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Subject: [Spridgets] Jeff Kelly
From: Rick Fisk via Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2022 17:29:01 -0500
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Got this message a little while ago.  Long time list member Jeff Kelly has p=
assed away. =20
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> =EF=BB=BF
> It is with great sadness that I was informed by his son Don that his Dad J=
eff Kelly passed away recently from an aggressive form of cancer at age 85.
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> Don asked me to inform SMRS friends of his passing and put it in my own wo=
rds.
>=20
> Jeff was loved by all in the SMRS paddock from his constant laughter and j=
oy of being in a racing environment and usually would be seen adjusting Don=E2=
=80=99s SUs and helping Don make the next session or race weekend.  Jeff and=
 his wonderful wife Mary were always a great example of what a married coupl=
e should be trying to out laugh each other.  Racing Bug Eye Sprites was alwa=
ys a Kelly family tradition starting with Jeff racing SCCA 1971-84.  He had 2=
 Bug Eyes he raced and Don continues to Vintage Race one of them.  The other=
 was converted back to the street in 2008 in time to enjoy the 50th reunion o=
f Sprites.  Both Mary and Jeff in their 80s could be found in their Bug Eye m=
aking it to Don=E2=80=99s races in the heat of the Midwest Summer.  I will a=
lways remember the day that Don completed his VSCDA Driver School at Gingerm=
an with his Dad by his side hugging him with great joy.  Our thoughts and pr=
ayers are with the Kelly family.  Jeff will be missed, but never forgotten. =
 RIP my friend.
> =20
> Stan Mason

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<html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3D=
utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto"><div dir=3D"ltr"></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Got=
 this message a little while ago. &nbsp;Long time list member Jeff Kelly has=
 passed away. &nbsp;<br></div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div dir=3D"ltr"><br=
></div></blockquote><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div dir=3D"ltr">=EF=BB=BF
<div style=3D"color:black;font: 10pt arial;">
<div class=3D"MsoNormal">It is with great sadness that I was informed by his=
 son Don
that his Dad Jeff Kelly passed away recently from an aggressive form of canc=
er
at age 85.<o:p></o:p></div>

<div class=3D"MsoNormal"><br>
</div>



<div class=3D"MsoNormal">Don asked me to inform SMRS friends of his passing a=
nd put
it in my own words.<o:p></o:p></div>

<div class=3D"MsoNormal"><br>
</div>



<div class=3D"MsoNormal">Jeff was loved by all in the SMRS paddock from his c=
onstant
laughter and joy of being in a racing environment and usually would be seen a=
djusting
Don=E2=80=99s SUs and helping Don make the next session or race weekend.&nbs=
p; Jeff and his wonderful wife Mary were always
a great example of what a married couple should be trying to out laugh each
other.&nbsp; Racing Bug Eye Sprites was always
a Kelly family tradition starting with Jeff racing SCCA 1971-84.&nbsp; He ha=
d 2 Bug Eyes he raced and Don continues to
Vintage Race one of them.&nbsp; The other was
converted back to the street in 2008 in time to enjoy the 50<sup>th</sup>
reunion of Sprites.&nbsp; Both Mary and Jeff
in their 80s could be found in their Bug Eye making it to Don=E2=80=99s race=
s in the
heat of the Midwest Summer.&nbsp; I will
always remember the day that Don completed his VSCDA Driver School at Ginger=
man
with his Dad by his side hugging him with great joy.&nbsp; Our thoughts and p=
rayers are with the Kelly
family.&nbsp; Jeff will be missed, but never
forgotten.&nbsp; RIP my friend.<o:p></o:p></div>



<div class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></div>



<div class=3D"MsoNormal">Stan Mason<o:p></o:p></div>
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