Obituaries

Alice Kelly, 93 of Carroll, and formerly of Lake View, during a peaceful night’s sleep slipped out the back door on February 26, 2013 with her Irish tam and green scarf on. She was on her way to join her late husband and true love Arnold Kelly who had taken the journey in December 1992.
Mass of the Christian Burial will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Holy Spirit Catholic Church in Carroll. The Celebrant will be Fr. Timothy Johnson. Music will be by Barb McDermott and the Holy Spirit Choir with John Wagner as soloist. Christian Symbols will be placed by Alice’s children and her sister Helen Wieland. Lectors for the funeral mass will be Alice’s children, Kevin Kelly and Michael Kelly. Alice’s son, Dennis Kelly will deliver the eulogy. Gift Bearers will be Alice’s children, Kathleen Reinhardt and Tim Kelly and Alice’s great-grandchildren. Honorary Casket Bearers will be: Norm Schulz, Mike Berger, Eric Berger, Jim McGuire, Pat McGuire, Andrew Humphrey, Troy Kasperbauer, Tom Kasperbauer, and Sam Kasperbauer. Casket Bearers will be Alice’s grandsons: Dan Kelly, Mike Kelly, Pat Kelly, Tim Millage, Randy Reinhardt, Nick Reinhardt, and Tim Reinhardt. Burial will be at 1:30 p.m. on Friday at the Wall Lake Cemetery. The St. Anthony Hospital Auxiliary will form an honor guard for the funeral mass.
Friends may call at the Sharp Funeral Home in Carroll after 3:30 p.m. on Thursday where there will be a rosary at 4 p.m. and a Christian Wake Service at 6 p.m. by Holy Spirit Parish. The casket will be moved to Holy Spirit Church at 9 a.m. on Friday where visitation will resume until time of the funeral mass. Memorials may be left at the funeral home or the church for St. Anthony Hospital Auxiliary. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Sharp Funeral Home in Carroll and online condolences may be left for Alice’s family at www.sharpfuneral.com.
Born on November 26, 1919 at rural Fonda, Iowa, Alice Kathryn was the daughter of John and Laura (Quirk) Finegan. Alice developed her well-mannered ways under the auspices of the feisty nuns at St Angela Academy in Carroll. She developed an amazing love of life and tremendous propensity to befriend every person that came in reach of her fantastic story telling ability.
On February 4, 1946 Alice married Arnold Kelly at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Carroll. They brought into the world 5 children….…….Mike, Tim, Denny, Kevin and “by- god finally a girl” named Kathleen. These 5 souls kept the game going by having 13 kids who matched the play with 13 more of their own. Alice helped her husband with the Ford Garage at Lake View for 35 years where they partnered with Mel and Ginny Broich.
Anyone reading this obituary at some point in their life got a dozen chocolate chip cookies, scrubber, blanket, birthday card, fresh baked bread or a hot meal from Alice. She made sure that everyone felt special and was accounted for.
It’s amazing that every church in Sac and Carroll County didn’t burn down based on all the memorial and prayer candles Alice lit over her 93 years. If half the people she prayed for made it to heaven they certainly must have had to put on a new addition to accommodate just her crew. Alice was very proud of her family’s Irish heritage and still holding down the Finegan name to this day is Alice’s sister Helen Finegan Wieland who can be caught cruising the halls of St Anthony Nursing home at the age of 96.
What a wonderful spirit. What a wonderful person. After any conversation with this lady dressed in green you always walked away with a smile in your heart and a lift in your step. She had the MAGIC !!!!
May we all who shared in Alice’s fine touch for the human spirit carry her loving mission forward as we celebrate being able to call her a “good friend”. Alice was a member of Holy Spirit Parish in Carroll and the St. Anthony Hospital Auxiliary. Survivors include her children: Michael Finegan Patrick Kelly of Bloomington, MN, Timothy Joseph Kelly and wife Lonnie of Farmington, MN, Dennis William Kelly of Johnston, Kevin Arnold Kelly and wife Carol of Agency, and Kathleen Reinhardt and husband Bob of Lakeville, MN; 15 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; one sister, Helen Wieland of Carroll; as well as other extended relatives and many friends.
Alice was preceded in death by her parents; husband Arnold in December of 1992; and her brother, Merle John Finegan