Dennis Patrick Kelly
1942-2021
Kelly, Dennis Patrick, age 78, formerly of Havre Boucher,
Antigonish County, passed away on January 31, 2021, in the R.K.
MacDonald Nursing Home, Antigonish.
Born in
Antigonish, he was a son of the late Alonzo “Lon” and Agnes
(Carter) Kelly of Mulgrave.
Dennis began his
working life surveying, which took him to the northern parts of Quebec
and throughout Cape Breton. He transitioned to a position
with Stora Enso (then New Page) and ultimately retiring from Port
Hawkesbury Paper after a 30 year career in operations. Upon
retirement, Dennis built a cottage in Mulgrave on Butler’s Lake
spending many nights and weekends there with Theresa and their dogs,
who were like children to them.
Dennis was an avid hunter and trapper in his early
years. He also enjoyed ice fishing, snowmobiling, and making
sure the wood shed was always full. He loved to dance and
sing, with jive being his favourite. There was never a dance
they missed, nor a gathering at Johnny and Marie’s, that he and
Theresa wouldn’t have a good time at.
Dennis
was a very pleasant, and kind-hearted man who would always take time
to stop and talk and ask how you were doing. He had a
pristinely landscaped yard in his early years in Havre
Boucher. The flower beds were always neat and tidy, and the
hedges were always trimmed.
When Dennis’s
health began to slowly deteriorate in his early 70s, he came to enjoy
the simpler things in life. He would drive each morning to
Port Hawkesbury to pick up a few groceries which were never really
needed and then watch TV in the afternoon. He enjoyed the
daily routine of the drive to Hawkesbury and talking to his friends
and former co-workers.
The family would like to
thank Dr. Steve Gallant for his care over the years, as well as the
staff at St. Martha’s Hospital and Maple Ridge at the RK.
He is survived by his daughter, Darlene (Dr. Frank
Lynch), Pennsylvania; son, Brian (Charlene), Heatherton;
granddaughter, Kaitlyn; sisters, Ruth Buckley, Kingston, ON; and
Evelyn (Tony) Dambrauskas, Victoria, BC; brother-in-law, Mike;
sisters-in-law, Isabelle, Sandra, Angela, Dolly, Barbara, and Rita;
and nieces and nephews, Mike, Stacey, Glenn, Darren, Amanda, Craig,
Pierre, and Michelle.
Predeceased by his wife,
Theresa, brothers, Johnny, Jim and Frank; sister, Helen;
brothers-in-law, Dell, Gerard, and Joe; and sisters-in-law, Kathleen,
Aggie, and Adeline.
Cremation has taken
place. Funeral Mass will be held Thursday in St. Paul’s
Church, Havre Boucher, at 11:00am, with Reverend Allan MacPhie
presiding. In keeping with provincial restrictions, a
maximum of 100 people are allowed in the church, social distancing
protocols are in place, and masks are mandatory. A recording of the
service will be available on the funeral home website later in the
day.
In Memoriam, donations to the R.K.
MacDonald Nursing Home Foundation appreciated.
Funeral arrangements are under the direction of C.L. Curry
Funeral Home, Antigonish. Online condolences:
www.clcurry.com
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Our most sincere sympathies to the family and friends of Dennis Patrick Kelly 19422021..
Death notice for the town of: Antigonish, Province: Nova Scotia