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Roger Kelly

[February 02, 2009]  Roger M. Kelly, 79, of Lincoln, formerly of Mount Pulaski, died Saturday, Jan. 31, 2009, at 12:50 p.m. at Maple Ridge Care Centre.

Visitation will be 4-7 p.m. Wednesday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Mount Pulaski. His funeral will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home in Mount Pulaski, with the Rev. Frank Pieper officiating.

Burial will be in Steenbergen Cemetery, rural Mount Pulaski. Military rites will be conducted by Mount Pulaski American Legion Post 447.

Mr. Kelly retired after 25 years with BoJac Seed Corn of Mount Pulaski.

He served in the U.S. Army from 1951 to 1953, during the Korean War.

He was born Oct. 17, 1929, at Belvidere, in Boone County, to William D. and Hazel Meyers Kelly. He married Bernita "Bee" Nelson in Woodstock on Sept. 8, 1953.

He is survived by his wife, of Lincoln; one son, Michael Ray Kelly of Edwardsville; two daughters, Sally Ann (and Richard) Talmage of Merit Island, Fla., and Kristine Marie Huff of LaFayette, La.; one brother, James Duncan (and Joann) Kelly of Fairfield, Calif.; two grandsons, Jason and Kyle Talmage; two granddaughters, Kari Baker and Kelly Darbonne; and four great-grandchildren, Sophia Darbonne, Ava Beauford, and Seth and Trinity Talmage.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

He was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church of Mount Pulaski, a life member of Mount Pulaski American Legion Post 447 and a member of Lincoln Elks Lodge.

He attended Caledonia Grade School, attended Caledonia High School for three years and graduated from Belvidere High School.

Memorials may be made to St. John's Lutheran Church of Mount Pulaski.

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