Harold Ray Kelley Jr., 77, died Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010, at Promise Regional Medical Center in Hutchinson.
He was born Oct. 30, 1932, in Iola to Harold Ray and Mary Ellen Burns Kelley Sr. He was a 1951 graduate of Iola High School, attended Iola Junior College and was a 1955 graduate of Pittsburg State University.
He was a member of Sigma Tau Gamma and Hutchinson Civitans. He liked to travel and play golf.
He served in the U.S. Army Signal Corps.
He was retired from Great American Life Insurance Company as a first vice president and secretary.
On Jan. 24, 1959, he married Beverly Jean Roberts in Lawrence. She died July 25, 1990. On June 6, 1992, he married Nyrna M. Setty in Hutchinson.
She survives, as does a daughter, Kathryn K. Joyner, and her fiance, Bruce Jackson, Hutchinson, a stepdaughter and her husband, Kim and Kent Norton, Wichita, and a stepson and his wife, Kent and Lisa Setty, Overland Park; a sister; Mary Margaret Davis, Colorado Springs, Colo.; and six grandchildren, Paul Joyner, Kylie Norton, Chase Norton, Cameron Setty, Kira Setty and Courtney Setty.
A daughter, Kolleen Kay Kelley, died earlier.
Funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Elliott Chapel in Hutchinson. The Rev. Pat Ault-Duell and Richard Ratzlaff will officiate. Military graveside honors will be conducted by Fort Riley Honor Guard at Memorial Park Cemetery.
Friends may call until 9 p.m. today and from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday at Elliott Mortuary.
Memorial s to TECH or Civitan International Foundation may be sent to the funeral home, 1219 N. Main, Hutchinson, KS 67501. Online condolences for the family may be left at elliottmortuary.com.
Harold Kelley Jr.
