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James Thomas Kelley
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March 28th, 1925 - April 22nd, 2010
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| Obituary: |
Topsham—James Thomas Kelley, Sr., 85, died Thursday, April 22 at Amenity Manor Nursing Home.
He was born March 28, 1925 in Sherman Maine a son of Charles and Ella Rush Kelley. He was a graduate of Sherman High School (’43). He married Antoinette Civiello in June of 1949. They had seven children together during their 25 year marriage. Antoinette died in 1974. He then married Sylvia Macpheters in 1975. Sylvia died June 14, 2002.
In his early years he worked his own dairy farm in Millinocket and in 1955 he established Kelley’s Mobile Home Park, which provided housing for the employees of the Great Northern Paper Mill. He enjoyed snowmobiling in the winter and summers spent on Ambajejus Lake swimming, boating and water skiing, surrounded by his family and friends. In 1978 he retired and spent the winter months in Florida, where he enjoyed gardening and landscaping, swimming and bicycling.
He was predeceased by his brothers, Charles, Joseph and George; a step son, Charles Clark, Jr.
He is survived by three sons, James Kelley, Jr. and his wife Betsy of Millinocket, ME, Peter Kelley and his wife Gwen of Rancho Bernardo, CA, Kevin Kelley and his wife Lisa of Hampden, ME; four daughters, Carmella Thurston and her husband Gene of Southwest Harbor, ME, Jane Burich and her husband Anthony of Topsham, ME, Nora Tando and her husband Richard of San Diego, CA, Mary Kelley and her partner, Mark Fuhri of Santa Rosa, CA and a foster daughter, Jamie Chong-Ae Kabbage and her husband Dalil of San Diego, CA ; a sister, Mary Giberson of Medway, ME; a step-son, Rick Clark and his wife Denise of Deerfield Beach, FL; two step-daughters, Susan Henderson and her husband Rev. Donald of Sarasota, FL, Sally Marcum and her husband Hardey of Louisville, KT and 18 grandchildren.
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| Memorials: |
American Lung Association National Headquarters, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Suite 800. Washington, DC 20004
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11:00AM at St. Charles Borromeo Church on Tuesday, April 27th, 2010 (map/driving directions) |
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