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Obituary- Kelsey, Faye 1

FAYE WINIFRED KELSEY
Faye Winifred Kelsey, 93, of Edmond, Oklahoma, formerly of Rossville, Kansas, passed away September 15, 2013 at the home of her daughter. Faye was born in Oakland, Kansas on May 15, 1920. She was the daughter of Cecil and Gwendolin Darby Townsend. She graduated from Topeka High School in 1938 and went to work for Adams Brothers Book Bindery. On February 19.1943 she married Scott Kelsey. They were married for 69 years. Scott passed away October 12, 2012. They moved to the farm in Rossville in 1950 and lived there until they moved to a retirement center in Topeka in 2001. In 2007 they moved to a retirement center in Edmond, Oklahoma. During their years on the farm, Faye was active in the Rossville United Methodist Church, participating in the women's group, cleaning the parsonage, helping with the church yard work, working on the annual election day turkey dinner and just generally helping out where needed. She always had a large garden from which she froze and canned for the winter months. She also gave away much of her harvest to friends and neighbors. Faye never met a stranger arid was always one to help them. She helped out many friends and neighbors over the years. After she moved to Oklahoma, she started collecting medicine bottles from the retirement center and also from the Edmond Senior Center. During the 6 years she lived in Oklahoma she collected nearly 18,000 bottles, which she donated to her church's medical clinic and to other free clinics throughout the area.

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