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ObituariesAugust 18, 1994

SCOTT CITY -- Funeral service for John J. Kelly of Scott City will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City. Burial will be in Lightner Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 4-9 p.m. today. Kelly, 70, died Tuesday, Aug. 16, 1994, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau...

SCOTT CITY -- Funeral service for John J. Kelly of Scott City will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City. Burial will be in Lightner Cemetery.

Friends may call at the funeral home from 4-9 p.m. today.

Kelly, 70, died Tuesday, Aug. 16, 1994, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.

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He was born Feb. 18, 1924, at Rouge, son of John J. and Ella Sands Kelly. He married the former Verna Mae Sanford.

Kelly had been a pilot with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. He was a member of Scott City VFW Post 6407. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II.

Survivors include a son, John Kelly III of Cape Girardeau; six daughters, Patricia Foster of Commerce, Shirlene Winch, Vickie Madderra and Judith Mayberry of Scott City, Sandra Braser of St. Louis, Janice Smart of Cape Girardeau; a sister, Virginia Litvan of Florida; 23 grandchildren, and 20 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by two half brothers and a half sister.

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