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Margaret Katherine Majer Kelly Matriarch Dead January 6, 1990


Margaret Katherine Majer   Kelly Matriarch Dead January 6, 1990

Standard-Speaker (Hazleton, Pennsylvania) Monday, January 8, 1990 - Page 1
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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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