Alice Mae Kelley

Elizabeth, born in the small college town of Winfield, Kansas to Virgil and Ethel. Her father was

a businessman, who owned an appliance store, and her Mother taught Home Economics and

Cooking at a high school outside of town.

Alice Mae met Gail Kelley in elementary school and were destined to be together. Mom was a

romantic and loved the movies. One of Dad’s three jobs was at the movie house where mom

got to see sometimes three movies a week. Married at 18, dad was a soldier in World War II

and mom worked as a bookkeeper. Eight years later they had their first born daughter, Gail

Elizabeth before moving to Wichita, Kansas. Mom and Dad liked to go out to dinner and

dancing in the days when jitterbug and big bands were the thing.

Daddy worked at Boeing and mom worked as a bookkeeper. After twin girls Sharon Marie and

Karen Rose were born, Dad went on second shift so Alice Mae could go on working, which was

unheard of in those days, but Alice went on to win National Bookkeeper of the Year, which was

a high distinction in her career. Dad worked 35 years for Boeing that transferred us to New

Orleans in 1965, where Hurricane Betsy flooded our home; to Wilmington, Delaware, where Gail

Elizabeth fell in love with David Gillmer, and here to Seattle where we have lived for 40 years.

Alice Mae’s grandfather William Morris and Uncle Albert were Methodist Ministers, so our faith

in God and His Son Jesus Christ has always been the center of our lives. We said a prayer of

thanks for our food at every meal, and prayed again for all of our loved ones at night. Grandpa

Virgil was always taking a wagon or a doll to a child in more need or a meal to a family

struggling with sickness or financial troubles and never missed a Sunday sermon. Mom studied

religious studies in College and raised her daughters to cherish the Lord. Holidays, whether

Easter, Christmas or Thanksgiving, were days rich in the passion of our devotion to our Lord

and full of the knowledge of how truly blessed we were to have such a large, loving family. Alice

Mae is survived by her three daughters, 24 grandchildren, and 7 great grandchildren.

Funeral Services will be held at Greenwood Memorial Park Funeral Home at 350 Monroe Ave.

NE, Renton, WA 98056 on December 8, 2018. Viewing will begin at 10:00, with a ceremony

starting at 11:00. The graveside ceremony will begin about 12:30 next door at Mt. Olivet

Cemetery in Renton. A reception will follow at the home of Casey and Jennifer Keil at 15110

SE 140th Pl, Renton, WA 98059.

It is with great love for you and our Lord that we honor this great daughter, sister, wife and

mother, Alice Mae Kelley. She will be forever missed and forever loved.