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Mary (Benton) KELLEY

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Birth Date: November 28, 1918
Death Date: January 5, 2011
Age at Death: 92

Marriages

Ross Lovejoy

Thomas Dean Kelley

Burial Details

Cemetery Name: Russey-Hurlburt
Cemetery Location: Parachute, Colorado

Obituaries

Grand Junction Daily Sentinel - January 5, 2011

Mary Kelley November 28, 1918 – January 5, 2011 Mary Kelly, age 92, of Parachute passed away January 5, 2011 at E. Dene Moore Care Center in Rifle. Mary was born November 28, 1918 in Lewistown, MT to Frank and Maggie Benton. She graduated high school at 17 but returned the next year and asked to take classes in bookkeeping and shorthand to make sure she had learned everything she needed to. Mary was a lifelong student and teacher, attending many different colleges throughout her life. She was a voracious reader and enjoyed doing crossword puzzles, which kept her mind sharp right up until the end. Mary was a devoted volunteer earning a Volunteer of the Year Award for Garfield County. She worked with Lift-Up and was a driving force behind starting the Share Program and the Senior Center both in Parachute. She was a long-time member of the Grand Valley Christian Church and helped to start the church's building fund. Mary was a force to be reckoned with; she continued her volunteering while battling and eventually beating cancer. She didn't hold any punches, you never had any question where you stood with her. She enjoyed gardening, especially her 4'o'clocks, and loved to spend time fishing with her teenie-weenies. She will be dearly missed by her friends and family. Mary leaves behind her daughter, Kelli Stanton; granddaughter, Kimberly Cronin and six great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; first husband, Ross Lovejoy; second husband, Thomas Dean Kelley; her son-in-law, Wayne G. Stanton, and two grandsons, Wayne J. and Trenton Stanton. A viewing is planned for Tuesday, January 11 at 9:00 a.m. at Grand Valley Christian Church in Parachute. Funeral services will be held immediately after at 11:00 a.m. Interment will follow at Russey-Hurlburt Cemetery in Parachute. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to Grand Valley Christian Church Roof Fund, P.O. Box 190, Parachute, CO 81635.

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