Miss Mary Kelly Dies in California

Summary

Obituary for Miss Mary "Mayme" Kelly — former Butte and Walkerville resident — who died suddenly Wednesday afternoon (27 Oct 1954) at her home in Los Angeles. Heart attack. Native of Walkerville (the small mining town immediately north of Butte); attended local schools; employed several years at the old Symons Store (Butte department store). Left Butte "a number of years ago" for California; visited Butte often. Unmarried ("Miss"). Body at Cunningham and O'Connor Undertaking Parlors, 800 Washington Ave., South, Los Angeles. SURVIVORS: - Brother-in-law and two sisters: Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hauser (Irene Kelly Hauser); and Mrs. J. J. Murphy — all of Los Angeles - Brother and sister-in-law: Mr. and Mrs. Walter Kelly of Arcadia, California - Aunt: Mrs. W. J. Pascoe of Butte - Several cousins in Butte; several nephews and nieces in California CONSOLIDATION WITH OTHER KELLY-MURPHY CLIPPINGS. Mary "Mayme" Kelly is one of the Kelly siblings already named in the 1926 Imelda Kelly Krueger obit (the others being Mrs. James Murphy [= Mrs. J. J. Murphy in this 1954 obit], Irene Kelly [now Mrs. Fred Hauser], and Walter Kelly). Imelda predeceased (Nov 10 1926). The four-sibling Kelly group (Imelda, Irene, Mary, Walter) plus Mrs. James J. Murphy as a fifth sister ties together the LA-Murphy and the Butte-Walkerville-Kelly families. WALKERVILLE-KELLY origin is consistent with the user's Walkerville Kelly clippings elsewhere in this archive — the 1908 Wedding Bells noted Agnes Kelly of Walkerville as daughter of John Kelly. Whether the John Kelly family of 1908 Walkerville and the Mary Kelly family of 1954 Walkerville- origins are the same lineage is an open question (per user direction 2026-05-26, lineage speculation deferred to the docs/speculative-lineage/ folder).

Also mentioned

• Miss Mary (Mayme) Kelly · deceased
• Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hauser · surviving_brother_in_law_and_sister

  Mrs. Fred Hauser = Irene Kelly Hauser, surviving sister of the decedent.

• Mrs. J. J. Murphy · surviving_sister

  Of Los Angeles. Almost certainly the same Mrs. James J. Murphy of Victoria Ave LA who was the mother of the bride at the 1940 Llewellyn-Murphy wedding. STILL ALIVE in 1954 (28 years after her sister Imelda's death).

• Mr. and Mrs. Walter Kelly · surviving_brother_and_sister_in_law

  Of Arcadia, California. The Walter Kelly named in the 1926 Imelda Kelly Krueger obit as a sibling, now married.

• Mrs. W. J. Pascoe · surviving_aunt

  Of Butte — the older-generation Kelly family connection that anchored the siblings to Walkerville/Butte.

Places

• Los Angeles, California (primary)
• Butte, Montana (context)
• Walkerville, Montana (context)

Themes

• death
• obituary
• emigration_from_ireland

Story threads

• The Pat-and-Ellen Murphy household — Butte 1887 to LA 1980

Tags

• color
• context_setting

Source type

obituary

Related sources

• 1908-10-24 — The Butte Miner, p.14 — Wedding Bells.
• 1926-11-11 — The Los Angeles Times, p.20 — KRUEGER [paid death notice]
• 1936-10-07 — The Los Angeles Times, p.42 — MURPHY—SCHUELLER
• 1940-11-09 — The Los Angeles Times, p.24 — Llewellyn-Murphy Bridal Solemnities Due Today

Open questions

• Symons Store — same Butte department store referenced as "Symons" elsewhere in the period archive. The Kelly sisters' employment trajectory bridged the Butte / LA migration.
• Mrs. W. J. Pascoe of Butte (aunt) — the Pascoe family in Butte connects to the Kelly clan as the older Butte branch. Worth a place note if Pascoe recurs.