Alice Geer Kelsey, 86, a resident of Ithacare, died Monday, Sept. 27, 1982. She was the widow of Professor Lincoln D. Kelsey, who died in 1966.
Mrs. Kelsey, the author of many books for children and a long-time member of the Congregational Church, was a 1918 graduate of Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Mass.
She is survived by a brother, Russell M. Geer of Roanoke, Va.; a sister-in-law, Christine K. Gollick of Ithaca; a son, Paul M. Kelsey of Dryden; three daughters: Edith Kelsey Lewis of Canandaigua; Olive Kelsey Gallaher of Davenport, Iowa; Martha Kelsey Davenport of Kingston; 17 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Published in Ithaca Journal Tues., Sept. 28, 1982
Mrs. Kelsey, the author of many books for children and a long-time member of the Congregational Church, was a 1918 graduate of Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Mass.
She is survived by a brother, Russell M. Geer of Roanoke, Va.; a sister-in-law, Christine K. Gollick of Ithaca; a son, Paul M. Kelsey of Dryden; three daughters: Edith Kelsey Lewis of Canandaigua; Olive Kelsey Gallaher of Davenport, Iowa; Martha Kelsey Davenport of Kingston; 17 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Published in Ithaca Journal Tues., Sept. 28, 1982
Alice Geer Kelsey, 86, a resident of Ithacare, died Monday, Sept. 27, 1982. She was the widow of Professor Lincoln D. Kelsey, who died in 1966.
Mrs. Kelsey, the author of many books for children and a long-time member of the Congregational Church, was a 1918 graduate of Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Mass.
She is survived by a brother, Russell M. Geer of Roanoke, Va.; a sister-in-law, Christine K. Gollick of Ithaca; a son, Paul M. Kelsey of Dryden; three daughters: Edith Kelsey Lewis of Canandaigua; Olive Kelsey Gallaher of Davenport, Iowa; Martha Kelsey Davenport of Kingston; 17 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Published in Ithaca Journal Tues., Sept. 28, 1982
Mrs. Kelsey, the author of many books for children and a long-time member of the Congregational Church, was a 1918 graduate of Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Mass.
She is survived by a brother, Russell M. Geer of Roanoke, Va.; a sister-in-law, Christine K. Gollick of Ithaca; a son, Paul M. Kelsey of Dryden; three daughters: Edith Kelsey Lewis of Canandaigua; Olive Kelsey Gallaher of Davenport, Iowa; Martha Kelsey Davenport of Kingston; 17 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Published in Ithaca Journal Tues., Sept. 28, 1982
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