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Jo Ann Kelsey
Feb 14, 1931 - Jul 11, 2008
Submitted by: Becky Rodgers
© Grace Memorial Chapel
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| JoAnn Kelsey, resident of
Ponca City, passed away Friday, July 11, 2008 at the Ponca City Nursing
Home. She was 77.
JoAnn was born the daughter of Amos Lee Work and Addie Ivon Gerard in
Oilton, Oklahoma on February 14, 1931. She grew up in Oilton where she
was the pianist at the Baptist Church, her school, and various other
functions. At Oilton High School, she played basketball and was named
the band queen her senior year. She was a member of the Rainbow Girls
and attained the status of Grand Worthy Advisor. After finishing high
school she went to Tulsa, Oklahoma where she completed a business degree
from Draughns School of Business.
On July 7, 1951 she married Howard Kelsey and the couple made their home
in Shidler, Oklahoma until she moved to Ponca City, Oklahoma in the
early 1980's. To this union four children were born. JoAnn worked at
TG&Y and then K-Mart until the store closed. She also sold Tupperware
for some years.
JoAnn enjoyed sewing, needlework and could even play the marimba. She
was very creative and could make just about anything out of nothing. She
liked to cook and in fact was a wonderful cook. JoAnn loved her children
and grandchildren, and her life revolved around them. She was a simple
woman who spent her whole life helping others find what they wanted in
life by listening with her heart. She was a gracious woman as well who
lived by the serenity prayer. JoAnn attended the Northeast Baptist
Church .
She is survived by her children, Fran James, Jim Kelsey, Jane Parker and
husband, Rick, and Steve Kelsey and wife, Risa; one sister, Carrol Davis
of Oilton, Oklahoma; grandchildren, Derek James and wife, Ashley, Kevin
James and wife, Desiree, Sara Eeds and husband, Tyler, Abbey Gomez,
Tyler Kelsey, Brian James, Dylan Miller, Kyleeann Parker, Rianna Kelsey
and Cade Kelsey; great grandchildren, Shawn Gomez, Noah Gomez and Rachel
Eeds.
She is preceded in death by her parents and one brother, Amos Lee Work
Jr.
Casket bearers for the service will be Dale Head, Link Cotham, Kenny
Kelsey, Curt Kelsey, Pat Davis and Dennis Davis,
Honorary bearers will be Grady James, Skip Smith and Pat Patton.
A funeral service will be held at 10:00 a.m., Monday, July 14, 2008 at
Northeast Baptist Church. Burial will follow in Grandview Cemetery in
Kaw City, Oklahoma under the direction of Grace Memorial Chapel.
Memorial contributions can be made to Eastman National Bank's North
Branch, 5th and Prospect, Ponca City, Oklahoma 74601. |
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