William Daniel Kelly's Obituary
William Daniel Kelly Obituary William Daniel “Bill” Kelly, 95, of Milton, Delaware, passed away peacefully early in the morning of February 24, 2024, after a three day stay at the Delaware Hospice Center in Milford having battled complications for three years from two strokes suffered in January of 2021.
Born on September 25, 1928, to Clarence Allen Kelly and Emily Lucille Edwards in Toccoa, Georgia.
A veteran of both the U.S. Army which he joined in 1946 where he was stationed in postwar Germany and the U. S. Air Force which he joined in 1953 and was stationed in post war Japan and was discharged in 1957. Bill loved to tell stories of his time served in both Germany and Japan.
After training to be an electrician during his time in the Air Force, Bill secured a job as an electronics technician for RCA and later GE. Bill spent most of his career working in the field across the United States and Alaska, often for months at a time. He loved to talk of the time he worked at the top of the Sears Tower Building in Chicago and the “Today Show” studio in New York City. Bill loved his job.
In July of 1964 Bill met the love of his life Ronald “Ron” Tipton in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
During their long life together Bill and Ron lived in Pennsauken, New Jersey, Philadelphia, Downingtown Pennsylvania and eventually moved to Delaware for their retirement years. To their friends and neighbors, the lives of Bill and Ron was a Love Story.
Bill is survived by Ron Tipton, his loving partner/husband of fifty-nine years and his devoted caregiver for the last three years of his life. Bill is also survived by his niece Joyce Brown MacFarlin of Cornelia, Georgia.
Funeral services will be private.
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