Mrs. Matilda J. Kelley, wife of the late Richard C. Kelley of this section, died Saturday morning at her home, 1 113th Street, at the age of 82 years. Formerly Miss Matilda Decker, Mrs. Kelley was born at Newburgh in 1842, where she lived several years. A resident of Troy for 50 years, Mrs. Kelley had lived in Lansingburgh for the last 16 years. She was the daughter of the late William H. Decker, a pioneer in the underground railroad of the slave trade days in which Mrs. Kelley took an active part as a child. Often she had reminisced of Lincoln and the Prince of Wales, later Edward VII, both of whom she had seen. A member of the A.M.E. Zion Church in whose interest she had always been an ardent worker until a few years ago, Mrs. Kelley is survived by one son, George B. Kelley; one sister, Mrs. E. George Biddle of Cambridge, Mass.; one nephew, Charles H. Decker of New York City; four nieces, Mrs. Anna Banks of Newburgh, Mrs. Mary Coblyn of Cambridge, Mass., Mrs. William Muldrow of New York City and Miss Ethel Alson of New York City. Mrs. Kelley will be buried from the same church she was married in more than 50 years ago, the funeral being held tomorrow afternoon from the A.M.E. Zion Church, following prayers at the home on 113th Street. Rev. William Primo, pastor, assisted by Rev. Louis H. Taylor, a former pastor, and Rev. James G. Carlisle of the Liberty Street Presbyterian Church, will officiate. Interment will be in the New Mount Ida Cemetery.
-Obituary taken from the Troy Times, July 13, 1925
-Obituary taken from the Troy Times, July 13, 1925
Mrs. Matilda J. Kelley, wife of the late Richard C. Kelley of this section, died Saturday morning at her home, 1 113th Street, at the age of 82 years. Formerly Miss Matilda Decker, Mrs. Kelley was born at Newburgh in 1842, where she lived several years. A resident of Troy for 50 years, Mrs. Kelley had lived in Lansingburgh for the last 16 years. She was the daughter of the late William H. Decker, a pioneer in the underground railroad of the slave trade days in which Mrs. Kelley took an active part as a child. Often she had reminisced of Lincoln and the Prince of Wales, later Edward VII, both of whom she had seen. A member of the A.M.E. Zion Church in whose interest she had always been an ardent worker until a few years ago, Mrs. Kelley is survived by one son, George B. Kelley; one sister, Mrs. E. George Biddle of Cambridge, Mass.; one nephew, Charles H. Decker of New York City; four nieces, Mrs. Anna Banks of Newburgh, Mrs. Mary Coblyn of Cambridge, Mass., Mrs. William Muldrow of New York City and Miss Ethel Alson of New York City. Mrs. Kelley will be buried from the same church she was married in more than 50 years ago, the funeral being held tomorrow afternoon from the A.M.E. Zion Church, following prayers at the home on 113th Street. Rev. William Primo, pastor, assisted by Rev. Louis H. Taylor, a former pastor, and Rev. James G. Carlisle of the Liberty Street Presbyterian Church, will officiate. Interment will be in the New Mount Ida Cemetery.
-Obituary taken from the Troy Times, July 13, 1925
-Obituary taken from the Troy Times, July 13, 1925
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