Br. Charles Kelly

Brother Charles (Kilian Amedy) Kelly, 81, died suddenly at home on August 3, 2018 in Chicago. A De La Salle Christian Brother for 63 years, he was born in Chicago, son of Joseph and Evelyn (Fletcher)Kelly. He attended St. George H.S. in Evanston and then graduated from La Salle Institute in Glencoe, MO. He entered the novitiate of the Brothers in Glencoe in 1955 and professed his first vows the following year. He professed his final vows in 1961. Brother Charles earned a BA degree from St. Mary’s College in Winona, MN, and pursued graduate studies at Loyola University Chicago and St. Louis University. During his years as an educator he taught at schools in Vincennes and Hammond, IN, and Addison and Chicago, IL. He also taught in Chiquimula and Huehuetenango, Guatemala. From 1979 to 1988 he was a counselor at La Salle Manor Retreat Center in Plano, IL, and from 1991 to 1998 he was the administrator at Dunrovin Retreat Center in Marine-on-St. Croix, MN. He retired in 2002 and recently lived in the Brothers’ Community in Chicago.