Idamae Elizabeth Kelley

She married Eugene Kelley on December 7, 1952. They enjoyed fifty-two years of married life before he passed away in 2005. They were members of the Old German Baptist Brethren Church.

She was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother who especially enjoyed her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Preceding her in death, besides her husband, were her parents, her son Phillip, her sister Lois Simmons, Brubaker, and a great-grandson Theodore Miller.

She is survived by daughters, Myrna (Ferrell) Nachatelo, Mauston, WI; Beth (Timothy) Witmer, Goshen, IN; and Anne (Kurt) Wolf, Arcanum, OH; daughter-in-law, Irene Kelley, Modesto, CA; twenty grandchildren, thirty great-grandchildren, two sisters, Mary Ellen Pansing, Brookville; and Martha (Roger) Kuntz, Covington; and nieces and nephews.

Services are to be held at Palestine Old German Baptist Brethren Meetinghouse, Palestine, on Tuesday March 8, 2022 at 10 o’clock. Burial adjoining at Miller’s Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 2:00 PM until 5:00 PM and 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM on Monday March 7, 2022 at Zechar Bailey Funeral Home.

Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.zecharbailey.com for the Kelley family.