Wanda Mary Kelley, 94, a longtime resident of Clear Lake and Sedro-Woolley, passed away on Sunday, November 13, 2011 at the Fairmont Manor Adult Family Home in Mount Vernon.

She was born on March 21, 1917 in Chicago, Illinois the daughter of Stanley & Hedwiga (Kurek) Janicki, Sr. She was three years old when the family moved by train to a homestead east of Clear Lake. She attended grade school in Clear Lake and attended Sedro-Woolley High School.

During the depression era in 1933 she went to Seattle to nanny for the Spellman family, and the young man she tended to grew up to be Governor John Spellman.

In 1939 she married Donald Ross, and her daughter, Wanda was born from their union. In 1946 she was united in marriage to Cecil Kelley in Tacoma and they made their home in Grace, Idaho until 1951 when they moved back to Wanda’s childhood home site in Clear Lake.

Wanda worked as a bookkeeper at her father’s shake mill, Cedar Crest Shake Mill in Sedro-Woolley until it’s closure in the early 1970’s then went to work for her brother, Frank, at his business, Bar Sand and Gravel for several years. She later worked for Cicotti Construction in Burlington until 1979 when she became the bookkeeper at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church, where she worked until her retirement in 1996.

Wanda was a longtime member of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church and the church Altar Society, the Rebecca Lodge, the American Legion Auxiliary and was active with her families activities.

She is survived by her children, Pola Kelley of Sedro-Woolley and Ray Kelley and Tim Kelley both of Clear Lake. Her brother, Walt Janicki (Marion) of Bellevue, WA; three sisters, Helen Swistun of Bellevue, WA, Julia Scripture (Carl) of Seattle, WA and Veronica Van Dyke (David) of Chehalis, WA, and two sisters-in-law, Annie Janicki and Betty Janicki, both of Sedro-Woolley. Twelve grandchildren, eighteen great-grandchildren, one great-great grandchild and numerous nieces, nephews and extended family.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Cecil in 1974; three daughters, Wanda Pitman, Joyce Kelley and infant daughter, Nancy Kelley; three brothers, Frank, Stan, Jr., & Jan Janicki and two sisters, Rosie Liecthy and Pola Pressentin.

Memorials are suggested to Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church or the Charcot-Marie Tooth Association, 2700 Chestnut Parkway, Chester, PA 19013-4857.

A Funeral Mass will be held on Monday, November 21, 2011 at 10:00 A.M. at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church in Sedro-Woolley with Father Tom McMichael, Celebrant. Interment will follow at the Clear Lake Cemetery. Services are under the direction of Lemley Chapel, Sedro-Woolley.