Rachel M. Kelley, 85, El Dorado, passed away Feb. 5, 2014, at Reflection Living in Wichita after a battle with cancer. Visitation with family present will be from 2 to 4 p.m. on Sunday at Kirby-Morris Funeral Home. Funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Carlson Colonial Chapel. Graveside service will be at 2 p.m. at Colony Cemetery, Colony.
She was born June 16, 1928, in Colony, the youngest daughter of Ralph and Nellie (Martin) Lewis. She was raised in Colony and graduated from Colony High School in 1946. She married Aaron D. Kelley Oct. 11, 1947, in Bonner Springs. They moved to El Dorado in 1953. She was a housewife, a bookkeeper for Albert Hogoboom Oilfield Trucking, and retired in Dec. 2006 after 23 years with the Butler County District Court clerk’s office. She was fabulous at the piano, enjoyed ceramics, playing cards, and was active with the Hoe and Spade Garden Club.
She is survived by her children, Aaron Jr. and wife Linda, Wichita, Alan and wife Juana, El Dorado, and Diane Rebstock, Andover; grandchildren, Lewis Kelley and wife Bree, Wichita, Levi Kelley, Overland Park, Seth Kelley and wife Jonessa, El Dorado, Chevis Rebstock, Andover, Laura and husband Johnney Daugherty, El Dorado, Remington Rebstock, Manhattan, and Stuart Kelley, El Dorado; great-grandsons, Luke and Jake Kelley, Wichita, and Gunner and Jace Daugherty, El Dorado; a sister, Amy Harris, Prairie Village.
She was preceded in death by her sister, Dorothy Henderson, on Jan. 12, 2014. Memorials to El Dorado High School Band Boosters may be sent to Harden Hospice, 2622 W Central Ave., #401A, Wichita, KS 67203.
Rachel Kelley
