Dr. Conrad F. Kaelin

Dr. Conrad F. Kaelin passed away on February 6, 2018. He was born on February 5, 1938 and was a lifelong resident of Fort Smith. He attended both Subiaco Academy and St. Annes High School before earning his degree at Cleveland Chiropractic College in Kansas City, MO. He returned to Fort Smith and ran a successful chiropractic practice for a total of fifty-one years. He was appointed by three different governors to serve on the Arkansas State Board of Chiropractic Examiners. He also served as Secretary/Treasurer of the Arkansas Chiropractic Society for over twenty years. He loved to travel and visited many countries as well as all of the states. He was a pilot, loved flying and was an avid reader of anything to do with flying. He also had a passion to teach young people how to play chess and started a chess club at CTK School. He was of the Catholic faith and was most proud when he spoke of his father, Bernard Kaelin, who was instrumental in the building of Subiaco Abbey. He was blessed to be a husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather who loved and prayed for his family, daily.

His life will be celebrated by family and friends with a Rosary on Friday, February 9th at 6:00 PM at Fentress Mortuary Chapel. Memorial Mass will be on Saturday, February 10th at 10:00 AM at St. Boniface Catholic Church with inurnment to follow in the columbarium at Roselawn Cemetery.

Memorial contributions may be made to the nuns at St. Scholastica P.O. Box 3489 Ft. Smith, AR 72913 or online at www.stscho.org