Ramona June Kelley

September 30, 1929 - December 23, 2016

Ramona June Kelley, 87, of Mt. Vernon, passed away at 5:30 a.m. Friday, December 23, 2016, at SSM Health Good Samaritan Regional Health Center, in Mt. Vernon. She was born September 30, 1929, in Boyd, the daughter of Herbert and Helen L. (Price) Tinsley. On July 4, 1953, in Mt. Vernon, she married James Roy Kelley, and he preceded her in death on July 18, 2006. She graduated from Ina Grade School and Mt. Vernon Township High School. She worked as a Secretary for Metropolitan Life Insurance, and helped her husband farm. She was a member of Dix United Methodist Church, and loved spending time with her family. She was anticipating the birth of her first Great Grandchild. She is survived by two sons, Steven Roy Kelley of Dix, and James Kevin Kelley and wife Darla of Mt. Vernon; two grandchildren, Ryan Kelley and wife Brittany of Irvington, and Lydia Kelley of Mt. Vernon; one sister, Donna Turner of Mt. Vernon, and her children, Clint Turner and wife Sonja, and April Gaither and husband Brian; and several other nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband. Funeral Services for Mrs. Kelley will be held at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, December 29, 2016, at Osborn Funeral Home in Dix, with Jonathan Schnautz officiating. Burial will follow at Pleasant Hill Cemetery. A Visitation will be held Wednesday, December 28, 2016, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., at the funeral home. Online condolences may be made at www.osbornfuneral.com, or on the funeral home's Facebook page.