Margaret Katherine Majer Kelly Matriarch Dead January 6, 1990
Standard-Speaker (Hazleton, Pennsylvania) Monday, January 8, 1990
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LINWOOD
N.J. [APO] Margaret Kelly, mother of the late Princess Grace of Monaco and
matriarch of the famed Kelly clan of Philadelphia, has died at age 91 at a
convalescent home.
Mrs.
Kelly died at 8:45 a.m. Saturday of Pneumonia, a spokesman for the Linwood
Convalescent Center said she had been a resident of the nursing home since 1982
and had suffered several strokes in recent years.
A
former beauty Queen and magazine cover girl, she was known both for her own accomplishments
and those of her husbands and children, particular by her daughter, actress
Grace Kelly, who later married Prince Rainer of Monaco. Princess Grace died of injuries suffered in
an automobile accident in September 1982.
Mrs.
Kelly’s husband, John B. Kelly Sr., was an Olympic rowing Champion who parlayed
his skills as bricklayer into a construction empire. He died in 1960.
An
accomplished swimmer and athlete. Mrs.
Kelly was the first director of Women’s athletics at the University of
Pennsylvania.
Mrs.
Kelly is survived by two daughters Margaret R. Conlan of Philadelphia and
Lizanne K. LaVine of Gladwyne, Pennsylvania, 13 grandchildren, and 17 great
grandchildren.
The
couple’s only son John B. Kelly Jr. also rowed in the Olympics, was at one time
president of the U.S. Olympic Committee and served on the Philadelphia City
Council. He died in 1985.
Funeral
Services planned for Tuesday in Philadelphia will be private.
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