KELSEY FAMILY
WILLIAM AND HELENA KELSEY HENRY AND MARIETTA KEITZER Grandfathers Family HAUGH

ARTHUR AND AUGUSTA KELSEY

JOSEPH AND AGNES COONEY

LAWRENCE AND CATHERINE KELSEY

Lawrence Edmond Kelsey was born February 6, 1907 in Monterey Indiana. He was a physician and surgeon. He graduated from Loyola Medical School in Chicago. Lawrence was Ham-radio operator by hobby. He contracted cancer, probably from radiation exposure in the early days of x-ray imaging. It first took his thumb then his arm. He did not die directly from the cancer. He had taken an experimental cancer drug under the care of a doctor at Arizona State Uuniversity and it damaged his hert. He had a fatal heart stoppage in the front yard while taking the garbage can out to the street. He died Sept 30, 1985.

Catherine Lucille Cooney was the daughter of Joseph Dennis Cooney and Agnes E. Haugh. She was born June 22, 1913 in South Bend Indiana. Her nickname was Loretto, with and 'o' at the end, although everyone pronounced it 'Loretta'. She died in 2006.


{sjt#1-26} Email notes from Roberta Kelsey Thomas just for these pages: Lawrence Edmond Kelsey was born February 6, 1907. He was a physician and surgeon. He graduated from Loyola Medical School in Chicago. He married Loretto Cooney. They had five children. William, John, Dennis, Maureen and Mary Margaret Gunnick.

LINKS TO CHILDRENS FAMILIES

WILLIAM

Born May 21, 1940. Married twice:


Married Nikki. Children with Nikki are: Lisa, Stephanie, Andrew, and Paula. Lisa has children: Ian, Shae and Marcus.


Married Kathleen Kennedy. Kathleen has two children from a previous marriage, Sean and Chad.


JOHN

Born Nov 14, 1942. Married Vera Vlcek (her parents were Josef and Jarmila Vlcek). Four children:
1) Lara, married John Iacometti and they have six kids and they are Oliver, Haydn, Raegan, Taighe, Heider, and Marlena.
2) Ramona, married Russ Conder and they have two kids: Kyle and Braden.
3) John (Chip), married Cathy Santos and they have three kids: Chloe, Joseph, and Elizabeth.
4) Patricia  (Patti) (pkelsey@email.arizona.edu). She has an interest in geneology and sent some pictures.

DENNIS

Born May 22, 1946 in Kewanna, IN. Married Sheryl. Three children (Robin, Michael, Jeremy).

MAUREEN

Born July 31, 1950. Married Ken Simpson. Has two children, Julie and Megan (has a daughter, Vanessa).

MARY MARGRET

Born Aug 27, 1953. Married James Gunnick and had a son Tim. James Gunnick died at age 41. Mary married Tim Drago, who was a widower.

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