Janet Marie (Palmer) Kelley passed away in her home after a long illness in Bolivar Missouri the morning of April 20th, 2016 at the age of 73.
Janet is survived by her loving husband James B. Kelley. They were united in marriage 57 years ago on September 28th, 1958 in Bailey’s Corners Pennsylvania.
Janet was born in Canton, Pennsylvania on July 12, 1942. She worked alongside of her husband in several businesses over the years including dairy farming, farm equipment, and real estate.
Janet is lovingly remembered by her children; daughter and her husband, Debbie and Robert Henley, Bristow VA, and son and his wife, Mike and Debbie Kelley, Pleasant Hope, MO; son in-law and daughter in-law from prior marriages; Richard Walter Jr. of NM, and Janice (Case) Kelley of Mo; three granddaughters; Jessica and her husband Jason Patterson of NC, Jennifer and her husband Andrew Reichert of VA, and Kathryn Henley of VA; four grandsons, Richard Walter III and his wife Christi of MO, Shawn and Joe Kelley of MO, and Nathan and his wife Katherine of Mo; six great-granddaughters; three great-grandsons; sister in-laws, June Ross and Mary Lou Kelley of PA; brother in-law Robert Baker of PA, and a long list of relatives and very special friends.
Janet is survived by her loving husband James B. Kelley. They were united in marriage 57 years ago on September 28th, 1958 in Bailey’s Corners Pennsylvania.
Janet was born in Canton, Pennsylvania on July 12, 1942. She worked alongside of her husband in several businesses over the years including dairy farming, farm equipment, and real estate.
Janet is lovingly remembered by her children; daughter and her husband, Debbie and Robert Henley, Bristow VA, and son and his wife, Mike and Debbie Kelley, Pleasant Hope, MO; son in-law and daughter in-law from prior marriages; Richard Walter Jr. of NM, and Janice (Case) Kelley of Mo; three granddaughters; Jessica and her husband Jason Patterson of NC, Jennifer and her husband Andrew Reichert of VA, and Kathryn Henley of VA; four grandsons, Richard Walter III and his wife Christi of MO, Shawn and Joe Kelley of MO, and Nathan and his wife Katherine of Mo; six great-granddaughters; three great-grandsons; sister in-laws, June Ross and Mary Lou Kelley of PA; brother in-law Robert Baker of PA, and a long list of relatives and very special friends.
Janet’s greatest hobby through the years was her love for her horses. One of Janet’s special memories was when she and her husband represented the State of Pennsylvania carrying the Pennsylvania State Flag and a Pennsylvania Dairy Association Flag while riding their horses across the State of Alabama in a wagon train in the 1980’s. Over the years Janet and Jim resided in Pennsylvania, New York, Virginia, Arizona, and Missouri.
She attended the Bolivar Church of Christ and Mount Gilead United Methodists Church in Bolivar Missouri.
Janet left a note in her Bible which we wish to share with all; “I AM WITH YOU STILL”.
I give you this one thought to keep, I am with you still – do not weep. When you awaken in morn’s light, do not think of me as gone. I am with you still – in each day of dawn.
A memorial service will be scheduled at Mount Gilead Cemetery, 1457 E. 464th Road, Bolivar MO. 65613, at a later date for the convenience of the family members.
In lieu of flowers, the family request all memorial donations be made to Citizens Memorial Hospice, 1500 N. Oakland Ave., Bolivar, MO. 65613.
She attended the Bolivar Church of Christ and Mount Gilead United Methodists Church in Bolivar Missouri.
Janet left a note in her Bible which we wish to share with all; “I AM WITH YOU STILL”.
I give you this one thought to keep, I am with you still – do not weep. When you awaken in morn’s light, do not think of me as gone. I am with you still – in each day of dawn.
A memorial service will be scheduled at Mount Gilead Cemetery, 1457 E. 464th Road, Bolivar MO. 65613, at a later date for the convenience of the family members.
In lieu of flowers, the family request all memorial donations be made to Citizens Memorial Hospice, 1500 N. Oakland Ave., Bolivar, MO. 65613.
