CORINTH – James E. Kelley Sr., 61, was found at his residence April 8, 2005, after a long illness. He was born May 12, 1943, in Middletown, Conn. the son of Edward and Pauline (Ramsdell) Kelley. He was a member of the Charleston Pentecostal Church for more than 30 years and a member of the Maine Trapper’s Association. He loved being outdoors and was a member of the Pine Tree, Coon, Cat and Bear Club of Unity and the National Rifle Association. He worked as a carpenter and was a member of Carpenters Union, Local 1996. Surviving in addition to his former wife and the mother of his children, Susan (Bergeron) Kelley of Corinth; are three daughters, Sandra O’Bar and her husband, Dennis, of Corinth, Myra Violette and her husband, Kenneth, of Brewer, and Ranee Kelley and her fianc?, Arthur Ogden, of Charleston; two sons, James E. Kelley Jr. of Lebanon, and Daniel B. Kelley of Corinth; four grandchildren, Nicholas and Bryan Violette of Brewer and Troy and Reanna O’Bar of Corinth; two brothers, Robert Kelley of Bangor and David Kelley and his wife, Marguerite, of Hermon; a sister, Joyce Buck and her husband, Carleton, of Dover-Foxcroft; several nieces and nephews. Friends may call 7-9 p.m. Monday, at the Thompson Funeral Home, 17 Hudson Road, Corinth. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Tuesday, at the Charleston Pentecostal Church with the Rev. Matthew Ward and the Rev. Ronald E. Libby officiating. Burial will be in the Corinthian Cemetery, Corinth. Those who wish may make memorial donations in his memory for the Diabetes Program at E.M.M.C. care of Eastern Maine Charities, P.O. Box 404, Bangor, ME 04402-0404.
JAMES E. KELLEY SR.
