Bertha (Haney) Kelley

Bertha Alice Kelley, age 89, of Kendallville, passed away on Tuesday, July 19, 2022 at Parkview Noble Hospital in Kendallville. Mrs. Kelley was born in Kendallville, Indiana on February 2, 1933 to the late B.P. Haney and Cecil Pauline (Pooler) Haney. She graduated from Kendallville High School in 1951 and the Gradwall Laboratory Technology Institute, St. Louis, Missouri where she met her future husband. She married Gene R. Kelley on March 13, 1954 in St. Louis, Missouri and he preceded her in death on August 23, 1994. Bertha was employed early on with Kraft Foods in Kendallville and as a medical lab technician. She retired as a lab tech from the Wastewater Treatment Plant in Kendallville. 

Survivors include:
Son, Carl and Carol Kelley of Fort Wayne.
Son, Dan and Cheryl Kelley of Columbia City.
Son, Stephen and Lana Kelley of Danville, Indiana.
Daughter, Susan Kelley of Columbia City.
Daughter, Kathryn and Tom Kelley of Lancaster, Ohio.
11 grandchildren, 11 great grandchildren and one great-great grandchild. 
Brother, Roy Haney of Muncie. 
Brother, Robert and Judy Haney of Wolcottville.
Brother-in-law, Keith McGinnis of Lima, Ohio.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Gene; two grandchildren, Benjamin and Samuel; sisters, Hannah Kilgore and Margaret McGinnis; and a brother, Allen Haney. 

Funeral services will be held Saturday, July 23, 2022 at 11:00 AM at the First Church of God, 111 South Oak Street, Kendallville with visitation at 10:00 AM prior to the service. Pastor Regan Ford will officiate the funeral service. 
Burial will follow at Lake View Cemetery in Kendallville with her grandsons as casket bearers. 
Memorial donations may be made to the First Church of God. 

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