke@@aol.com. Please feel free to call
2 CONT me or E-Mail me to give me family history or ask me any questions. 
1 NOTE [NI008] I dedicate the first part of my life to my four siters, Kathleen,
2 CONT Maureen Bonnie and Connie who have always been there to support me through the
2 CONT good and hard times of my life. 
1 NOTE [NI008] I dedicate my adult life to my wonderful beautiful daughters Stephanie
2 CONT and Lindsy Capaldo who have given me more joy than I could imagine. They have
2 CONT been my life. 
1 NOTE [NI008] I thank my mother who has taught me the meainig of god, and work ethics.
2 CONT This has contributed to my sucess in my career. 
1 NOTE [NI008] I thank my Father for becoming my friend as an adult and helping me with
2 CONT the care of my children after my divorce. He was there to take care of my girls
2 CONT those many nights while I as at night school at Widner University and would take
2 CONT care of the girls when I was on business trips. He also has contributed to my
2 CONT sucess in my career. 
1 NOTE [NI008] I thank my big brothers, Tom, Danny and Mickey for being the best big
2 CONT brothers in the world. They were a very big part of my childhood. 
1 NOTE [NI008] I also thank my little brothers, Jim and Jack for giving me someone to
2 CONT love at a young age. They wre my first babies. My brother Jim has become a very
2 CONT good friend and I am so proud of the youngest of ten, Jack, who is the best dad
2 CONT in the World. 
1 NOTE [NI008] My life story is a very simple story. After my two children and my
2 CONT divorce, I went back to college to finsh my degree in Business Adminstration at
2 CONT Widner University while I was working as a contract adminstrator at an
2 CONT Enigineering Firm. I was bored with just doing accounting work and found a job
2 CONT with a Non Profit, Social Service Mental Health organizantion as the Business
2 CONT Manager. Working as a Business Manager for a Social Service was a perfect job
2 CONT for me because it brought out the logical part of my personality but allowed me
2 CONT to work for a organization which help people in need. This brought out the part
2 CONT of my personality which needed to help those in need. 
1 NOTE [NI008] After over six years with this organization I decided to move to Silver
2 CONT Spring, Maryland in the D.C. area for another mental health organization as the
2 CONT Director of Administration. My oldest daughter Stephanie could not move down
2 CONT with me because she as been with the same gymnastic school since she was four
2 CONT and on their team since she was eight. Of course she could not give this part of
2 CONT her life up and decided to move in with her dad to stay in the Wilmington,
2 CONT Delaware area. Because of our weekends and nightly phone calls together my
2 CONT daughter Stephanie and I ae even closer. I am very proud of her for her hard
2 CONT work and drive she extends with gymnastics and school. I am also very proud of
2 CONT my Linsay for the big heart that she shows to everyone and her very creative
2 CONT artistic talents in drawing and writing. 
1 NOTE [NI008] So my daughter Lindsay and I headed off to the D.C. area. We did not
2 CONT like it too much. Because the many hours I had to work and the hectic life in
2 CONT the D.C. area we decided to move to a little town out side of Harrisburg, PA
2 CONT called Wellsville. 
1 NOTE [NI008] I now work for the Allience for the Mentally ill of PA and live with my
2 CONT daughter Lindsay and a wonderful man George Eckenrode. 
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1 NAME Bonnie Ann /Kelley/
2 GIVN Bonnie Ann 
2 SURN Kelley
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 13 OCT 1953
1 NOTE OCCU: Employed at the News Journal(Wilmington,DE)
1 NOTE RELI: Methodist(formerly Catholic)
1 NOTE COMM: H.S. graduate and 2 years of college(Delaware Tech College)
1 NOTE COMM: 15 years of Asthma diffulculties;since chronic asthma & chronic fatigue
1 NOTE _FA1:
2 CONT PLAC 74 Mackenzie court, Newcastle,De
1 NOTE PHON: 302-328-0312
1 NOTE      Bonnie Ann Kelley; Holmes, PA; 10/13/53 resides at 74 MacKenzie Court; New
2 CONT Castle  328-0312 and is employed at The News Journal Company (The Dela.
2 CONT Newspaper) presently 11 years.
2 CONT English language; Methodist (Catholic previously for 25 years);  H. S. Graduate
2 CONT & 2 yrs. at DelTech Community College.  Since 15 yrs old asthma difficulties;
2 CONT since 28 chronic asthma & chronic fatigue. At age 26 Atopic pregnancy & at 28
2 CONT lost of a baby girl; Candace Blevins. 
2 CONT MARRIAGE:
2 CONT Larry R. Blevins; North Carolina; 6/11/48; Electrician
2 CONT Co-habitated June 1972; Married-October 4, 1975; 
2 CONT Divorced October 10, 1985 
2 CONT Engaged: April 1, 1972
2 CONT Married-Wilm., DE; Boxwood Ave.
2 CONT Reception-Defiance Men's Club
2 CONT Honeymoon; Canada-Northern Ontario
2 CONT Remarried: April 1, 1995 to Gary D. Michael of Redding, CA;  1/12/48; Sales
2 CONT Manager; Married: St. Mark's U. M. Church; Most beautiful wedding & reception;
2 CONT Honeymoon: (1) Switzerland & (1) New Orleans. 
2 CONT CHILDREN:
2 CONT Jason Blevins; Male, Wilm. General Hospital; 4/7/73  
2 CONT "The angel of both families"; Extremely high intelligence; chronic asthma and
2 CONT most likely 
2 CONT chronic fatigue like his mother.  Short stature. H. S. graduate.  Presently in
2 CONT college for  Computer Programming; may pursue graphic designs and art. Employed
2 CONT at CompUSA, computer retail store; small business sales rep.  Very Funny.
2 CONT Athletic. LOVES to read. Writes & draws well. Great with children and a terrific
2 CONT brother to Joseph.  "My friend son".
2 CONT Candace Blevins; Female; Wilm. Medical Ctr.; 10/13/81
2 CONT Died; 10/15/81; Lungs were underdeveloped ; 3 months early delivery due to
2 CONT infected  umbilical cord. Born; 2lbs. 3 oz. Buried in West Jefferson, North
2 CONT Carolina in the Blevins family cemetery.  Candace was born on my 28th Birthday;
2 CONT she only survived for two days.
2 CONT Joseph Ryan Blevins; Male, Wilm. Medical Ctr.; 8/30/83
2 CONT "The singer" of both families;  A great dancer. Very good sense of humor. Very
2 CONT hard worker; 
2 CONT "B" student, generally. Very athletic; Soccer, Baseball and Basketball. Enjoys
2 CONT writing. "My sweetheart son".
2 CONT NOTES:
2 CONT Bonnie Kelley:  Born as a fraternal twin to Connie Kelley Panco. I am a hard
2 CONT worker; I have above average intelligence.  Like both my sons, I  am athletic. 
2 CONT My game is racquetball. I write & draw well.  I love children. I have been in
2 CONT advertising for 11 years and break records by bringing in high revenue dollars
2 CONT for the company year after year. I am a very caring sister & daughter to my
2 CONT family.  Remarried, yet chose to keep my birth name (Kelley).  I love
2 CONT demonstrating my Irish background with the (Kelley) name. It is said that I am
2 CONT extremely independent and tenacious.  I have chronic asthma & fatigue, yet; half
2 CONT the day I am highly energetic.  I am happy within. 
2 CONT Larry Blevins: Hard worker; easy going father, loves to tell funny stories to
2 CONT his sons.  Loving to his sons,  was not very attentive to me. Very generous to
2 CONT his sons. Electrician.
2 CONT Gary D. Michael: Hard worker; very generous and attentive to his wife (me). 4.0
2 CONT rating, tennis player.  Has traveled to 22 countries.  Has taken Joseph & I to
2 CONT various vacation spots and trips. Middle management position (sales). Has two
2 CONT grown sons; Brian and Mark.
2 CONT A FUNNY JOSEPH STORY
2 CONT Joseph was at school and heard a dog barking outside the school window; since he
2 CONT was in the back of the classroom, he stood up to see what was going on.  Joseph
2 CONT became highly upset when he saw that the dog pound, if you will, was trying to
2 CONT capture this black dog.  The window was open, so Joseph hollered, "leave the dog
2 CONT alone".  Needless to say, Joseph was sent to the principal's office.  When
2 CONT Joseph came home, he begged of me to take him to the SPCA, to rescue the black
2 CONT dog. This child can charm anyone; so off we went.  Yes, the black dog was there;
2 CONT however, right next to it was my dream dog.  I have wanted this dog, ever since
2 CONT I was a little girl.  It was so cute, that even Joseph was easily persuaded to
2 CONT give up the notion of taking the black dog home.
2 CONT My pup was a golden cocker spaniel.  We had to wait five days, just in case
2 CONT someone claimed him.
2 CONT We had a problem though, fifteen other people wanted him also.  So, when the day
2 CONT arrived that his new owner could adopt him, I took off work.  I was the first
2 CONT one there to pick him up.  That was the claiming ticket, to be #1.  The doors
2 CONT opened at 10am, I was let in.  Soon afterward approximately six other people
2 CONT arrived.  Sitting there, very relaxed, I filled out the papers.  Other people
2 CONT were there as well, I didn't care; I was in my own happy world, knowing my dream
2 CONT dog was
2 CONT going home with me.  All of a sudden, the adoption lady stated that I was the
2 CONT second choice; that the older gentleman across the room would be the cocker
2 CONT spaniels new owner.  I was feeling like a lost puppy myself.  I hadn't ever
2 CONT fallen in love with an animal at first sight like I did this one.  I walked out
2 CONT of the SPCA, not able to talk.  The older gentleman followed me and with great
2 CONT hesitation gave me my golden cocker spaniel.  He let me adopt him.  This older
2 CONT gentleman will never be forgotten.
2 CONT Five months later, Joseph calls me up from his MomMom Blevins' home and tells me
2 CONT that she has a cocker spaniel, golden/white. Very small.  Joseph was sure that I
2 CONT would fall in love with this pup; I was not.  No pup could ever replace my
2 CONT "Shadow", which has followed me around for five months. Shadow, my pup seemed to
2 CONT need a friend during the day; and this new pup was kept outside all day; it also
2 CONT had ticks.  So, I called a groomer and told Joseph to bring it home.  Now,
2 CONT "Shadow" isn't lonely and "Cotton" isn't cold and ticky.  Since May, Shadow who
2 CONT is 1 1/2 yrs. old has put on extra weight; he is a large cocker spaniel. 
2 CONT Cotton, is 3 yrs old, according to the vet; and she is very, very small.  Cotton
2 CONT was gaining weight and getting chubby in the backside, like Shadow.  We did not
2 CONT have to be concerned about Cotton getting pregnant, because Shadow was spaded. 
2 CONT The vet said, Cotton may have been spaded before MomMom found her; we cannot
2 CONT tell right now; but that we should keep an eye on her to see if she goes in
2 CONT heat.  If that is the case, then we need to bring her back to get spaded. Cotton
2 CONT has gained a lot of weight, but has not gone in heat. Joseph and I arrived home
2 CONT at 9;30pm from a bookstore that we had been in for three hours, 7 1/2 weeks
2 CONT after getting our Cotton from MomMom.  What did we find when we arrived home? We
2 CONT found two little tiny, newborn pups that Cotton delivered.  We were in awe. 
2 CONT Joseph told me that she looked pregnant about two weeks prior.  I told him, "no
2 CONT way ", because Shadow was spaded and Cotton never left Shadow's side when they
2 CONT went out to play.  Mom was wrong!
2 CONT That night, we stayed up till 12am, when we felt all puppies were delivered. 
2 CONT Little Cotton delivered, six; however, only four survived.  Gee!  Shadow's
2 CONT family grew really quick!  All four pups have been claimed though, we'll enjoy
2 CONT them while they're here. What a neat experience!
2 CONT A NEAT, FUZZY JASON STORY
2 CONT Once a week, for 8 weeks a dozen children would come over to Jason's house to
2 CONT practice for THE CHRISTMAS SHOW.  Jason's four best friends, three cousins, and
2 CONT his friends'
2 CONT cousins.  Jason was nine years old and the others were in the same age range.
2 CONT The day of the show, we cleared all the furniture out of the living room and
2 CONT filled it with 35 chairs, which were borrowed from St. Matthews.  We had a room
2 CONT for refreshments and a stage room. We bought a
2 CONT beautiful, red, silky curtain for the stageroom.  Everyone sang so beautiful. 
2 CONT Andrea Kelley was Mary and of course my Jason was Joseph; they sang, Away In A
2 CONT Manager.  What a lasting memory that is for me, (Mom).  All went well.  All 35
2 CONT seats were filled and the children had a great time. Everyone went home.  Uncle
2 CONT Jack came over later that night.  It was ten o'clock.  I sent Jason to bed.
2 CONT Uncle Jack went upstairs to the bathroom and decided to peak in on his favorite
2 CONT nephew.  When he opened the door, he found Jason with a flash light, reading a
2 CONT book.  Jason was and still is so intelligent.  He and Uncle Jack began to have a
2 CONT big brother talk, so to speak; though Jack is only ten years older than Jason. 
2 CONT Jason said, very sincerely, "Uncle Jack", every night I want to read, I turn the
2 CONT flash light on alot, I think I am a read-aholic. Jason was so good, what an
2 CONT angel, but boy - oh- boy could he sleep!  Must have been all that reading the
2 CONT night before. 
2 CONT SPECIAL FAMILY MEMORIES
2 CONT JASON, went to Fl, Disney World, Chicago and Boston. Had a 3 foot, chocolate
2 CONT Easter bunny at six years old.  Came home from North Caroline with a swollen
2 CONT eye, from a bee sting at 8 years old. Loved and played baseball and soccer like
2 CONT a young pro.  He had real gift of logic to any sport he played.  Jason went to
2 CONT Temple University for some of his college, and at 22 fell in love with his
2 CONT beautiful Greta . Jason takes his brother Joseph to the pro games and movies and
2 CONT is a really good brother.  Jason is the family computerwhiz. JOSEPH has been to
2 CONT FL, Disney World, Boston & Sturbridge, MA, Williamsburg, Virginia, Lake George,
2 CONT New York, The Empire State Bldg., and Plymouth, MA, (Plymouth Rock).
2 CONT Joseph has made the All-stars baseball team, three years in a row.  Was the
2 CONT third pitcher in one of the games and saved the team from humiliation.  Joseph
2 CONT also was on the championship team of his basketball league.  He wants to be a
2 CONT writer.  GOOD LUCK!
2 CONT LARRY BLEVINS AND BONNIE KELLEY - Our sweetest day was when we got married and
2 CONT when I told Larry that I was pregnant for Jason, he said, "He was happy and
2 CONT proud".  When Joseph was
2 CONT announced to be born, we all knew that Joseph was the whole family's bundle of
2 CONT love.  Both of our sons were made from love. 
2 CONT GARY MICHAEL AND BONNIE KELLEY -  While Gary and I were on our honeymoon, in
2 CONT Switzerland we literally went window shopping because all the shops were closed.
2 CONT  It was a beautiful, warm evening.  I spotted the doll of my dreams.  It was a
2 CONT precious, Swiss Boy with the most beautiful Swiss eyes.  I fell in love with it.
2 CONT  The tag read $65.  I knew this was a large amount so I didn't ask for it.  My
2 CONT new husband saw how excited I was and said, "in the morning we will come back to
2 CONT purchase it; after all we only go to Switzerland once in our lives."  I told
2 CONT everyone on the tour with us about this great doll the next day and expressed
2 CONT how I couldn't wait to show them.  We went back to purchase it and discovered
2 CONT that the sweater on the doll was $65.00 and the doll was ONLY $750.00.  Needless
2 CONT to say, we had to leave the doll in the window and admit to everyone that we
2 CONT couldn't take it back to Delaware with us.  No wonder I fell in love with it! 
2 CONT CHRISTMAS IS CELEBRATED EVERY CHRISTMAS EVE & NOT A CHRISTMAS HAS GONE BY
2 CONT WITHOUT   CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES BEING MADE & BIRTHDAYS--EVERYONE IS SPOILED
1 FAMS @F8@
1 FAMC @F1@
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1 NAME Connie Ann /Kelley/
2 GIVN Connie Ann 
2 SURN Kelley
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 13 OCT 1953
2 PLAC Pennsylvania
1 NOTE OCCU: Owns and operates Childrens Day Care Center(PEEWEE Daycare)
1 NOTE RELI: Catholic
1 NOTE COMM: Is a twin sister with Bonnie Kelley
1 NOTE COMM: Renewed vows again on oyr 20th weding anniversary at Sacred Heart Church
2 CONT in Wilm
1 NOTE Connie is a graduate from Henry C. Conrad High school in Wilmington,
2 CONT Delaware.She grew up in downtown Wilmington and Elsemere Delaware. As an adult
2 CONT she lived with her Husband Nick at Pennsylvania Stes College while he attended
2 CONT scholl there for his B.A. Degree. They then lived in Northwales,PA for 11 years
2 CONT untill they builtthere own house in West Grove, PA. in 1989. Connies Husband
2 CONT fought in the Vietnam War with the U.S. Marines. Their son Nicholas jr. is 20
2 CONT years old as of this writting and works for the United States Postal Service.
1 FAMS @F9@
1 FAMC @F1@
0 @I11@ INDI
1 NAME James  /Kelley/
2 GIVN James 
2 SURN Kelley
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1 AUG 1961
2 PLAC Wilmington,DE
1 CHR
2 DATE 21 SEP 1961
2 PLAC Wilmington,DE
1 NOTE EDUCATION: (A.S.) Associates Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Delaware Tech
2 CONT College. 4 Semesters at Univ. of Delaware. 4 years of Night School for a HVAC
2 CONT Journeyman's Certification.
1 NOTE ADDRESS: 3228 Champions Dr. Wilmington, Delaware 19808
1 NOTE PHONE: 302-292-6924
1 NOTE Jim Kelley's Life Story:
2 CONT Born the ninth child out of ten kids, I was a bit spoiled and loved very much by
2 CONT my family. From memory and family stories, I've realized I was given a lot of
2 CONT attention as a child. Because of this love and attention, I became the person I
2 CONT am today. Along with my brothers and sisters influence, I was greatly impacted
2 CONT by my Mother. At the age of six my parents separated. My brother Jack and I went
2 CONT with Mom and the rest went with Dad, except Tom. Tom, the oldest, was in the
2 CONT AirForce at the time. At some time or another growing up, most of the kids came
2 CONT to live with Mom, Jack and I for short stays. My earliest memories are of The
2 CONT big 3 story house we lived in on 8th and Jackson street in the inner city of
2 CONT Wilmington. This house was very tall and there were four bed rooms as I
2 CONT remember. Bonnie and Connie (the twins) and Candy Lived in one room on the third
2 CONT floor. Tom, Mickey and Danny's room was across from them. On the second floor
2 CONT was Kathy and Maureen's room as well as Mom and Dad's room. Jack and I had a
2 CONT small room right off from Mom and Dads room. There was a sand box in the back
2 CONT yard and a closed in glass foyer in the front of the house. It was this glass
2 CONT foyer that I'll carry with me the rest of my life. As I remember it, I was about
2 CONT four years old and was playing "Bat man and Robin" with my brother Jack (the
2 CONT youngest). I threw my arm out to slap a virtual bad guy and put it through a
2 CONT glass pane window in the foyer. I still have that stitched up scar today on my
2 CONT right hand.(Boys will be Boys). Mom, Jack and I moved into a really big
2 CONT apartment up the street from Jackson St. to Vanburen Street. I really liked this
2 CONT place and the next door neighbors. We moved from downtown in 1969 to get away
2 CONT from the Racial rioting that was tearing down our city. The National Guard was
2 CONT called in and stayed an entire year. This was the longest federal occupation of
2 CONT a U.S. city since the Civil War. We moved into an apartment complex that became
2 CONT the central point of my childhood. What I mean by this is I had my best
2 CONT experiences as a child in this neighborhood. After moving in there, Jack and I
2 CONT (ages 6 and 8) made friends fast; both female and male alike. We formed a close
2 CONT nit group of friends that has never been duplicated since. We moved again when I
2 CONT was 13 to a neighborhood closer to our school. We lived in an apartment next to
2 CONT my adult age sisters, Kathleen and Candace(Candy). They were a big help to me,
2 CONT especially Candace. I went into Conrad High school. The whole time we were
2 CONT moving around town, Dad and the Big eight as they were called (the first eight
2 CONT kids) were living in Elsmere. A small town outside of the city limits. I spent
2 CONT many weekends and summer vacations there with Dad and the big eight. My sister
2 CONT Bonnie spent a lot of time with me and Jack when we went there; Taking us to the
2 CONT park and reading us stories. She was a good sister who gave much of her time. I
2 CONT liked that house and had many friends in that Neighborhood as well. We always
2 CONT (Jack and I) had two Christmas' and two Easters' a year, and felt lots of Love
2 CONT from that home as well. I had two homes growing up and felt very fortunate
2 CONT becuase of it. Unlike other Kids that came from broken homes, I never felt
2 CONT broken, but actually fortunate to have two homes and so many people who loved
2 CONT and encouraged me. I received much of my confidence from this situation and I am
2 CONT very grateful to my Dad and Brothers and Sisters. But especially my Mother, who
2 CONT sacrificed her life for Jack and I, and was a very loving, giving, and
2 CONT supportive Mother. Some say she spoiled us, but I don't see it that way. I see
2 CONT it as a job well done by someone who cared more about her kids than she did
2 CONT anything else. She did what she thought was best for us and had the courage and
2 CONT tenacity to follow through with her plans. She is why I am who I am and I miss
2 CONT her very much. During High School I played fall, winter and spring sports. In
2 CONT High School I dated a lot. I was popular and had the best beer keg parties
2 CONT around. I always kept them under control. After High school I attended College
2 CONT at the University of Delaware into my Junior year where I dropped out and went
2 CONT to night school for Heating and Air Conditioning. During my years at the
2 CONT University of Delaware I joined the Army National Guard to help pay for College.
2 CONT It was a 6 year commitment. I worked with HVAC contractors while I apprenticed
2 CONT for the trade and after 4 yrs of night school I received my Journeyman's Papers
2 CONT for HVAC Technician. I used this to get a better job at the Dupont Institute as
2 CONT an HVAC technician. While I was there I went back to College and got my Degree
2 CONT in Mechanical Engineering. After 10 yrs there, and at age 33, I landed a Job
2 CONT with "Marriott Management Services" in Engineering, traveling around the
2 CONT Continent with the Company. I traveled for almost 4 years before tiring of it
2 CONT and decided to take advantage of the Web Site Design skills I acquired on my own
2 CONT and was developing for several years with many different created web sites,
2 CONT including this one. If I was going to quit the road, I was going to make the
2 CONT tough transition from Engineering into the Information Technology field. I then
2 CONT decided to go full time into my own Internet Services company providing web site
2 CONT design, hosting and e-commerce consulting services. At the time of this writing,
2 CONT I am presently 39 years young and can't wait for my next new challenge. 
1 NOTE Jim Kelley 
2 CONT Kelley Designs 
2 CONT Designing eBusiness Solutions 
2 CONT 302-292-6924 
2 CONT info@@kelleydesigns.com 
2 CONT www.kelleydesigns.com
1 FAMC @F1@
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1 NAME John  /Kelley/
2 GIVN John 
2 SURN Kelley
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 21 FEB 1963
2 PLAC Wilmington,Delaware
1 NOTE OCCU: USPS(US POSTAL CLERK)
1 NOTE RELI: Catholic
1 NOTE COMM: Education-12yrs + 2yrs College at the University of Delaware.
1 NOTE COMM: Medical History-Broken Ancle and Hernia operation(both in 1993)
1 NOTE _FA1:
2 CONT PLAC 1455 Spruce ave. Wilmington, DE 19805
1 NOTE PHON: 302-633-1070
1 NOTE Jack Kelley's Story:
2 CONT Loves kids(especially my rug rats);enjoys sports,athletic;Intelligence-picks up
2 CONT things easy,must work on retention;enjoys coaching sports(especially
2 CONT children);loves to play Softball;I have allot of good friends guess that makes
2 CONT me amiable.
2 CONT I miss my Mother. I loved her dearly. My father and I have become very close
2 CONT since my children have been born. I grew up mostly with my Mother. and Brother
2 CONT Jim. Though Jim and I fought all the time growing up, and sometimes still do, we
2 CONT are very close and I know I would miss him more than anyone if he was not
2 CONT around. I love and care for all my brothers and sisters dearly and individually.
2 CONT I spent the first few years on 8th and Jackson st.. I have only vague memories
2 CONT of these days. My parents separated and my mother, Jim and I temporarily moved
2 CONT in an apartment with my sisters Maureen and Kathy. on 8th and VanBuren st.. A
2 CONT block up from Jackson St. in downtown Wilmington. Still vague memories. Only a
2 CONT few months later we moved into an apartment on the corner of 9th and VanBuren.
2 CONT My Memory begins to kick in here. We had lived in this apartment during the
2 CONT period of Martin Luther King's Death. Racial tension was everywhere, even in the
2 CONT classroom of a five year old's Kindergarten. I was the only  white child in my
2 CONT class.The only friend who would befriend me was a Puerto Rican child, who barely
2 CONT spoke English. I honestly thought that this was normal and somewhat accepted it.
2 CONT Although the school was on the other end of the block of my house, I couldn't
2 CONT make it home ,to often,without getting beat up. Again I thought this was normal.
2 CONT Finally one day, Somehow my Mother found out and told my Big Brother, Jim, who
2 CONT was only one and halve years older than me but twice my size, to walk me home
2 CONT after school. Well, he caught one of the Bullies picking on me and pounded him
2 CONT and a couple of his friends so bad that I never had a problem making it home
2 CONT again. Racial tensions got so bad my Mother had to move out of the City.We moved
2 CONT into an apartment complex called Alban Park right outside of the city and lived
2 CONT there for six years. I really enjoyed these years. I made the greatest friends
2 CONT and had some of my greatest experiences during this time. I still have one of
2 CONT those friends, Daniel Neff. I am sure we will always be friends. My Mother used
2 CONT to call him her eleventh child. When I was twelve Mom , Jim and I moved into a
2 CONT tiny apartment above a bakery directly across from my school, Richardson Park. I
2 CONT really liked this school. It was small, but included Kindergarten through Ninth
2 CONT grade. I really enjoyed playing sports there;baseball,basketball and soccer. It
2 CONT seemed like the same group of boys, my friends, were on every team together. We
2 CONT did pretty well on some of these sports for such a small school. We had allot of
2 CONT pride in the Richardson Park Eagles. The Apartment on the other hand wasn't so
2 CONT great. At this time of my life I became aware of status. I was very embarrassed
2 CONT with our little tiny apartment on top of the Bakery. Most of my friends lived in
2 CONT suburban houses. I lived through the experience and grew from it. During my
2 CONT ninth grade year we moved to Glenville, DE. We rented a small ranch house on a
2 CONT concrete slab. It was beautiful to us! A house with a front and back yard.
2 CONT Though it took me a while to meet new friends, I soon did, but I mainly
2 CONT maintained my friendship with my friends from Richardson Park where I finished
2 CONT ninth grade. Although I was living out of the school district. My Big Brother
2 CONT Jim would drive me to school and back that year. In High school, Wilmington
2 CONT High, I immediately became pretty popular. This was directly due to my Brother
2 CONT Jim's popularity.He took me under his wing brought me through the social
2 CONT barriers. My problem was maybe a little to social. I was in all the college prep
2 CONT courses and maintained just above a "C" average through three years without
2 CONT taking a book home. This I believed was OK. I realized different when I went to
2 CONT college and was well under prepared. I did enjoy my social life in high school.
2 CONT I played basketball in tenth grade, but my best sport was soccer which I played
2 CONT all through high school. I probably would have played baseball, but the social
2 CONT life and the after school jobs kept me from doing so. I needed to keep up with
2 CONT the social life. As I said, I began college at the University of Delaware
2 CONT unprepared, so I struggled through my classes. The challenge was somewhat
2 CONT enjoyable, though. High school was never much a challenge at Wilmington
2 CONT High.Again, I enjoyed the social life of college. I also seemed to have a need
2 CONT to work to much in college. By my second year of college,I often wondered if
2 CONT this was right for me, about this time a job opportunity at the Post Office was
2 CONT offered to me. My Mother worked there for twenty years. The money sounded to
2 CONT good to turn down. I was going to take the job for a year, buy a house, rent out
2 CONT the extra rooms,quit,get a part time job and go back to school. I bought the
2 CONT house, 23 6th ave in Browntown. I was twenty one yrs old. I rented out the
2 CONT rooms, but I never quit my Job. I got used to the solid income. This is a
2 CONT decision I never regretted, but often wonder what my life would be if I'd gone
2 CONT back to school. When I was 25, I settled down with my beautiful bride, Robin
2 CONT Fox. Life together was rocky from the start. Though in love we moved at
2 CONT different speeds. Mine a little to fast, hers a little to slow.We, in a short
2 CONT period of time, had two beautiful children, bought a new house,kept the old one,
2 CONT worked on both and tried to start a vending business. Mostly my Ideas and
2 CONT probably to much at once. Our marriage only lasted four years.We have maintained
2 CONT a good relationship and it has shown in two healthy children. My pride and joy.
2 CONT I spend as much time as possible with these little guys and truly enjoy this
2 CONT more than anything else in my life. I now understand how my mother felt. I wish
2 CONT she could be here today to feel it again with my children;though sometimes I
2 CONT think she does. I loved my mother so much. It was easy, because of how much she
2 CONT loved us. She would do anything for her children. She sacrificed her whole life
2 CONT for us and only now can I fully appreciate that. I used to believe her life was
2 CONT so miserable; she had little life outside her ten children and she seemed to
2 CONT always be sick,I now believe that she lived her life as she wanted and enjoyed
2 CONT so much of it. I always loved my father dearly,but honestly only became real
2 CONT close to him shortly after my kids were born. We immediately gained a common
2 CONT love of life. We are so close now and he has become a major part of my family's
2 CONT life. I have yet to mention other than Jim the rest of my relationships with my
2 CONT brothers and sisters. I was the youngest of ten kids. There was a seven year gap
2 CONT between the twins and Jim.(Two babies died in that period). Tom, the oldest,
2 CONT Other than when he was in the Airforce Tom lived with me until he was married.
2 CONT He often had the lucky job of baby-sitting and Jim and I often got on his
2 CONT nerves, But he was very patient with us and was a good brother.The next child,
2 CONT Kathy, was my emotional support growing up and she accepted this role freely.
2 CONT Maureen, the next in line, married young and our relationship became strong when
2 CONT I reached the age to baby-sit for her kids. Chris, her oldest, became like a
2 CONT little brother to me. Mareen and I have formed a common parental bond. The next
2 CONT in line is Danny. He was always around growing up. He always found time in his
2 CONT busy schedule to help Jim and I. His influence helped me into college. Mickey
2 CONT had moved away when we were still pretty young. Our visits together were always
2 CONT enjoyable. He and I have become allot closer over the years and we now realize
2 CONT how much we are alike.Candice lived with us for most of the period after our
2 CONT parents separated. She to had to baby-sit me and Jim. She helped Mom raise us.
2 CONT Bonnie, the 2 minute older twin, helped me and Jim allot growing up and was
2 CONT always there for advice. She would do anything for us when we were growing up.
2 CONT The other twin connie, had little patients for us as children but our
2 CONT relationship began to grow as we all got older. I have had some of my best times
2 CONT and best conversations with Connie and appreciate her emotional strength. Jim
2 CONT and I were like most brothers;close to the same age. We fought constantly around
2 CONT the house, but outside the home we ultimately looked after each other. Jim and I
2 CONT are still very close and still sometimes fight. He is my best friend and think
2 CONT I'M stuck with that the rest of my life.
2 CONT Childhood Story:
2 CONT This story is not my favorite but one that has had a major impact on my life. I
2 CONT was about six or seven years old and playing hide and go seek in my fathers
2 CONT basement in Vilone village. My brother, Jim, went upstairs to count. I decided
2 CONT to hide in the unused unplugged refrigerator. Jim went to use the bathroom and
2 CONT evidently forgot we were playing. Within a short period of time, I decided to
2 CONT try to get out. It didn't work. I panicked. After what seemed like forever of
2 CONT banging and yelling, I gave up. I really thought that this was it. Somehow my
2 CONT father just felt that something wasn't right and for no other reason than
2 CONT instinct, he walked downstairs. Of course, when there, he could hear me. The
2 CONT memory of seeing his face and the feeling of being held by him is and always
2 CONT will be impacted in my mind.     
1 NOTE _FA2:
2 CONT DATE Mar 1992
2 CONT PLAC Wilmington, DE
1 NOTE MARRIAGE: The two met at Bernies Tavern in Wilmigton, Delaware through
2 CONT friends.They were married at Limestone Presbyterian Church near Pike Creek, DE.
2 CONT They Honeymooned at Paradise Island in the Bahamas. Beautiful. Jack was
2 CONT sunburned on the first day. Robin won enough money at the hotel casino to pay
2 CONT for half the trip.
1 FAMS @F7@
1 FAMC @F1@
0 @I13@ INDI
1 NAME Frank  /Spina/
2 GIVN Frank 
2 SURN Spina
1 SEX M
1 FAMS @F2@
0 @I14@ INDI
1 NAME Maureen  /Spina/
2 GIVN Maureen 
2 SURN Spina
1 SEX F
1 FAMC @F2@
0 @I15@ INDI
1 NAME Jeanette  /Ross/
2 GIVN Jeanette 
2 SURN Ross
1 SEX F
1 FAMS @F3@
1 FAMC @F337@
0 @I16@ INDI
1 NAME Raymond L. /Bojanowski/
2 GIVN Raymond L. 
2 SURN Bojanowski
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1 JAN 1925
2 PLAC Philadelphia,PA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 9 APR 1981
1 FAMS @F16@
0 @I17@ INDI
1 NAME Christopher Joseph /Wojnisz/
2 GIVN Christopher Joseph 
2 SURN Wojnisz
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 12 DEC 1968
1 FAMC @F14@
0 @I18@ INDI
1 NAME Sarah Kathleen /Forsyth/
2 GIVN Sarah Kathleen 
2 SURN Forsyth
1 SEX F
1 FAMC @F310@
0 @I19@ INDI
1 NAME Kiyoka  /Sawagashira/
2 GIVN Kiyoka 
2 SURN Sawagashira
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1955
1 FAMS @F309@
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1 NAME Andria  /Kelley/
2 GIVN Andria 
2 SURN Kelley
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 4 APR 1975
1 NOTE COMM: Extremely bright and adventerous(just like dad) Beautiful(just like Mom)
1 NOTE COMM: Attended St. John the Beloved untill 8th grade, Paduaun and McKean high
2 CONT school.
1 FAMS @F360@
1 FAMC @F4@
0 @I21@ INDI
1 NAME Megan  /Kelley/
2 GIVN Megan 
2 SURN Kelley
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 7 MAY 1979
1 NOTE COMM: Personality plus with the typical Irish Beauty. Loves life
1 NOTE COMM: Attended St. Johns of the Beloved untill 8th grade, McKean High school
1 FAMS @F362@
1 FAMC @F4@
0 @I22@ INDI
1 NAME   /Lydia/
2 SURN Lydia
1 SEX F
0 @I23@ INDI
1 NAME Greta Michelle /Kelley/
2 GIVN Greta Michelle 
2 SURN Kelley
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 11 JUL 1979
1 FAMC @F5@
0 @I24@ INDI
1 NAME Rory Michael /Kelley/
2 GIVN Rory Michael 
2 SURN Kelley
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 6 JUL 1977
1 FAMC @F5@
0 @I25@ INDI
1 NAME Stephanie  /Capaldo/
2 GIVN Stephanie 
2 SURN Capaldo
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 5 APR 1981
2 PLAC Wilmington,DE
1 NOTE COMM: Stephanie is serious gymnist and has aspirations of becoming a lawyer.
1 FAMC @F6@
0 @I26@ INDI
1 NAME Robert Patrick /Kelley/
2 GIVN Robert Patrick 
2 SURN Kelley
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 17 AUG 1988
1 NOTE OCCU: Student
1 NOTE _FA1:
2 CONT PLAC 1455 Spruce ave. Wilmington, DE
1 NOTE PHON: 302-633-1070
1 NOTE As father Jack wrote:
2 CONT Beautiful baby, handsome freckled faced boy.
2 CONT Intelligent, picks up things very quick, but has to work hard on retaining some
2 CONT information; much like his Dad. Very Social, active and energetic. He enjoys
2 CONT sports, loves to wrestle, is very sensitive and caring.(my best buddy) 
1 NOTE Robby speaking:
1 NOTE I was born in Wilmington, Delaware. My parents split up when I was 3 years old.
2 CONT I lived with both, going back and forth week to week. My mom moved into an
2 CONT apartment, and my dad stayed in our old house. I was about five or six when my
2 CONT mom moved from the apartment to one of her friend's houses. After that she moved
2 CONT into a town-house that my dad sold to her. I hated this house. There was no one
2 CONT around that was my age that my mom would allow in our house. I started into
2 CONT Corpus Christi School in Elsmere. During this time I still went back and forth
2 CONT with my parent's. Soon my Mother moved in with Bill, my step-father. He is into
2 CONT almost everything I am. I am living in that house right now, and I am still
2 CONT going back and forth between both of my parents each week. After my Mother moved
2 CONT in with Bill, I started to hate being at my dads. There was more people to hang
2 CONT out with out my moms house now, and my father made me study to long each day.
2 CONT Soon I only had 2 friends at my fathers because I just lost my connection with
2 CONT some and others showed their real sides. I have one sister, two step-brothers,
2 CONT and one step-sister. My sister's name is Melissa and she is in the band. My
2 CONT step-sister's name is (not able to mention). My Step-brothers' names are (not
2 CONT able to be mentioned) and William Jr. Will is Twenty-one years, and most of the
2 CONT time is in trouble with the law. I am still going out with Rachel, my father is
2 CONT still living in the first house we had, my mother is still living with Bill, and
2 CONT Will is still getting in trouble with the law or my mother. My boys Justin,
2 CONT Jon(in the band), Mikie(in the band), Matt W, Matt M, Perry, Pat, and the girls
2 CONT Rachel, Samantha(in the band), and Kelsey have all helped me in some way to
2 CONT become the person I am today. So I thank them for everything they have done, and
2 CONT I hope I can return their favors someday. Well that’s my autobiography, thank
2 CONT you for reading and if you have any questions just contact me and ask me, peace.
1 FAMS @F361@
1 FAMC @F7@
0 @I27@ INDI
1 NAME Mellissa Jacquelyn /Kelley/
2 GIVN Mellissa Jacquelyn 
2 SURN Kelley
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 11 JAN 1991
1 NOTE OCCU: Student
1 NOTE _FA1:
2 CONT PLAC 1455 Spruce ave. Wilmington, Delaware 19805
1 NOTE PHON: 302-633-1070
1 NOTE As written by Father Jack:
2 CONT Beatiful baby,breathtaking blu eyed little girl. Very smart,does not take long
2 CONT to pick things up,excellent retention, much like her mother. Very Feminine adn
2 CONT social. Mellisa enjoys talking,singing,dancing and ice scateing.She is very
2 CONT affectionate, but alittle stuborn.(SHE IS MY SUNSHINE BABY, A LITTLE LOVE BUG)
1 FAMC @F7@
0 @I28@ INDI
1 NAME Jason  /Blevins/
2 GIVN Jason 
2 SURN Blevins
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 7 APR 1973
1 FAMS @F177@
1 FAMC @F8@
0 @I29@ INDI
1 NAME Joseph  /Blevins/
2 GIVN Joseph 
2 SURN Blevins
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 3 AUG 1983
1 FAMS @F354@
1 FAMC @F8@
0 @I30@ INDI
1 NAME Mary  /Altman/
2 GIVN Mary 
2 SURN Altman
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1869
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1916
1 FAMS @F54@
0 @I31@ INDI
1 NAME Nicholas Joesph /Panco/
2 GIVN Nicholas Joesph 
2 SURN Panco
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 14 MAR 1946
2 PLAC Philadelphia,PA
1 NOTE MARRIAGE: PLAC Ridlly State Park,PA
1 FAMS @F9@
0 @I32@ INDI
1 NAME Nicholas David /Panco/
2 GIVN Nicholas David 
2 SURN Panco
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 19 MAY 1977
1 FAMC @F9@
0 @I33@ INDI
1 NAME Lindsay  /Capaldo/
2 GIVN Lindsay 
2 SURN Capaldo
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 15 JUN 1984
2 PLAC Wilmington,DE
1 NOTE COMM: Lindsey is studying Balet, Jazz and Tap dance.
1 NOTE COMM: Lindsey wants to become an Actress and Comedian when she grows up.
1 FAMC @F6@
0 @I34@ INDI
1 NAME Theresa Michelle(Shelly) /Turulski/
2 GIVN Theresa Michelle(Shelly) 
2 SURN Turulski
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 8 DEC 1975
1 FAMS @F149@
0 @I35@ INDI
1 NAME Barbra Ann /Moyer/
2 GIVN Barbra Ann 
2 SURN Moyer
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 26 APR 1952
1 NOTE _FA1:
2 CONT PLAC 11 Arnold Road,
1 FAMS @F5@
1 FAMC @F157@
0 @I36@ INDI
1 NAME Lydia  /Ainsworth/
2 GIVN Lydia 
2 SURN Ainsworth
1 SEX F
1 FAMS @F10@
0 @I37@ INDI
1 NAME Cecelia  /Vavala/
2 GIVN Cecelia 
2 SURN Vavala
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 13 FEB 1951
2 PLAC Wilmington,DE
1 FAMS @F4@
0 @I38@ INDI
1 NAME Rich  /Calpaldo/
2 GIVN Rich 
2 SURN Calpaldo
1 SEX M
1 NOTE _FA2:
2 CONT DATE 1 Nov 1986
2 CONT PLAC Wilmington, DE
1 FAMS @F6@
0 @I39@ INDI
1 NAME Michael David /Wojnisz/
2 GIVN Michael David 
2 SURN Wojnisz
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 14 MAR 1974
1 FAMS @F149@
1 FAMS @F223@
1 FAMC @F14@
0 @I40@ INDI
1 NAME Raymond T. /Bojanowski/
2 GIVN Raymond T. 
2 SURN Bojanowski
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 8 MAR 1955
2 PLAC Philadelphia,PA
1 NOTE OCCU: V.P. Mattress Discounters
1 NOTE RELI: Roman Catholic
1 NOTE _FA1:
2 CONT PLAC 904 Beacon Sq. Ct. #308 Gathersburg, MD 20878
1 NOTE PHON: (301) 921-0280
1 NOTE _FA2:
2 CONT DATE Oct 1985
1 NOTE MAILADDRESS: 1411 Coral Way
2 CONT Carlsbad, CA 92009-1251
1 FAMS @F141@
1 FAMC @F16@
0 @I41@ INDI
1 NAME Gregory  /Dunning/
2 GIVN Gregory 
2 SURN Dunning
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 16 OCT 1986
1 FAMC @F15@
0 @I42@ INDI
1 NAME Larry  /Blevins/
2 GIVN Larry 
2 SURN Blevins
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 11 JUN 1948
2 PLAC North Carolina
1 NOTE _FA2:
2 CONT DATE 10 Oct 1985
2 CONT PLAC Wilmington, DE
1 FAMS @F8@
1 FAMC @F150@
0 @I43@ INDI
1 NAME Lynn  /Spring/
2 GIVN Lynn 
2 SURN Spring
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1906
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1958
1 FAMS @F165@
0 @I44@ INDI
1 NAME Robin Beth /Fox/
2 GIVN Robin Beth 
2 SURN Fox
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 25 JUN 1964
2 PLAC Wilmington,Delaware
1 FAMS @F7@
1 FAMS @F215@
1 FAMC @F216@
0 @I45@ INDI
1 NAME Joseph Martin /Kelley/
2 GIVN Joseph Martin 
2 SURN Kelley
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 20 DEC 1885
2 PLAC Gallitzen,PA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 9 JUL 1946
2 PLAC Philadelphia,PA
1 FAMS @F11@
1 FAMC @F117@
0 @I46@ INDI
1 NAME Rosemary R. /Owens/
2 GIVN Rosemary R. 
2 SURN Owens
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1894
2 PLAC Greensburg,PA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1974
2 PLAC Philadelphia,PA
1 NOTE Rosemary was nicked name Mae by family and friends.
1 NOTE MAILADDRESS: 309 Wilcher Ave. Philadelphia, PA 19120
1 FAMS @F11@
1 FAMC @F22@
0 @I47@ INDI
1 NAME Martin J. /Kelley/
2 GIVN Martin J. 
2 SURN Kelley
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 20 SEP 1922
2 PLAC Philadelphia,PA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 22 DEC 2006
2 PLAC Philadelphia,PA
1 FAMS @F12@
1 FAMS @F13@
1 FAMC @F11@
0 @I48@ INDI
1 NAME Thomas W. /Kelley/
2 GIVN Thomas W. 
2 SURN Kelley
1 TITL Revern
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 24 DEC 1923
2 PLAC Philadelphia,PA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 21 MAY 2005
2 PLAC Childs,Maryland
1 BURI
2 DATE 25 MAY 2005
2 PLAC Oblate Cemetary,Childs,MD
1 NOTE OCCU: Roman Catholic Priest(Oblates of St. Francis de sales)
1 NOTE RELI: Roman Catholic
1 NOTE COMM: Teacher; Navy Chaplin (retired)
1 NOTE COMM: Auxiliary Chaplin in the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA
1 NOTE _FA1:
2 CONT PLAC Official; Villa St. Joseph, 9 Harding Way, Pittsgrove, NJ 08318
1 NOTE PHON: NJ- (609)-358-2841  SC-(803)-525-2999
1 NOTE Father Tom Kelley:
2 CONT Primary Language: English
2 CONT Education: BA in Philosophy; MA in Math; STL in Theology from Catholic
2 CONT University of America in Washington, DC.
2 CONT Medical history: Colon Cancer 1975; Asthma 1983 to present.
2 CONT Hobbies: Golf, collect tapes of old radio shows, music- play trumpet,
2 CONT computerized sax, harmonica, and keyboard.
2 CONT Special characteristics: Former teacher of High school math and Physics. former
2 CONT coach of football, basketball, baseball and track . former director of Athletics
2 CONT at Bishop Duffy High School in Niagra Falls, New York.
2 CONT Family note: All family siblings from oldest to the youngest of six there are
2 CONT six years and one month.  
2 CONT Born on Christmas eve, 1923 on Seventeenth and Tioga Street, in Philadelphia,
2 CONT PA.
1 NOTE Note 1: Father Tom Kelley was added to the Philadelphia North East Catholic High
2 CONT school Hall of Fame at their 60th reuion on March 12, 2002. A graduate of NECHS
2 CONT in 1941, Father Tom was also a graduate of St. Martin of Tours Parish and joined
2 CONT the Oblates Priesthood in 1941. He taught at North East Catholic and Bishop
2 CONT Duffy High school in Niagra Falls, NY. During his academic tenure, he taught
2 CONT Physics and Math and served as director of athletics and coached baseball.
2 CONT During his 28 years of military service, he served as Navy chaplain twenty of
2 CONT those with the US Marine Corp. Father Kelley served at home and abroad,
2 CONT distinguishing himself as the longest serving chaplain in the history of the
2 CONT Marine Corp. He has received several awards during his career, including the
2 CONT Lgion of Merit and two Navy Commendations, the General Turner Award for
2 CONT exceptional service to the third marine division and the Pro Ecclesia et
2 CONT Pontifice Medal for Exemplary service to the Catholic church during 50 years as
2 CONT a Priest/Chaplain.
1 FAMC @F11@
0 @I49@ INDI
1 NAME John P. /Kelley/
2 GIVN John P. 
2 SURN Kelley
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1926
2 PLAC Philadelphia,PA,USA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 17 JAN 2001
2 PLAC Lewis,Delaware,USA
1 BURI
2 PLAC Vets Cemetary,Sussex County,Delaware
1 NOTE John Kelley (Jack) passed away on January 17, 2001 of Liver Cancer and
2 CONT Emphysema.
1 NOTE Jack was cremated and his remains are in a special Vault at the Veterans
2 CONT Cemetery in Sussex County, Delaware.
1 NOTE His family had a Memorial service for him in Wallingford, PA on June 16, 2001 by
2 CONT his brother, Father Tom Kelley. Family members gathered at his other brother,
2 CONT Don Kelley's, home in Wallingford after the service to celebrate his life and
2 CONT reunite.
1 NOTE Jack's happy disposition and intelligent philosophical discussions will be
2 CONT missed by all who had the opportunity to know him.
1 FAMC @F11@
0 @I50@ INDI
1 NAME Suzanne M. /Kelley/
2 GIVN Suzanne M. 
2 SURN Kelley
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 16 AUG 1927
2 PLAC Philadelphia,PA
1 NOTE OCCU: Retired Registered Nurse
1 NOTE RELI: Roman Catholic
1 NOTE _FA1:
2 CONT PLAC 1907 91st drive S.E. Everett, WA 98205
1 NOTE PHON: (206) 334-8967
1 FAMS @F16@
1 FAMC @F11@
0 @I51@ INDI
1 NAME Donald V. /Kelley/
2 GIVN Donald V. 
2 SURN Kelley
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 25 OCT 1928
2 PLAC Philadelphia,PA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 21 OCT 2007
1 BURI
2 DATE 26 OCT 2007
2 PLAC St. Peter & Paul,- Springfield,PA
1 FAMS @F17@
1 FAMC @F11@
0 @I52@ INDI
1 NAME Mary  /Kelley/
2 GIVN Mary 
2 SURN Kelley
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1932
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1932
1 FAMC @F11@
0 @I53@ INDI
1 NAME Jane  /Harvey/
2 GIVN Jane 
2 SURN Harvey
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1921
1 FAMS @F12@
0 @I54@ INDI
1 NAME Colleen M. /Kelley/
2 GIVN Colleen M. 
2 SURN Kelley
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1948
1 FAMS @F18@
1 FAMC @F12@
0 @I55@ INDI
1 NAME Timothy  /Kelley/
2 GIVN Timothy 
2 SURN Kelley
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1953
1 NOTE _FA1:
2 CONT PLAC Allentown, Pa
1 FAMS @F152@
1 FAMC @F12@
0 @I56@ INDI
1 NAME Patrick  /Kelley/
2 GIVN Patrick 
2 SURN Kelley
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1955
1 FAMS @F153@
1 FAMC @F12@
0 @I57@ INDI
1 NAME Kevin  /Kelley/
2 GIVN Kevin 
2 SURN Kelley
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1958
1 FAMS @F154@
1 FAMC @F12@
0 @I58@ INDI
1 NAME Martin  /Kelley/
2 GIVN Martin 
2 SURN Kelley
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1959
1 NOTE COMM: email address mkelley@@cmail.med.upenn.edu
1 NOTE _FA1:
2 CONT PLAC 252 Flintlace road
1 NOTE PHON: 610-446-1891
1 FAMS @F155@
1 FAMC @F12@
0 @I59@ INDI
1 NAME   /Connie/
2 SURN Connie
1 SEX F
1 FAMS @F13@
0 @I60@ INDI
1 NAME Joe  /Kelley/
2 GIVN Joe 
2 SURN Kelley
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1978
1 FAMC @F13@
0 @I61@ INDI
1 NAME Joseph R. /Bojanowski/
2 GIVN Joseph R. 
2 SURN Bojanowski
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 14 APR 1956
2 PLAC Philadelphia,PA
1 NOTE OCCU: Assistent General Manager @@ Ramada Inn
1 NOTE COMM: Attended Community College
1 NOTE COMM: Marathon Runner and advid Golfer
1 NOTE _FA1:
2 CONT PLAC 2327 Meadow Village drive Columbus Ohio 43235
1 NOTE PHON: (614) 761-2584
1 NOTE EMAIL: jbojanowski@@pmhs.com
1 NOTE TELEPHONE: 703-960-0656
1 FAMC @F16@
0 @I62@ INDI
1 NAME Susan M. /Bojanowski/
2 GIVN Susan M. 
2 SURN Bojanowski
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 17 JUN 1957
2 PLAC Philadelphia,PA
1 NOTE OCCU: Legal Secretary
1 NOTE COMM: B.S. Degree in Criminal Justice from Old Dominion University
1 NOTE _FA1:
2 CONT PLAC 1907 91 dr. S.E. Everett, WA 98205
1 NOTE PHON: (206) 334-8967
1 FAMS @F142@
1 FAMC @F16@
0 @I63@ INDI
1 NAME John L. /Bojanowski/
2 GIVN John L. 
2 SURN Bojanowski
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 11 APR 1960
2 PLAC Philadelphia,PA
1 NOTE OCCU: Director of Corperate Funds for US Surgical Corperation
1 NOTE COMM: B.S. in Business at Virginia Tech Univeristy
1 NOTE COMM: Golfer
1 NOTE _FA1:
2 CONT PLAC 7 Primrose ln. Westford, MA 01886
1 NOTE PHON: (508) 392-9931
1 FAMS @F143@
1 FAMC @F16@
0 @I64@ INDI
1 NAME Thomas R. /Bojanowski/
2 GIVN Thomas R. 
2 SURN Bojanowski
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 16 DEC 1963
2 PLAC Camden,NJ
1 NOTE OCCU: Manager in Sales for Computer firm
1 NOTE COMM: Attended Community College
1 NOTE COMM: Marathon Runner/ Tri Atholons
1 NOTE PHON: (703) 815-2096
1 NOTE MAILADDRESS: 2440 Entrade Drive
2 CONT Virginia Beach, VA 23456
1 FAMS @F144@
1 FAMC @F16@
0 @I65@ INDI
1 NAME Paul A. /Bojanowski/
2 GIVN Paul A. 
2 SURN Bojanowski
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 12 APR 1966
2 PLAC Camden,NJ
1 NOTE OCCU: Sup./Club 21 and owns a Business
1 NOTE COMM: Attended college at Old Dominion University
1 NOTE COMM: Basketball Player
1 NOTE _FA1:
2 CONT PLAC 210 Granby Park Norfolk, VA 23505
1 NOTE PHON: (804) 480-8582
1 FAMS @F145@
1 FAMC @F16@
0 @I66@ INDI
1 NAME Elizabeth A. /Kearney/
2 GIVN Elizabeth A. 
2 SURN Kearney
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1931
1 FAMS @F17@
0 @I67@ INDI
1 NAME Elizabeth A. /Kelley/
2 GIVN Elizabeth A. 
2 SURN Kelley
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1950
1 FAMS @F19@
1 FAMC @F17@
0 @I68@ INDI
1 NAME Patricia M. /Kelley/
2 GIVN Patricia M. 
2 SURN Kelley
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1952
1 FAMS @F20@
1 FAMC @F17@
0 @I69@ INDI
1 NAME Theresa  /Kelley/
2 GIVN Theresa 
2 SURN Kelley
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1953
1 NOTE PHON: 610-237-1623
1 FAMS @F21@
1 FAMC @F17@
0 @I70@ INDI
1 NAME SisterAnnVincent  /Kelley/
2 GIVN SisterAnnVincent 
2 SURN Kelley
1 SEX