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Eleanor Kelley Obituary

KELLEY, Eleanor Bogan Of Plymouth at 97, formerly of Jamaica Plain, Needham and Chestnut Hill, on January 12, 2011 at Life Care Center in Plymouth. Beloved wife of the late Ferdinand T. Kelley. Eleanor was born in Boston on September 26, 1913. She was the daughter of Dr. Frederick L. Bogan and Katherine L. (Spillane) Bogan. Mother of Ferdinand T. Kelley and his wife, Cynthia of Duxbury and Frederick B. Kelley of Plymouth and mother-in-law of Mary H. Kelley of Hanover. Grandmother of Brian P. Kelley of Weymouth, Sean G. Kelley of Hanover, Colin F. Kelley and his wife Carrie of Paget Parish, Bermuda and Patrick W. Kelley of South Boston. Also survived by her brother Frederick L. Bogan, Jr. of West Roxbury. Eleanor was a retired City of Boston School Teacher, having taught for many years at the former Girl's Latin School as Head of its Art Department. She was a graduate of Girl's Latin School (1932) and Boston Teacher's College (1936) where she also obtained a Master's Degree in Education in 1937. Funeral Mass will be held on Monday, January 17 at 10:00 a.m. in St. Peter's Church, 86 Court St., Plymouth. Relatives and friends are kindly invited. Visiting hours in the Cartmell Funeral Home, 150 Court St., PLYMOUTH on Sunday from 2-4 p.m. only. Interment in Blue Hill Cemetery, Braintree. In lieu of flowers the family asks that any donations be made to Catholic Charities of Boston, 51 Sleeper St., Boston MA 02210. For directions, obituary or to share a memory of Eleanor please visit www.cartmellfuneralhome.com

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Published by Boston Globe from Jan. 13 to Jan. 14, 2011.

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