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John J. Kelly

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John Kelly Obituary

KELLY - John J., 73, of Port Charlotte, FL, formerly of Pt. Jefferson St, NY, passed away peacefully after complications with diabetes on October 23, 2007. John was the beloved only child of the late Edward and Viola Kelly. He is survived by his bride of 50 years, Linda, who is his best friend and the love of his life. He is also survived by his one and only daughter, his earth angel, Jacqueline, his adored sons, Patrick, Timothy, Brian, John, Thomas and Todd. He is the cherished grandfather of thirteen grandchildren and lifetime friends John Silvani and Judy Lavnosky. He was a retired Aerospace Engineer. His favorite thing to do was spend time with his family and friends. He was a big fan of baseball, especially the NY Mets! Dad, you will be dearly msised in our lives, but you will live on in our hearts until we are together again in heaven on that great day. We love you so much! Visitation Monday, October 29th 2-4 and 7-9pm. Funeral service Tuesday October 30th 9:30am. O.B. Davis Funeral Home, 4839 Nesconset Hwy., Pt. Jefferson Station, NY. Burial immediately following the funeral service at Pinelawn Memorial Cemetery.

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Published by Newsday on Oct. 27, 2007.

Memories and Condolences
for John Kelly

23 Entries

jackie owens

October 24, 2008

hi dad,
today is one year you are in heaven today was such a hard day.i woke up at 730 am and the very first thought was you,aND i was thinking about one year and what hade happen one year ago,it was the hardest day of my life,when the nurse from the rehab had called and told me thATyou had passed away,it was the most hurtful news i had ever been told,it still feels like yesterdaylwill never forget i was like for her like just another day but for me she told me something that tore me uP so bad inside,so today i took mom to breafest,and i spoke to her about you and how she feeling she said dad is okay and happy in heaven and someday she will be reunited with you,she is sooo strong,we miss you so much dad.i cried on and off today,kevin was a huge help and held me alot today in his arms.i love him soo much,he is the best,eveyone in our family was feeling sorrow for our lost today.,you were the best husband father and grandfather,.and youare with us everyday,i no for sure youare happy and healthy i feel it,i love you dad,thank you and please look over mom and all of us.until we meet again ,
love yourdaughter,jacqueline

jackie owens

October 21, 2008

HI dad,
tomarrow is your oner since you have passed away and gone to heaven,sooo hard to think its been that long since ive seen you,or heard your voice,i miss u so much,so does mom,we talk about you everyday,.today i took mom to the movies we saw a chick flick,love story,please continue to look after mom, i have to help her loose weight,she is havng a hard time walking distance,so im worried,im maybe thinking to get her more intence therepy,she is sucj a good mom, so prou of her,i know from heaven you are watching over pat,right now he is in the hospitol getting help with his nerves,i know he will be okay,please watch over all of us,i love you soo much daddy,i will write in here tomarow,1year ago tomarrow was my most hardest day here on earth,love you,jackie

jackie owens

October 6, 2008

hi dad,
today is my first birthday without you here,it was a hard day that i didnt get to here you say happy birthday,butthen this morning mom called me at 830 she was my 1st phone call and she said (hAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!)that started my day out great,dad that was the 1st timemom hadcalled me ever in the morning to wish me a happy b-day that made me soo happy,i felt as if u had a part in that,thank u,i had a great weekend,kevin is sooo romantic,i got soo lucky when i met him,he treats me like gold,we went to disney for the weekend we had alot of fun,i miss you,its almost 1 year you are gone,it makes me sad,but i do know you are in amuch better place,u are no longer in pain and for that im happy,just hard to be without you here,saturday mom and i are going to new york for brandons confermation and bella turning one,we wll have good time,moms doing good,im really trying to get her eating habits under control,her surgar readings are better,i love you dad

jackie owens

September 23, 2008

hi dad,
today is 11 months you have gone home to be jesus,sunday nite i found a pitchure of you in my nite stand and i just cried sooooo hard,i cant believe you really arent here anymore,i miss you beyond words can exspress,i miss soooo much talking to you,next month it will be one year you have been gone and it still feels like yesterday,i can only pray that someday i will get to see you again,the thought of not seeing you maybe for a long timescares me alot!!!i know you are whatching over all of us,i took mom to doctors today,she doing good,she has a blatter infection so dr kris gave her antibionics,ive been having a rough time on mom taking her meds,we had a talk the othernite,i think i got to her,she is so important to me.im really trying to take good care of her,october 11 mom and i are goin to new york for brandons confermation,and than november 23 we are all going on a family cruise,mom is really living,and im so happy,we have really gotten to do mother and daughter things ive always wanted this,i just wish you were her to do all this stuff too,but im sure in heaven you are having alot of great days,say hi to grandma and grandpa i miss them alot,kevin and kids are doing great,please continue to look over all of us,i love you dad,mom and i are goin the grave when we come home, i love and miss you dearly,
jackie

jackie owens

September 7, 2008

hi dad,
happy 51 anniversary to u and mom,its hard to beleive that a year ago today we hade yours and moms party,time has passed but everyday it still feels like just yesterday.i miss u everyday,today i gave mom roses from you,she liked them timmy called her too today. i made anice diner she loved it,u would be proud of mom,i have to take her to the doctors tomarrow she has to get a heart momitor for a day ,she will be okay ,im doing my best dad to keep her healthly,she misses you ,she talkes about u daily,she really feels your presence,she dreamed about u the othe night,she said you came into her apartment and gave her a kiss on the cheek,that made her soo happy,she said it was from heaven, someday mom will be with you there,i just dont want it to be soon,i still want time with her here,i love her so much,
thank u for being th best dad in the world ,i love you so,
your daughter,jacqueline

jackie owens

August 29, 2008

hi dad,
i love you and miss u ,it stills feels like just yesterday you were here,mom said today she feels u are with her still, i really believe that because you really loved moms so much,thank u for always being such a great exsample to all of us kids on how to stick together like glue to the person you marrried,this week its 18 years for kevin and i and i feel like i marrried the same kind of man,im lucky,kevin is such a good man,we all miss u,im so happy everyday that mom is with us,,soooo proud of her,dad me and mom finally have that relationship ive always wanted and needed,i love you dad,please continue to look after all of us,exspeically pat right now ,,i love u jackie

JACKIE OWENS

August 23, 2008

HI dad,
' todAY IS 10 MONTHS U HAVE BEEN GONE .MY HEART STILL HURTS,I CANT EVEN BEGIN TO EXPLANE HOW MUCH I MISS U DAD,U WERE AND ALWAYS HAVE BEEN THE HEAD OF THE KELLY FAMILY,AND NOW YOU ARE NOT HERE AND WE ALL HAVE TO MOVE ON WITH OUR LIVES WITHOUT YOUPHYSICALLY HERE,ITS SO HARD!!!!I MISS YOUR FACE,YOUR SMILE,I MISS TALKING TO YOU,I STILL TALK TO YOU DAILY IN MY HEART,MOM COMES BACK FROMM NEWYORK ON MONDAY,IM SOOO PROUD OF HER,I MISS HER,I FEEL LIKE WHEN IM AROUND HER YOU ARE HERE TOO,I FEEL LIKE SOMETIMES WHEN I CLOSE MY EYES U DO TALK TO ME,PLEASE GIVE GRANDMA AND GRANDPA A BIG HUG I MISS THEM TOO.I LOVE YOU DAD,.
JACQUELINE

jackie owens

August 18, 2008

HI dad,
' today when u was in the living room i was looking at your pitchure and just started to cry,i cant believe you are not herei miss my dad alot!!!!!!i just wish soo bad i had more time with you here in florida,im very grateful that you and mom were here for the last 18 months of your life,it just doesnt seem real.i love you daddy!!!

JAAKIE OWENS

August 12, 2008

HI DAD,
I LOVE YOU,I MISS O SO MUCH EVERYDAY I THINK ABOUT YOU.MY MIND AND HEART ACHES BECAUSE I DONT WANT TO EXCEPT THAT YOU HAVE PASSED,LAST NIGHT I WAS LOOKING AT AN ALBLUM AND THERE WAS PITCHURED OF U AND MOM YEARS AGO AND ALL OF US WHEN WE WERE KIDS,AND I THOUGHT TO MYSLF IM SO GLAD I CAME FROM A BIG FAMILY,YOU AND MOM HAD TUFF YEARS TOGETHER RAISING ALL OF US KIDS,I DONT KNOW HOW U DID IT I CAN ONLY PRAYMY KIDS FEEL THE SAME WAY I FEEL ABOUT U AND MOM WHEN THEY GET TO BE MY AGE,IM SO PROUD AND HONORED AND VERY LUCKY TO HAVE GREAT PARENTS,WHEN I WAS GROWING UP I ALWAYS WANTED TO MAKE U PROUD I HOPE FROM HEAVEN IM STILL MAKING U PROUD,I LOVE U DAD,ALWAYS IN MY HEART IM SURE U ARE LOVING HEAVEN,I LOOK FOWRD TO THE DAY I CAN HUG MY DADDY,UNTIL THEN I WILL ALWAYS LOOK AT PICTURES AND HOLD ALL OUR FAMILY MEMEORIES CLOSETO MY HEART I WILL WRITE AGAIN SOON

JACKIE OWENS

July 30, 2008

hi dad,
MOM JUST ARRIVED IN NEW YORK TO STAY WITH BRIAN FOR A MONTH,SHE IS GONNA HAVE A GREAT TIME WITH EVERYONE,I GONNA MISS HER,BUT I WANT HERE TO BE ABLE TO MAKE WONDERFUL MEMORIES WITH EVERYONE,I MISS YOU SO MUCH DAD,I STILL CANT BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE NOT HERE anymore,I KNOW THAT YOU ARE STILL HERE WATCHINGOVER ALL OF US,BECAUSE FAMILY WAS ALWAYS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO YOU,I KNOW U ARE WATCHING OVER MOM TOO,SHE IS REALLY DOING GREAT,SHE SAYSTODAYSHE IS LIVING,SHE MISSIES YOU BUT SHE KNOWS SOMEDAY YOU WILL BE TOGETHER AGAIN,I WISH U COULD TALK TO ME,PLEASE CONTINUE TO LOOK OVER ME AND TO HELP ME WITH MOM,I TRY EVERYDAY TO MAKE YOU PROUD OF ME,SOMEDAYS IT GETS HARD BUT I KNOW YOU AND GOD ARE WATCHING AND HELPING FROM HEAVEN,I LOVE U SOOOOOOOOO MUCH,PLEASE COME TO ME IN MY DREAMS IF U CAN,I NEED TO HEAR YOURVOICE AGAIN, LOVE YOU JACQUELINE

brittany kelly

July 24, 2008

Dear grandpa I miss you a lot I wish you were here right know. Guess what I got the boys a good soeverner I got a mug that says there name on it and I also I got a thing that you put your bike and it says your name on the back of your own bike I know that you can see me writing this so want to say this in kinda in person I LOVE YOU love brittany,amber ,darrie ,ant jacki,and uncle kaven remmber WE LOVE YOU.

JACKIE OWENS

July 20, 2008

Hi dad,
KEVIN AND I JUST GOT BACK FROM OUR CRUISE WE HAD A GREAT TIME THE WEATHER WAS GREAT,KEVIN AND I DID ALOT OF JUST RELAXING SOMETHING I KNOW U WOULD OF TOLD ME TO DO.IM THOUGHT OF U AND MOM ,MOM DID REALLY GOOD OVER TOM,OFCORS I WOULD WORRY HOW SHE WAS BUT I KNEW SHE WAS OKAY,WHEN WE PICKED HERE UP I WAS HAPPY TO SEE HER,SHE IS HAPPY TO BE BACK IN HER APARTMENT CAUSE YOU REMEMBR MOM LOVS HER AIRCONDITION ON 60,TODAY WE WERE TALKING MOM WANTS TO GO ON A CRUISE WITH US IN NOVEMBR SO I THOUGHT THAT WIULD BE GREAT WE ARE REALLY MAKING WONDERFUL MEMORIES WITH MOM I ONLY REALLY WISH U WERE WITH US MAKING ALL THESE MEMORIES,MOM SAYS U ARE WITH HER EVRY WHER SHE GOES,TODAY WHILE WE WERE IN THE CAR SHE SAID JACKIE LOOKING AT YOU IS LIK LOOKING AT DAD,I LOVE U I WILL WRIT AGAIN SOON,
LOVE YOU MOM

husband,dad,grandpa

July 10, 2008

Brooke P

July 10, 2008

hey its Brooke ambers like best friends i dont no you but u sound like a awesome dad ,grandpa, and freind !!!! love Brooke

jackie owens

July 10, 2008

Hi Dad,
i just open this up and saw amber haad wrote u a note,it made me smile,she and darren really love you,u were always so proud of all your grandchildren,they all 13 of them love you soooo much,today i took mom over to toms cause kevin and i are leaving for our cruise on saturday,so tom is gonna take care of mom for the week,kevin and i cant thank u and more for doing this for us,brooklynn is soooo cute,when we come back from our trip we are gonna take brookyn for the weekend,she makes me laugh,so cute,
i lov you so much dad,today when i drovemom to toms mom and i had a great talk we talk married life and you and mom getting thru the tuff years togrther,thank u for being a great exsample to me ,you should me that to get thru the tuff times.i am a lucky daughter to have u as my parents,i bet you are loving heaven,i wonder what u are doing right now,i know u are looking over all of us,keep mom safe while im away,i love you dad,
talk again when i get home,
love,jacqueline

amber owens

July 9, 2008

hey grandpa its amber i thinkk bout u very day i love u and u will always be with me and i will never 4get u

xoxox ily amber

ur grand daughter

jackie owens

July 6, 2008

Hi Dad,
i miss you so much this morning when i woke up and looked at your photo next to my bed and its so scary to me that i cant physically seee you ,i miss seeing you so much,everythday i have so many times of the day that you are in my thoughts,i have alot of memories,mom si good kevin and i leave on saturday for our trip,please continue to look over mom while we are away,i know you are looking of all of us everyday,i worry about mom she seems to be doing good,but i always want to make her feel not lonely,and its sometimes hard because im not with her 24 seven but i try hard to make sure shes ok,i gonna misss her soooo much when she goes to new york for a month,ive gotten so use to seeing with her everyday but i know this will be really good for her,she needs to be with all her children and grandkids,i wish i could hug you again,i know someday i will again,i love you dad,
jacqueline

jackie owens

June 30, 2008

hi dad,
today i thought alot about you,i was in perkins with kevinthis morning
and we were talking about you and i just started to cry i misss u so much,i miss seeing u so bad.moms doing well,i sometimes feel so bad or mom,i know she missies you so much,im trying so hard everyday nto make sure shes not lonely,we went to publix today she loves that store she scoots around and feels free,she is so dear to my heart,im so proudof her,
i feel so bad for marie,i was talking to her yesterday and she was crying about her mom,i feel so bad because i know exactly what she is going thru,i wish i could make her feel better,bt i told her the truth that you are gonna have good days and bad and to think about all the great times you had together,im sure dad that you and millie talk everydayin heaven,please give millie a hug and let her know that i will be here for marie,dad i wish you can come to me in my dreams so i can see you,darren and amber are doing great having alot of fun this summmer,we were having s rough time with darren in may but things seeem to be gettting better,you know what its like to raise boys,but i know you are watching down on all of us,please watch over all of us,i feel your spirt,
i love you dad,jackie

jackie owens

June 26, 2008

hi dad,
well we took mom to sea world,she has now been to disney,bush gardens,seaworld,and her face lights up when she goes to these places,she is like a small child going for the 1st time,she bringd kevin and i such joy to see her smile and laugh,i know you are looking down on mom and helping her each and everyday to keep living,everytime she goes to a new place she has you with her,i only really wish sooooo much you could physically be here too!!i miss you so much,there is not a day that goes by that my heart misses you,i always think of all the great times we have had,and i got a tatoo on my leg of you when i was in new york and i look at it everyday,i know you are watching over all of us,i look faward to the day i can see you smile back at me,
love you dad,jacqueline

JACKIE OWENS

June 20, 2008

HI DAD,
TODAY WAS A HARD DAY OF MISSING YOU,I MISS YOU SOOO MUCH,IT SCARES ME WHEN I THINK I CANT JUST SEE YOU AND HUG YOU,BUT I KNOW YOU ARE IN HEAVEN,I KNOW I CAN TALK TO YOU ANYTIME,I WISH SO BAD YOU COULD JUST COME TO ME IN MY DREAMS AND WE MCOULD SEE EACHOTHER,MONDAY I HAD MY WISDOM TEETH PULLED AND I WAS NERVOUS AND I THOUGHT OF YOU BEING BY MY SIDE AND I FELT BETTER,ITS SO HARD SOMETIMES TO BEWITHOUT YOU,THS HELPS ME TO BE ABLE TO TYPE TO YOU.I LOVE YOU SO MUCH,I WONDER SOMETIMES WHAT YOU ARE DOING IN HEAVEN,I PRAY THAT YOU ARE LIVING FEELING SO HEALTHY AND ENJOYING EVERYDAY.I CANT WAIT TO SEE YOU AGAIN SOMEDAY
IMM GONNA GOT TO BED NOW GOODNIGHT DAD,I LOVE YOU,EVERYDAYIN MY THOUGHTS/JACKIE

Amber and Jenna Owens and Sutter

June 16, 2008

Hey! Grandpa,
I miss you and hope your doing well in heaven. I have been thinking about you lately! Grandma has been missing you too!! I wish we could have been closer and shared more memories! Love you lots! See you Soon, Amber xoxo

darren owens

June 15, 2008

dear grandpa,
i miss you im soo sorry we didnt get to spend more time together. happy farthers day. we all miss you =]
love darren

JACKIE OWENS

June 12, 2008

DEAR DAD,
I MISS YOU SO VERY MUCH,ITS SO HARD TOBELIEVE ITS BEEN ALMOST 8 MONTHS SINCE YOU HAVE BEEN IN HEAVEN,THERE IS NOT a day that goes that dont think about you,i miss soooooooo much,mom and i talk about you daily,mpm often says she feels your presence.i also feel you are still here,i cant thank u enough for always showing me so much love,im VERY LUCKY DAUGHTER!!!
i miss your smile,u always lite up when i can over your home,i miss that.im trying to take good care of mom.i love her so much,she is so good to kevin and i and the kids,im so happy she lives with us,ive learned alot in the past 2 years,im alot stronger than i ever thought,mom and i have such a great relationship,god has blessed me,i know u are in heaven preparing a castle for all of us someday.you are a loving father and grandfather,happy fathers day to the best dad a daughter could ever ask for,i promise to always take good care of your bride!!!!i love you,i will write again soon, love your daughter,jACQUELINE

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