John Gilbert Kelly
January 13, 1953 - February 28, 2010
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GARNER - John G. Kelly, 57, of Garner died Sunday (February 28, 2010) at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit in Mason City.

A memorial service will be held 4 P.M., Saturday, March 13th at the Garner VFW with military rites by the Garner Veterans Ceremonial Unit.

John Gilbert Kelly, the son of Orrel and Helen (Harper) Kelly, was born January 13, 1953 at Olivia, MN. John worked at IMT in Garner as a painter.

He is survived by his two daughters, Shelly Biggs and her daughter, Emma Rae, of Boise, ID and Jennifer Kelly of Boise, ID; his mother, Helen Charter of Two Harbors, MN; and a sister, Jan (Bruce) Runyan of Two Harbors, MN.

John was preceded in death by his father; and brother, Steven Kelly.
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Julie Haugen - Friend
Mar 2, 2010

I met John through mutual friends at the VFW. He had a wonderful unique sense of humor and I knew if we had a chance to sit near him we were going to have fun. When I first got to know him, he told me how proud he was of... more

Mar 2, 2010
I met John through mutual friends at the VFW. He had a wonderful unique sense of humor and I knew if we had a chance to sit near him we were going to have fun. When I first got to know him, he told me how proud he was of his daughters. He and I discovered we liked the same kinds of old cartoons and off the wall comedy. He could spew out an expletive-filled opinion about something and I knew whether I argued or let him be with it, I was going to end up laughing a lot. After his trip to visit his daughters and granddaughter last summer, he made a special trip home to get the pictures to show me. He told about how he was trying to get his baby granddaughter to sit up. I liked John very much. I am sorry I didn't have more time to get to know him better and will truly miss him and his laugh.

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Shelly Biggs Daughter
Mar 1, 2010

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