Wylie Wells Kelley |
| Posted 2009-11-29 by Janet Bowie |
| Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, AZ, Friday, July 20, 1951 RITES FOR W. W. KELLEY ARE CONDUCTED IN PEORIA ILL., THE LOCAL BUSINESS MAN DIED SUDDENLY LAST FRIDAY Masonic rites were conducted in the Masonic Cathedral at Peoria, Ill., Wednesday for Wylie W. Kelley of Wickenburg who died suddenly here last Friday morning. Church services were also conducted before burial in the Springdale Memorial Mausoleum in Peoria. Mr Kelley, who came to Wickenburg a year ago last March to open the Dairy Queen on the Prescott Highway, had a heart attack before dawn Friday. He was removed to Community Hospital and died at 6:55 a. m. His son, Wesley Kelley of San Diego, and the widow left last Saturday by automobile for Peoria. The body was sent by air later. CAME FROM PEORIA Mr Kelley was in the industrial motion picture business in Peoria for 20 years before coming here, making movies for promotional and educational purposes for large commercial manufacturing firms. He sold his business early in 1950 in order to move to Wickenburg and establish the Dairy Queen. THE SURVIVORS Surviving are the widow, Mrs Blanche Kelley; a daughter, Mrs Vivian Leu of Peoria; the son, Wesley; one sister, Mrs Ben Jones of Lawton, Okla.; and three grandchildren. He was a member of the Saquoia A. E. & A. M., Knight Templars, the Shrine, and the Round-up Club of Wickenburg. See Also: Arizona Genealogy Birth and Death Certificates |
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