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November 5, 2011
Services
Friends may visit with the family on Tuesday, November 8, 2011 from 2-4 and 7-9 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday, November 9, 2011 9 AM from the funeral home then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, 630 Valley Road, Wayne where a 10 AM Funeral Mass will be offered. Interment will be in Christ the King Cemetery, Franklin Lakes.
Francis E. Kelly, MD, age 87 of Wayne died Saturday, November 5, 2011peacefully at home with his family gathered at his bedside.
Frank was born in Brooklyn, NY, the son of the late Francis and Helen (Redden) Kelly. Sadly, his father passed when he was just three years old and he was raised by his mother in the Bay Ridge/Fort Hamilton section of Brooklyn. Frank's uncle and grandfather were both New York Police officers and they taught him how to shoot and hunt at a young age. When he was just ten years old or so, he would roll up his rifle into a blanket, hop the ferry to Staten Island and go hunting to bring home food for the family. One day he learned that in Texas, ranchers would pay a handsome bounty to anyone who could kill mountain lions which had been devastating their livestock. So at fifteen years old, with his family desperate for income, Frank hopped a train to Texas one summer with little more than a blanket and his trusty rifle. He hunted mountain lions in Texas for three summers, earning more money each summer than his mother could make all year in Brooklyn. He knew the true meaning of hard work, sacrifice, and the value of family, from his earliest years as a young boy in Brooklyn.
Upon graduating high school, Frank was drafted in to the US Army. He served for forty one months in New Guinea, enduring extreme conditions, intense combat, and frequent bombings. He was a member of the "Jungleers", with the 41st Division, 162nd Infantry, serving under Major General Fuller in New Guinea. He was awarded the European-African-Middle Eastern Service Medal, the Good Conduct Medal, the World War II Victory Medal, and the Asiatic Pacific Service Medal. He was an American hero.
Upon returning from the Army, Frank enrolled in college on the GI Bill. He graduated from St. Francis College and then from the NY Medical College at Flower and 5th Avenue, New York. He completed his residency at St. Mary's Hospital in Philadelphia and returned to the Brooklyn Veterans Hospital as an anesthesiologist. He later started his own practice, Dr. Francis E. Kelly, M.D., in Fairfield, NJ, where he practiced for twenty five years before retiring in 1995. He was a diplomat of the American Board of Anesthesiology. He was also on the staff of St Joseph's Hospital, Paterson, East Orange General, St Barnabas Hospital, Livingston, and Mountainside Hospital. He was a member of the Paterson Rotary Club, and a Physician member of the American Medical Association (AMA) for over fifty-nine years.
Frank met his wife Sheila (nee McDonnell) while they were both working at St. Joseph's Hospital in Paterson. On their first date, Frank took Sheila to dinner, and then to an archery range where he taught her to shoot a bow and arrow. They hit it off, and were married on November 7, 1959. After a honeymoon in Miami Beach, they settled in Wayne in 1960 and raised their family. Frank loved to be with his family and spending time at home. He was an excellent ballroom dancer however, and even enjoyed camping on a few occasions. He was also a truly gifted artist; drawing and painting. He created some wonderful treasures for his family to cherish many years to come.
Frank’s children recall how their father always made them feel safe. Frank grew up in Brooklyn. He was always concerned for his families safety and well being and his children always felt safe with their dad around. He took his family camping, taught them how to fish and to always be prepared for the unexpected. With their dad as a doctor, they received all their stitches and wound-care right at home, in the kitchen. On one family vacation in Canada, Frank’s nephew cut his hand, including the tendon. Upon reaching the local hospital, the doctors there were incapable of making the repair, so they let Frank into their operating room and he taught the Canadian doctors how to properly reconnect a tendon. After that, who wouldn't feel safe on vacation with Frank?
He was the loving husband of fifty two years to Sheila C. Kelly of Wayne; loving father of Francis Kelly and his wife Dana of Wayne, Michael Kelly and his wife Tara of Greenwood Lake, NY, John Kelly of Wayne, and the late James Pierce Kelly (1990); cherished grandfather of James and Rebecca Kelly.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to the Wayne First Aid Squad, PO Box 2004, Wayne, NJ 07474 would be appreciated.
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Friends may visit with the family on Tuesday, November 8, 2011 from 2-4 and 7-9 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday, November 9, 2011 9 AM from the funeral home then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, 630 Valley Road, Wayne where a 10 AM Funeral Mass will be offered. Interment will be in Christ the King Cemetery, Franklin Lakes.
November 5, 2011
Services
Friends may visit with the family on Tuesday, November 8, 2011 from 2-4 and 7-9 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday, November 9, 2011 9 AM from the funeral home then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, 630 Valley Road, Wayne where a 10 AM Funeral Mass will be offered. Interment will be in Christ the King Cemetery, Franklin Lakes.
Francis E. Kelly, MD, age 87 of Wayne died Saturday, November 5, 2011peacefully at home with his family gathered at his bedside.
Frank was born in Brooklyn, NY, the son of the late Francis and Helen (Redden) Kelly. Sadly, his father passed when he was just three years old and he was raised by his mother in the Bay Ridge/Fort Hamilton section of Brooklyn. Frank's uncle and grandfather were both New York Police officers and they taught him how to shoot and hunt at a young age. When he was just ten years old or so, he would roll up his rifle into a blanket, hop the ferry to Staten Island and go hunting to bring home food for the family. One day he learned that in Texas, ranchers would pay a handsome bounty to anyone who could kill mountain lions which had been devastating their livestock. So at fifteen years old, with his family desperate for income, Frank hopped a train to Texas one summer with little more than a blanket and his trusty rifle. He hunted mountain lions in Texas for three summers, earning more money each summer than his mother could make all year in Brooklyn. He knew the true meaning of hard work, sacrifice, and the value of family, from his earliest years as a young boy in Brooklyn.
Upon graduating high school, Frank was drafted in to the US Army. He served for forty one months in New Guinea, enduring extreme conditions, intense combat, and frequent bombings. He was a member of the "Jungleers", with the 41st Division, 162nd Infantry, serving under Major General Fuller in New Guinea. He was awarded the European-African-Middle Eastern Service Medal, the Good Conduct Medal, the World War II Victory Medal, and the Asiatic Pacific Service Medal. He was an American hero.
Upon returning from the Army, Frank enrolled in college on the GI Bill. He graduated from St. Francis College and then from the NY Medical College at Flower and 5th Avenue, New York. He completed his residency at St. Mary's Hospital in Philadelphia and returned to the Brooklyn Veterans Hospital as an anesthesiologist. He later started his own practice, Dr. Francis E. Kelly, M.D., in Fairfield, NJ, where he practiced for twenty five years before retiring in 1995. He was a diplomat of the American Board of Anesthesiology. He was also on the staff of St Joseph's Hospital, Paterson, East Orange General, St Barnabas Hospital, Livingston, and Mountainside Hospital. He was a member of the Paterson Rotary Club, and a Physician member of the American Medical Association (AMA) for over fifty-nine years.
Frank met his wife Sheila (nee McDonnell) while they were both working at St. Joseph's Hospital in Paterson. On their first date, Frank took Sheila to dinner, and then to an archery range where he taught her to shoot a bow and arrow. They hit it off, and were married on November 7, 1959. After a honeymoon in Miami Beach, they settled in Wayne in 1960 and raised their family. Frank loved to be with his family and spending time at home. He was an excellent ballroom dancer however, and even enjoyed camping on a few occasions. He was also a truly gifted artist; drawing and painting. He created some wonderful treasures for his family to cherish many years to come.
Frank’s children recall how their father always made them feel safe. Frank grew up in Brooklyn. He was always concerned for his families safety and well being and his children always felt safe with their dad around. He took his family camping, taught them how to fish and to always be prepared for the unexpected. With their dad as a doctor, they received all their stitches and wound-care right at home, in the kitchen. On one family vacation in Canada, Frank’s nephew cut his hand, including the tendon. Upon reaching the local hospital, the doctors there were incapable of making the repair, so they let Frank into their operating room and he taught the Canadian doctors how to properly reconnect a tendon. After that, who wouldn't feel safe on vacation with Frank?
He was the loving husband of fifty two years to Sheila C. Kelly of Wayne; loving father of Francis Kelly and his wife Dana of Wayne, Michael Kelly and his wife Tara of Greenwood Lake, NY, John Kelly of Wayne, and the late James Pierce Kelly (1990); cherished grandfather of James and Rebecca Kelly.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to the Wayne First Aid Squad, PO Box 2004, Wayne, NJ 07474 would be appreciated.
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