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A Memorial Service for Ben F. Kelly Jr. age 75, will be held Monday, April 24, 9:00 a.m. at the Community United Methodist Church. Ben passed away April 18, 2000 at the Lincoln County Medical Center. He was born in Roswell, New Mexico on May 13, 1924, and graduated from Roswell High School in 1943. Ben attended the New Mexico Institute before joining the Army Air Corps during World War II. He served with distinction as a B-24 bomber pilot in the Pacific Theater from 1944 to 1946. Upon return to the States he enrolled at the University of New Mexico where he played football and basketball. In 1953 he married Pat Thompson and thereafter raised a family in Roswell where Ben worked for the Southwestern Portland Cement Company. Upon retirement in 1985, he moved to Ruidoso and pursued his great love of tennis on the local courts and also was a Mason and a member of the Elks Lodge. Ben is survived by his wife, Pat of Ruidoso; son, West Kelly of Tampa, FL; daughter, Lacy Kelly Ullmann of Navarre, FL; sister, Adele Trewitt of Laguna Hills, CA; brother, Jack Kelly of Katy, TX; and grandson, Tyler Benjamin Ullmann. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Lincoln Medical Center, PO Box 8000, Ruidoso, NM 88355 in the name of Ben F. Kelly, Jr.
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