Francis Dean Kelly

Francis passed away

peacefully Monday morn-

ing at Edgewood Assisted

Living in his hometown of

Minot, ND just shy of his

92nd birthday.

Born in Grenora, ND,

he was the first of 9 chil-

dren to Francis E. Kelly

and Helen (Forsgren) Kel-

ly. Moving to Minot,

Francis attended St. Leo’s

Catholic School. In the

summer after ninth grade

Francis went to the state

of Washington and

worked at Boeing on B-17

aircraft. He later joined

the Marines and served in

the infantry to the end of

WWII.

He graduated from John

Muir Junior College in

Pasadena, CA in 1949 and

continued his education

at UCLA. Francis returned

to Minot to work on the

Great Northern Railroad

before joining the Air

Force and serving in an

all-weather fighter squa-

dron in Korea. After the

war Francis returned to

California and finished

his education with a de-

gree in Chemistry at UC at

Berkeley. He was em-

ployed by Pacific Gas and

Electric Company for 30

years at both Moss Land-

ing and Morro Bay power

plants, retiring in 1987.

Francis moved back to

Minot for 9 years in 1993

then returned to Califor-

nia until 2015. He then

made his final return to

Minot where he made

Edgewood his home. He

loved deeply and is dee-

ply loved, respected and

adored.

He is survived by: Two

daughters, Victoria Lee

Brenner of Clovis, CA and

Bethany Deanne Kelly-

Groucutt of Totnes, Eng-

land; grandsons, Jordan

Brenner of Ventura, CA,

Jeffrey Brenner of Fresno,

CA and Alexander Kelly

Litterell of Bakersfield,

CA; sisters, Anne Brodell,

Bernie Muus and Mary

Eide of Minot, Pat Thomp-

son of Grand Forks,

Hedgie Poling of Bismarck

and Judy Parsley of Boise,

ID; brothers, Jerry Kelly of

San Diego, CA and Mike

Kelly of Laguna Niguel,

CA; along with a multi-

tude of nieces and

nephews.

Memorial Mass of

Christian Burial: Friday,

January 18, 2019, at 10:30

a.m. at St. Leo the Great

Roman Catholic Church,

Minot, ND.

Inurnment: Rosehill

Memorial Park, Minot,

ND.

Those wishing to sign

the online register and

share memories may ac-

cess the online obituaries

section at (www.

thompsonlarson.com).