Kelley, Donald Eugene (1929 - 2023)

KELLEY, ROED, NEIDEIGH, MILLER, ROBERTSON, WOODS, POE, HELLAND, SCHRAEDER, PARK, TOXWOOD, DAVIS

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 5/9/2023 at 13:52:40

Name of deceased: Donald Eugene Kelley

Aged: 93 yrs, 6 mo, 17 days

Residence: Woodbine, Harrison County, IA

Born: Sep. 29, 1929; rural Panama, Shelby County, IA

Died: April 15, 2023; Azria Health Rose Vista, Woodbine, Harrison County, IA

Funeral services: Saturday, April 22, 2023; First Christian Church, Woodbine, IA

Survived by: Son, Kit (spouse, Pam) Kelley of Omaha, NE; daughters, Karen (spouse, Thomas) Roed of Paullina, IA and Barbara (spouse, Glenn) Neideigh of Runnells, IA; AFS son, Glenn (spouse, Angela) Miller of Sydney, Australia; grandchildren, Christopher (spouse, Ivy) Roed, Laura (spouse, Jake) Robertson, Jonathan (spouse, Katie) Roed, Daniel (spouse, Dionna Woods) Poe and Kaitlin (spouse, Zach) Helland; 9 great-grandchildren; sister, Lois Schraeder of Woodbine, IA; sister-in-law, Imy Kelley of Council Bluffs, IA; other family members and friends

Predeceased by: Parents, Thomas William ‘T.W.’ and Luella Esther (nee Park) Kelley; wife, Janice (deceased in 2007); sister, Opal (and spouse, Oren) Toxword; brothers, Walter (and spouse, Doris) Kelley, Earl (and spouse, Claire) Kelley, Alvin (and spouse, Dorothy) Kelley and George Kelley; brother-in-law, Robert Schraeder

Education: Attended country school, beginning in the first grade, and then attended 9th and 10th grades in Woodbine, IA, until he was needed full-time on the farm during WWII. Don farmed with his dad and brothers east of Woodbine and also worked as a lineman and hired hand.

Religious affiliation: Member, First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)

Military service: Enlisted in the U. S. Army and served in Alaska from 1950-1953

Marriage: Janice L. Davis; Jan. 23, 1955; location not provided

Employment: Farmer

Hobbies/Interests: Member, American Legion Weiss Post #143, proudly marching in the Legion Color Guard at hundreds of parades, ball games and military funerals

Sources: foutsfuneralhome.com