Eleanor Marjorie (Sutliff) Kelley (1916 - 2007)

Born 27 Mar 1916 in Paradise, Morton, North Dakota, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Chester Archie Kelley Sr. — married 18 Sep 1935 in Michigan

Died 20 Jun 2007 at age 91 in Cathedral City, Riverside, California, United States

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Biography

Eleanor Marjorie Sutliff, daughter of Harry Omer Sutliff Sr. and Ethel Margaret Ford, was born on 27 Mar 1916 in Paradise, Eddy (Ward), North Dakota, USA. Known her whole life as Marjorie, she died on 20 Jun 2007 in Cathedral City, Riverside, California, USA at age 91, and was buried on 2 Aug 2007 in Westminster Memorial Park, Westminster, Orange, California, USA. The cause of her death was pancreatic cancer which had been diagnosed four months before her death. She lays at rest next to her beloved husband. ^[1]

On 16 Sep 1935 in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA, Chester Archie Kelley Sr. and Marjorie obtained a marriage license and were married two days later in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA.

From 1935 through 1946 Marjorie gave birth to seven children; four boys and three girls.

Marjorie's husband, Chester, died in 1968. She next married Richard Dale Zimmerman on 16 Jan 1971 in Clark County, Nevada, USA. This marriage ended in divorce on 8 Nov 1978.

In May 2001, over the course of several days, her daughter, Joan M. Kelley Elmer, interviewed, tape recorded, and transcribed to print Marjorie's views on life regarding many subjects including family history. The following is an example;

Q. What are your favorite hobbies? A. Crocheting, reading, watching TV, and walking.

Q. What is your favorite flower? A. A Rose.

Q. What is your favorite song? A. Any country/western song.

Q. What does your favorite meal consist of? A. Ham, any kind of potatoes, any vegetable, and pie.

Q. Who was/is your favorite actor/actress? A. As a child it was Tom Mix.

Q. What was your favorite color between being a young child and 12 year old? Between teen and 49 years old? Between 50 years old and the present? A. Bright yellow. A. Blue. A. Pink.

Q. Which do you like better, cats or dogs A. Dogs. She said cats don't care for her either.

Q. What is the most significant advancement in the 20th Century? A. Medicine.

Q. Do you believe in the death penalty? A. Yes and no. In the instance of Timothy McVeigh, then yes.

Q. If you could come back in your next life as an animal, what would that animal be? A. A horse.

Q. What pet would you least likely have? A. A snake.

Q. Which generation had it tougher growing up, your parents, yours, your children? A. My parents

Q. Do you believe that ghost/spirits co-exist with the living? A. Yes

Q. Do you believe that extra terrrestrials are living on other planets in other galaxies? A. Yes

Q. Name something that you always wanted to do, but never did. A. Watercolor

Q. Name a state that you've always wanted to visit but never did. A. Alaska. (That was to have been Marjorie's and Chester's next vacation)

Timeline

1920 US Census Record, town of Wheeler, Grant County, North Dakota, S.D #247, E.D. #78, Sheet #3B, line 67-71, enumerated on 22 Jan 1920, lists: 1. Harry O. Sutliff, age 37 yrs, 2. Spouse Ethel M. Sutliff age 27 3. Daughter, Delaine age 6 (this should be Harriet "Elaine"), 4. Daughter, Mary age 5 (this should be Eleanor "Marjorie"), 5. Son, Ford age 3.

1930 US Census Record, town of Cannon, Kent, Michigan, S.D. #7, E.D. #41-111, Sheet #4B, line 65-71, enumerated on 17 Apr 1930, lists: 1. Harry O. Sutliff, age 47 yrs, 2. Spouse Ethel M. Sutliff age 37 3. Roger E. Sutliff age 16, 4. H. Elaine Sutliff age 15, (Harriet) 5. E. Marjorie Sutliff age 14, (Eleanor) 6. G. Ford Sutliff age 10, (George) 7. Harry O. Sutliff Jr. age 5

1940 Plainfield Park, Kent, Michigan Census Record, S.D. #5, E.D. #41-33, Sheet #33B, line 72-76, enumerated on 6 May 1940, lists: 1. Chester A. Kelley, age 25, occupation truck driver for Express Company, worked 40 hours a week and worked 48 weeks of 1939, income $1080, home is owned and valued at $700, highest grade level is 8th grade. 2. Eleanor M., age 24, wife 3. Chester A., age 4, son 4. Mary Jane, age 2, daughter 5. Jerry E., age 1 month, son

1822-1995 US City Directory for Muskegon, Muskegon, Michigan for the year 1944 lists: 1. Chester A. Kelley, mechanic at CA&E Corporation 2. Eleanor Kelley, wife 3. Address 17C Churchill Drive Muskegon, Muskegon, Michigan

US Social Security Death Index lists: 1. Eleanor Marjorie Kelley 2. Born 27 Mar 1916 3. Death 20 Jun 2007 at the home of her daughter's (Jean Fay Kelley Hodges Graham) in Cathedral City, Riverside, California, USA.

Sources

1. ↑ 7 Jun 2015 - Personal knowledge as I am the youngest daughter of Eleanor Marjorie (Sutliff) Kelley