Mr. Percy Joseph Kelly passed away on May 31st after being confined in the Springfield, Missouri hospital for the past four months.

He was born in St. Louis on November 27, 1902 to Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Kelly. On February 25, 1929 he was married to Myrtle Moulton and they lived at Fonda, Iowa and Omaha before moving to Blair in 1944. Mr. Kelly owned the Kelly Blacksmith and Welding Shop in Blair before retiring and moving to 216 East Burford, Marshfield, Missouri in April, 1964.

Besides his wife Myrtle, he is survived by two sons, Joe of Omaha, and Donald, of Rockford, Illinois. Also four grandchildren; a brother, Jacob of Alton, Illinois; three sisters, Mrs. Effie Carr of Joliet, Illinois, Mrs. Irene Johnson and Mrs. Mildred Frakes, both of Alton, Illinois.

Funeral services will be held at the Roeder Mortuary at 50th and Ames June 3rd (today) at 2 P.M. in Omaha. The Rev. Dale Westadt of the Blair Methodist Church will officiate, and burial will be in the Hillcrest Memorial Park in Omaha.

Pallbearers will be C.F. Moulton, Bert Moulton and Ray Moulton, of Omaha. All are brothers of Mrs. Kelly. Also three nephews, Jerry Goodwin, Ray Zuroski and Bruce Moulton, all of Omaha.