Miss Mary Kelly Dies in California

The Montana Standard, Butte, 1954-10-28, p.2

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Summary

Obituary for Miss Mary "Mayme" Kelly — former Butte and Walkerville resident — who died suddenly Wednesday afternoon (27 Oct 1954) at her home in Los Angeles. Heart attack. Native of Walkerville (the small mining town immediately north of Butte); attended local schools; employed several years at the old Symons Store (Butte department store). Left Butte "a number of years ago" for California; visited Butte often. Unmarried ("Miss"). Body at Cunningham and O'Connor Undertaking Parlors, 800 Washington Ave., South, Los Angeles. SURVIVORS: - Brother-in-law and two sisters: Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hauser (Irene Kelly Hauser); and Mrs. J. J. Murphy — all of Los Angeles - Brother and sister-in-law: Mr. and Mrs. Walter Kelly of Arcadia, California - Aunt: Mrs. W. J. Pascoe of Butte - Several cousins in Butte; several nephews and nieces in California CONSOLIDATION WITH OTHER KELLY-MURPHY CLIPPINGS. Mary "Mayme" Kelly is one of the Kelly siblings already named in the 1926 Imelda Kelly Krueger obit (the others being Mrs. James Murphy [= Mrs. J. J. Murphy in this 1954 obit], Irene Kelly [now Mrs. Fred Hauser], and Walter Kelly). Imelda predeceased (Nov 10 1926). The four-sibling Kelly group (Imelda, Irene, Mary, Walter) plus Mrs. James J. Murphy as a fifth sister ties together the LA-Murphy and the Butte-Walkerville-Kelly families. WALKERVILLE-KELLY origin is consistent with the user's Walkerville Kelly clippings elsewhere in this archive — the 1908 Wedding Bells noted Agnes Kelly of Walkerville as daughter of John Kelly. Whether the John Kelly family of 1908 Walkerville and the Mary Kelly family of 1954 Walkerville- origins are the same lineage is an open question (per user direction 2026-05-26, lineage speculation deferred to the docs/speculative-lineage/ folder).

Narrative

Miss Mary (Mayme) Kelly, a native of Walkerville who attended local schools and worked for several years at the old Symons Store, died suddenly of a heart attack Wednesday afternoon at her home in Los Angeles. She left Butte a number of years ago for California but returned to visit on numerous occasions. Survivors include her sisters Mrs. Fred Hauser and Mrs. J. J. Murphy of Los Angeles, her brother Walter Kelly of Arcadia, California, and an aunt, Mrs. W. J. Pascoe of Butte, with several cousins in Butte and nephews and nieces in California.

“She left the Mining City a number of years ago to make her home in California, but had visited here on numerous occasions.”

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People

Agnes Kelly Murphy(as printed: Mrs. J. J. Murphy)
role: surviving sister · family confidence: 95 certain
Miss Mary "Mamie" Kelly (LA, d. 1954)(as printed: Miss Mary (Mayme) Kelly)
role: deceased · family confidence: 75 strong
Irene Kelly Hauser (1902–1986; 'Mrs. Fred Hauser'; Agnes Kelly Murphy's sister)(as printed: Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hauser)
role: surviving brother in law and sister · family confidence: 95 certain
Walter Kelly (1895–1962; 'Beadle Kelly'; Agnes Kelly Murphy's brother)(as printed: Mr. and Mrs. Walter Kelly)
role: surviving brother and sister in law · family confidence: 95 certain
Fred Hauser (1899–1955; husband of Irene Kelly)(as printed: Fred Hauser)
role: surviving brother in law · family confidence: 90 strong
Josephine (Chatham) Lee Pascoe(as printed: Mrs. W. J. Pascoe)
role: surviving aunt · family confidence: 75 strong
William Pascoe / W. J. Pascoe (Butte)(as printed: Mrs. W. J. Pascoe)
role: husband named in wifes style · family confidence: 25 candidate

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Themes

Story threads

The Pat-and-Ellen Murphy household — Butte 1887 to LA 1980

Source type

obituary

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Transcription

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# Miss Mary Kelly Dies in California *The Montana Standard, Thursday, October 28, 1954, p. 2.* Miss Mary (Mayme) Kelly, well known former Butte and WalkervilleButte: companies, unions & placesWalkervilleA separate small city on the hill above Butte, grown up around the Alice and Lexington silver mines.More in Key terms → resident, died suddenly Wednesday afternoon at her home in Los Angeles, Calif. Death was attributed to a heart attack. Miss Kelly, a native of Walkerville, attended local schools and was employed for several years at the old Symons Store. She left the Mining City a number of years ago to make her home in California, but had visited here on numerous occasions. She is survived by a brother-in-law and two sisters, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hauser and Mrs. J. J. Murphy, all of Los Angeles; a brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Kelly of Arcadia, Calif.; an aunt, Mrs. W. J. Pascoe of Butte; several cousins in Butte and several nephews and nieces in California. The body is in the Cunningham and O'Connor Undertaking Parlors, 800 Washington Ave., South, Los Angeles.

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Open questions

Symons Store — same Butte department store referenced as "Symons" elsewhere in the period archive. The Kelly sisters' employment trajectory bridged the Butte / LA migration.
Mrs. W. J. Pascoe of Butte (aunt) — the Pascoe family in Butte connects to the Kelly clan as the older Butte branch. Worth a place note if Pascoe recurs.