Bernadine C. Kelley
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Bernadine C. Brislin Kelley, 82, of Okeechobee, Fla., and formerly Lee Park, Hanover Township, passed away unexpectedly, Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012, at Raulerson Hospital, Okeechobee, where she was a patient.
Born on Sept. 19, 1930, in Peely, Hanover Township, she was a daughter of the late Dennis J. and Stella Rydzewski Brislin.
She was a graduate of the former Hanover Memorial High School and Wilkes-Barre Business College.
Bernadine married Robert Kelley on June 9, 1951, in St. Aloysius Church. He preceded her in death on Aug. 22, 1997.
Mr. and Mrs. Kelley maintained a residence in Florida for many years and moved there permanently in 1996. She was a member of St. Faustina Kowalska Parish, Nanticoke, and had been a member of St. Casimer’s Church, Lyndwood, prior to its closing. She was also a member of Sacred Heart Church, Okeechobee.
In addition to her husband, Robert Kelley, she was preceded in death by three sisters and a brother.
Surviving is her son, Patrick Kelley, and his wife, Sharon, Nanticoke; nine grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will begin Friday at 9:30 a.m. from Davis-Dinelli Funeral Home, 170 E. Broad St., Nanticoke, with a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. in St. Faustina Kowalska Parish / Holy Trinity Church, 520 S. Hanover St., Nanticoke. Interment will follow in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Hanover Township. Visitation will be Thursday from 7 until 9 p.m. at the funeral home.
