Grace Mae Smith

1876 - 1960  (84 years)

• Name	Grace Mae Smith
  Birth	14 Oct 1876	Shelby County, Indiana, United States
  Gender	Female
  Residence	16 Jun 1900	Washington Township, Shelby, Indiana, United States
  Residence	23 Apr 1910	Shelbyville, Shelby, Indiana, United States
  Residence	22 Jan 1920	Shelby Township, Shelby, Indiana, United States
  Residence	5 Apr 1930	Shelbyville, Shelby, Indiana, United States
  Residence	26 Apr 1940	Shelbyville, Shelby, Indiana, United States
  Death	14 Dec 1960	Shelbyville, Shelby, Indiana, United States
  Burial	17 Dec 1960	Miller Cemetery, Shelbyville, Shelby, Indiana, United States
  Person ID	I4495	McKelleb
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2025

  
  

  Father	Newton Joseph Smith,   b. 9 Aug 1848, Ohio, United States d. 10 Mar 1930, Shelby Township, Shelby, Indiana, United States (Age 81 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mary Catherine Wallace,   b. 30 Apr 1853, Clark County, Ohio, USA d. 11 Feb 1930, Shelbyville, Shelby, Indiana, United States (Age 76 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1872
  Family ID	F3777	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Martin Daniel Kelsay,   b. 8 Nov 1873, Shelby County, Indiana, United States d. 26 Aug 1967, Shelbyville, Shelby, Indiana, United States (Age 93 years)
  Marriage	6 Nov 1895	Shelby County, Indiana, United States
  Children	1. Mary Elva Kelsay,   b. 24 Oct 1900, Shelby County, Indiana, United States d. 17 Aug 1968, Orlando, Orange, Florida, United States (Age 67 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Faye Deloris Kelsay,   b. 14 Aug 1907, Jennings County, Indiana, United States d. 5 Jul 1939, Waldron, Shelby, Indiana, United States (Age 31 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Russell Kelsay,   b. 27 Feb 1914, Addison Township, Shelbyville, Shelby, Indiana, United States d. 27 Nov 1977, Shelbyville, Shelby, Indiana, United States (Age 63 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Elizabeth L. Kelsay,   b. 26 Aug 1902, Shelby County, Indiana, United States d. 20 Mar 1982, Shelbyville, Shelby, Indiana, United States (Age 79 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Mildred D. Kelsay,   b. 4 Sep 1909, Addison Township, Shelby, Indiana, United States d. 3 May 1942, Shelbyville, Shelby, Indiana, United States (Age 32 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Pearl A Kelsay,   b. 30 May 1906, Shelbyville, Shelby, Indiana, United States d. 16 Mar 1999, Shelbyville, Shelby, Indiana, United States (Age 92 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Ruth Leah Kelsay,   b. 9 Jul 1915, Shelbyville, Shelby, Indiana, United States d. 11 Apr 2003, Beech Grove, Marion, Indiana, United States (Age 87 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. Newton Harvey Kelsay,   b. 13 Nov 1898, Flat Rock, Shelby, Indiana, United States d. 30 Jun 1966, Tucson, Pima, Arizona, United States (Age 67 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   9. Orian Allison Kelsay,   b. 11 Jan 1897, Indiana, United States d. 26 Nov 1968, Edinburg, Shelby, Indiana, United States (Age 71 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F5177	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2025

  
  

• Notes

  The following obituary was found on find a grave. How true or untrue is unknown at this time. Mrs. Grace M. Kelsay, 84, wife of Martin D. Kelsay and a resident of Shelby County for many years, died at the home of a daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Eck, 422 Fourth St., at 10:30 last night. Mrs. Kelsay had been ill for the past five years. She had lived in Shelbyville about five years and was born in Shelby County October 14, 1876, a daughter of Newton J. and Mary Smith. She and Mr. Kelsay were married November 6, 1895. The husband survives with four daughters, Mrs.Raymond (Pearl)Eck, with whom the couple made their home, Mrs. Fred(Mary)House, Orlando, Fla., Mrs. Fayne McKelleb, Gas City, and Mrs. Clarence(Elizabeth)Alexander, Shelbyville; two sons, Newton Kelsay, Tucson, Ariz.; and Orian Kelsay, of Jackson Township; 19 grandchildren, 44 great-grandchildren and one sister, Mrs. Laura Pollard of Downey, Calif. Mrs. Kelsay was a member of the First Baptist Church and the Shelby County War Mothers. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Sleeth Funeral Home with Rev. Frederick Whitaker, assisted by Rev. Melvin Phillips of Anderson officiating. Burial will be in Miller Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 1 p.m. Friday.