Submitted by: Dan Rich

Roland K. Kelley

July 25, 1912 - Nov. 6, 1997

South Bend Tribune 11/8/1997

NEW CARLISLE - Roland K. Kelley, 85, of Emery Road, New Carlisle, Ind., passed away at 3:15 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 6, in Miller's Merry Manor. Mr. Kelley was born on July 25, 1912, in Hudson Township and was a lifelong area resident. He was a past employee of the LaPorte County Highway Department, a bus driver and a farmer.

On July 28, 1934, in LaPorte, Ind., he married Margaret A. Walker, who survives. He is also survived by a daughter, Mary MacGillivray of Ames, Iowa; three sons, Robert Kelley of Three Rivers, Mich., Richard Kelley of New Carlisle and James Kelley at home; seven grandchildren, Teri Ann Voyles of LaPorte, Susan Spencer of Wichita, Kan., Jackie Beckette of Michigan City, Michael Kelley and Lori Kelley of New Carlisle, Kelley Loenser of Waterloo, Iowa, and Colin MacGillivray of Ames, Iowa; four step-grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; three step-great-grandchildren; and by one step-great-great-grandson. Mr. Kelley was preceded in death by his parents, Clarence and Mary (McBain) Kelley; two brothers, Donald and Clyde Kelley; a granddaughter, Debbie Kelley; and by a great-granddaughter, Kimberly Voyles. Mr. Kelley was a member of the Maple Grove United Methodist Church, the Wills Township Farm Bureau and the Steam Engine Association.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m on Monday in the Kaniewski Funeral Home, 201 S. Filbert Street, New Carlisle. Burial will follow in the New Carlisle Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. on Sunday in the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the Maple Grove United Methodist Church.