Maurice Kelly Jr., (1919-2006) Chicago, IL
Maurice Kelly Jr., 86, loving father, grandfather and a lifelong Chicagoan, passed away January 16, 2006, after a nine-month battle with cancer. Maurice - 'Maurie' to friends and family alike - was born in Chicago March 24, 1919, to Maurice Sr. and Mary Kelly, nee Mangan. He attended St. Edward's Elementary School, St. Patrick High School ('37) and Loyola University ('47). His wife, Anne, died at age 49 in 1970, leaving him to care for four young children, whom he lovingly and ably raised and survive him: Mike (Lisa Romasco) of Bainbridge Island, WA, Maureen of Elk Grove Village, Thomas and Bill (Lynn) of Chicago. Maurie retired in 1980 from the U.S. Department of Defense, which he joined after a private sector accounting career that included positions with the Raymond Pulverizer Division of Combustion Engineering, Grand Sheet Metal, and Chicago Belting. He spent much of the rest of his life traveling the world. He visited nearly all 50 states in the U.S. and also traveled to Greece, Egypt, Israel, Ireland, England, France, and Germany. He often traveled with his dearly loved longtime companion, Ann Kulichek of Des Plaines, whom he met after his wife's death, and who survives him. Maurie is also survived by a large extended family, many of whom still live in the Chicago area, including his brother, Frank, and five grandchildren: Kyle, Evan, Allison, Elizabeth and Lia. Visitation Friday, 3:30 to 9 p.m., at Kolbus Funeral Home, 6841 West Higgins, Chicago. Prayers at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at Kolbus, followed by 10 a.m. Funeral Mass at St. Monica Church, Nottingham and Foster Avenues, Chicago. Interment alongside his wife at Queen of Heaven Cemetery, Hillside. In lieu of flowers, please remember Maurie with a donation to the Midwest Hospice (http://www.carecenter.org) which provided him excellent care in the last months of his life, or to his favorite charity, Mercy Home (http://www.mercyhome.org).
1/19/2006.
1 Maurice Kelly Sr.
Mary Mangan
2 Frank Kelly
2 Maurice Kelly Jr., b. March 24, 1919, Chicago, IL, d.January 16, 2006, Chicago, IL
Anne ????, 1921-1970
3 Mike Kelly (Lisa Romasco) of Bainbridge Island, WA
3 Maureen Kelly of Elk Grove Village
3 Thomas Kelly of Chicago
3 Bill (Lynn) Kelly of Chicago.