A. JOE KELLY, 80, OF RICHLAND DIES
 
     Alois Joseph (A. Joe), 80, of Richland, Iowa died Tues. March 31,
     at Maplewood Manor, Keota.

     He had been involved in publishing all his life, including 21
     years at the Richland Clarion.

     He was born May 15, 1906 at Malcolm in Powesheik County, son of
     John M. and Barbara Nick Kelly.  As a young child he moved to
     Washington, Iowa where he attended St. James Elementary School
     and graduated from Washington High School in 1923. He attended
     the State University Of Iowa where he was a student of the late
     George Gallup in the school of journalism.  While still in
     college he was a member of the Gallup Poll team in Chicago.

     Kelly published the Batavia News for nine years, then managed
     several newspapers during WW II, for editors called to service.
     In 1951 the family purchased the Richland Clarion, which A. Joe
     and his wife Anita, and children published until his retirement
     in 1972. After retirement he was "string" corresspondent for
     several newspapers.

     He married Anita M. Hamill Aug. 28, 1930.  Surviving are his
     widow; four children, Mrs. Vernon Horras (Jan) of Richland, Mrs
     Thomas A. Brown (Joyce) Geneseo, New York, Kerry Kelly of
     Rochester, New York, and Kimbell Kelly of Fairfield, Iowa; seven
     grandchildren, a sister Winifred Kelly of Washington and a
     brother, Jerome Kelly of Des Moines.  He was preceded in death by
     five children in infancy, and one son Dennis in 1972 and one
     sister, Genevieve Ledger of Washington.

     Christian prayer service was held Thursday evening at Mother
     Cabrini Church.  Funeral services were held at Mother Cabrini
     Church on Friday.

Sigourney News-Review
Wed Apr. 8, 1987
 
FROM SSDI
ANITA M. KELLY
BIRTHDATE;         8 MARCH 1907        DEATH DATE  2 DEC. 1992
SSN  478-80-2051      STATE WHERE ISSUED    IOWA 
DEATH RESIDENCE LOCALITY   52585         RICHLAND, KEOKUK COUNTY, IOWA