DONNA KELLEY
DONNA MARGUERITE KELLEY OF CALEDONIA, MISSOURI, WAS BORN MAY 31, 1955, IN ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A DAUGHTER OF JEANETTE (TIEFENAUER) SCATES AND THE LATE JAMES ROBERT SCATES. DONNA DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT HER RESIDENCE ON AUGUST 1, 2000, HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF FORTY-FIVE YEARS, TWO MONTHS AND ONE DAY.
DONNA IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND, RUSSELL PAUL JONES OF CALEDONIA, TWO SONS, CRAIG KELLEY AND WIFE KRISTI OF MEHLVILLE, KEVIN KELLEY OF IRONTON, ONE DAUGHTER, HEATHER M. KELLEY OF CALEDONIA, ONE GRANDDAUGHTER, GABRIELLE KELLEY, TWO BROTHERS, DAVID M. SCATES AND WIFE DIANE OF WINNEMUCCA, NEVADA, CLIFFORD M. SCATES OF JEFFERSON CITY, HER MOTHER AND FATHER-IN-LAW, BARBARA AND FANCOURT RODERIQUE OF ST. LOUIS AND BY MANY OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. IN ADDITION TO HER FATHER SHE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER MATERNAL AND PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS.
DONNA HAD A GREAT SPIRIT AND ALWAYS HAD TIME TO LISTEN AND LIGHT UP YOUR TIME WITH HER. DONNA ENJOYED ART, PAINTING WITH OILS ON CANVAS, WORKING WITH CERAMICS, CROCHETING AND OTHER CRAFTS. DONNA HAD A GREAT TALENT IN THE KITCHEN AND LOVED TO COOK FOR FAMILY AND FRIENDS. SHEBA, THE FAMILY DOG, WAS BROUGHT INTO THE FAMILY AND BECAME A LOVED MEMBER BY DONNA, RUSS AND HEATHER.
VISITATION WAS HELD FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 2000, FROM 12 NOON TO 9:00 P.M. AT MOORE FUNERAL HOME IN POTOSI.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 2000, AT 11:00 A.M. AT THE CHAPEL WITH REVEREND ROCKY BURNETTE OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN BELLEVUE PRESBYTERIAN CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE, CRAIG KELLEY, KEVIN KELLEY, ELMER COURTAWAY, KEITH JONES, DAVID SCATES, JIM GILLIAM, MIKE COOK AND JIM MCCALLISTER.