John M. Kelly

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: Business Boiler Maker, 1910, Troy, Rensselaer, New York. From 1910 Census

He is living with his sisters, Margaret, Elizabeth and Catherine.

• Occupation: Salesperson in a boiler shop, 1920, Troy, Rensselaer, New York. From 1920 Census

He is living with his sisters, Margaret, Elizabeth and Catherine.

• Death: The Times Record, 10 Feb 1941, Troy, Rensselaer, New York. KELLY—At his residence, 9634 Fifth Ave., Feb. 9, 1941, John M. Kelly, brother of George R. and Catherine M. Kelly; uncle of Joseph G. Kelly, Mrs. H. Guy Wilson and Mrs. Griffith B. Lewis. Funeral from the B. J. Herbert and Sons Funeral Home, 2446 Fifth Ave., Thursday morning at 9 o'clock, thence to St. Peter's Church, where at 9:30 o'clock a solemn requiem high mass will be sung. Friends may call at the funeral home Wednesday evening i*om 7 to 10 o'clock. Interment in St. Peter's Cemetery.

• Obituary: The Times Record, Monday Evening, Page 70, 10 Feb 1941, Troy, Rensselaer, New York. John M. Kelly, head of the Troy Boiler Works for many years, died yesterday afternoon at his home after a short illness. Mr. Kelly spent most of his adult life in the boiler plats business, beginning as a bookkeeper for the old Franklin Iron Works of Green Island. He established the Troy Boiler Works in 1899. Mr. Kelly, the son of the late Anastasla Sinnett and Matthew C. Kelly, lived in the Tenth Ward for about seventy years and was active in Democratic politics but never held any public office.

He was a member of the Troy Rotary Club and the Troy. Lodge of Elks. He attended St. Peter's Church and was a member of the Holy Name Society of the parish. Surviving are a brother, George R. Kelly; a sister. Miss Catherine M. Kelly; a nephew, Joseph G. Kelly, and two nieces, Mrs. H. Guy Wilson and Mrs. Griffith B. Lewis, all of Troy.

The funeral will be held Thursday at 9 a.m. from the E. J. Herbert & Son Funeral Home, 2445 Fifth Avenue. A solemn requiem mass will be celebrated at 9:30 a.m. in St. Peter's Church and burial will be in the parish cemetery.

• Cemetery: From cemetery inscriptions for Troy Roman Catholic Cemeteries: Troy, Rensselaer, New York. St Peter's Cemetery

John Kelly, son of Matthew and Anna

One of four stones around the family stone.