Obituary Patrick J. Kelley
PATRICK J. KELLEY 1839-1920
Manitowoc Pilot, November 4, 1920
Patrick Kelley, a pioneer resident of Manitowoc died last Thursday
night at his home on North Seventh Street. Mr. Kelley was born at
Corchford, County Cork, Ireland, in 1839 and came to America with
his parents in 1848. The family came to the west and settled at
Manitowoc in 1856, since which time Mr. Kelley has resided here.
He married here in 1867 to Julia Lantry, who had been a schoolmate
of his in Ireland. He is survived by his wife and six children,
John of Waukesha, Timothy, Mrs. John Friar, and Mrs. F.G. Smith
of Milwaukee, and Julia of this city and Patrick of Mansfield, Ohio.
A sister, Mrs. Mary Harte of Chicago and a brother, Capt. T.J. Kelley
of this city also survive. Mr. Kelley was a reader and considerable
of a scholar. He loved the history and literature of his native
land and could recite from the Irish bards by the hour. For many years
he kept files of John Boyle O'Reilly's Boston Pilot and other similar
publications. About ten years ago he took up the study of written
Gaelic and the almost forgotten spoken language of his boyhood came
back to him readily, so that he soon acquired a reading knowledge of
the ancient tongue. In his youth he taught school in the county but
abandoned it for the mason's trade and for many years was a successful
mason contractor. He was an industrious, useful citizen who reared
and educated a large family, who are a credit to him and to the bereft
widow.
The funeral was held Monday from Sacred Heart Church of which he
was a devout communicant. Interment was in Evergreen Cemetery.
Among those from out of town who attended the funeral were:
Mr. and Mrs. B.A. Dempsey, Mr. and Mrs. John G. Kelley and Mary
Kelley of Waukesha; Mr. and Mrs. John H. Friar, Helen Friar, Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Smith, Mr. and Mrs. T.L. Kelley, Miss Mary Lantry,
Miss Alice Lantry, Mr. Joseph Lantry, Leland Haggerty, Mrs. Jule
Buschman, Miss Mable Hussey of Milwaukee; Patrick J Kelley of Mansfield,
Ohio; Mrs. Geo. Rennerker, Mrs. Mary Harte, Mrs. John Harvey, Mrs.
M. Ritzwoller, Mr. Edw. Harte of Chicago; Dr. and Mrs. T. Egan of
Sturgeon Bay; Thos. Doolan and Thos. Sullivan of Maple Grove and
Dr. and Mrs. John Kelley of Cato.