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KELLY -- Christopher T. Kelly, a resident of Albuquerque since 1947, passed away on Sunday, April 1, 2007 after a six-month illness. The late C. T. Kelly, the second of nine children, was born on July 8, 1918 in Sidney, Ohio where he was raised. During World War II he was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the United States Army Air Corps and was assigned to fly a B-17 bomber. Stationed in North Africa, and he flew several missions. On his last mission while over Austria, he and his crew had to bail out of their plane after being hit by enemy fire. For two weeks he eluded the Germans, but was caught crossing a river to freedom in Yugoslavia. Imprisoned in prisoner-of-war camp Stalag Luft III, he was freed by Patton's Ninth Calvary Division on April 29, 1945. After the war, he moved to Albuquerque where he completed his studies in Business Administration at the University of New Mexico, and became a well known real estate broker and developer. In the early 1970s, Christopher built Encantada Square, which he owned until recently. He cherished his faith, and was an active member of the University of New Mexico Newman Center and the Marriage Enrichment Program. Christopher was preceded in death by his first wife, Helen Taposic; two sisters, Mary Vereker and Kathleen Kelly; and three brothers, John, Paul and Norbert Kelly. In 1980, he remarried and is survived by his loving wife, Anne Johnston Kelly and her two daughters, Sheila Cooper and Michele Connelly; three brothers, Reverend James P. Kelly and Brother Thomas M. Kelly, both members of Glenmary Home Missioners; and Jerome R. Kelly; as well as two brother-in-laws Bert Johnston and George Bodmer; and three sisters-in-law, Barbara Johnston, Barbara Kelly and Geraldine Kelly Bodmer. A Rosary Service will be held at the French Mortuary Chapel on 7121 Wyoming Blvd NE at 4:00 p.m. Monday, April 9, 2007. Funeral Services will be held at the University of New Mexico Newman Center on 1815 Las Lomas NE at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, April 10, 2007 with interment at the Santa Fe National Cemetery at 2:00 p.m. The family has requested that in lieu of flowers donations be made to Veterans of Foreign Wars of NM, 217 San Pablo SE, 87108. French Mortuary 7121 Wyoming Blvd. NE (505) 823-9400 www.frenchmortuary.com
        Published on: Sun April 08, 2007