In Memory

Joan Kelley (Cordt)


Joan Cordt, 62, of Marshalltown, passed away on Sunday, November 6, 2011 at Mary Greeley Medical Center in Ames.

Joan Ellen Kelley was born on October 28, 1949 in Des Moines, Iowa; she was the daughter of John "Jack" B. and Rose (O'Brien) Kelley. She attended school at St. Joseph's Academy in Des Moines, graduating in 1967. Joan then attended DMACC, Iowa State University, Buena Vista, and finished her studies at San Francisco State University with emphases in Art, Business and Gerontology. On October 21, 1986 Joan was united in marriage to Joe Cordt, and they lived their married lives in Marshalltown. She was a member of St. Henry's Catholic Church.

Left to cherish her memory is her husband of 25 years, Joe of Marshalltown; her daughter, Kelley (Steven) Klosterman of Marshalltown; her father, Jack Kelley of Iowa City, Iowa; her siblings, Mary Lou Vaughn of Clive, Iowa, Kevin John (Marie Wilkes) Kelley of Iowa City, Iowa, Patrick Joseph (Todd Owens) Kelley of Vera, Oklahoma, John Edward Kelley of Dallas, Texas and Steven Phillip (Michele) Kelley of Dallas, Texas; nieces and nephews, Erin Rose Vaughn, Kathleen Rose Kelley, Shannon Marion Vaughn, and Jack Edward Kelley; and her in-laws, Jim and Dorothea Cordt of Marshalltown.

In death Joan rejoins her grandparents, her brother Michael, and her mother Rose. 

 

Burial:
Riverside Cemetery
Marshalltown
Marshall County
Iowa, USA