Kenneth Ray O’Kelley

Kenneth Ray O’Kelley of Holdenville passed away Monday, January 17, 2022, at Mercy Hospital in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He was born August 21, 1940 to Ralph and Maude O’Kelly in Lindsay, California.

Kenneth drove a truck hauling hay for many years. After retirement he and his wife Brenda moved to Holdenville, Oklahoma to be near family.

He enjoyed spending his “retirement” by fishing, raising a small herd of cows, working on lawn mowers, and enjoying his family.

Kenneth is preceded in death by his parents, Ralph and Maude O’Kelly; siblings, Norma Jean Griffin, Vernon O’Kelly, Sally Wallis, Jerry O’Kelly and Gayle O’Kelly.

He is survived by his wife Brenda of the home; children, Dennis and Angie O’Kelley, Tamara O’Kelley, Shiela Meler, Denise and Mike Eastwood, Carrie Rae Castro, Tonja Miller, Mary-Ann Marlowe, Londa and Brad Madron, Justin and Misti O’Kelley, Roxanne and Joshua Suggs, Heather and Austin Pollard, John O’Kelley, Michelle and Houston Jackson, Carolyn and CJ Glass, and Danelle O’Kelley. He leaves behind many grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great-grandchildren as well as many more children that he and Brenda fostered over many years.

A private family Celebration of Life will be held at a later date.