- Date Of Birth: August 18, 1933
- Date Of Death: February 14, 2014
- State: Mississippi
Donald “Gene” Kelly, age 80 of Fulton, died Friday, February 14, 2014 at the University of Iowa Hospital in Iowa City.
Gene was born on August 18, 1933 in Butte, Montana to William A. and Evelyn G. (Raguet) Kelly. He attended school in several Western states until settling in East Peoria in 1945. He was a 1952 graduate of East Peoria High School. He served in the United States Navy from 1952-1954. Gene married Lois Ann Rathburn on June 26, 1959. He was employed at the former Patent Novelty Co. in Fulton where he learned the tool and die making trade. He then was employed as a tool and die maker/mold maker at General Electric Co. for 18 years, retiring in 1988. He was a member of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers and a former member of the Savanna Moose Lodge. He was a member of the Fulton American Legion and the Clinton Am vets post #28. He bowled a number of years on leagues in Fulton and Morrison. Gene was an avid Hawkeye fan and a Cardinal fan since 1946.
Survivors include his wife, Lois; two daughters, Mrs. Gina (Louis) Grant and Joni (Tony Davis) Scheper; seven grandsons; three granddaughters; twenty great grandchildren; one niece and two great nieces…M…M…;/span> ;/span> ;tr=
