Phoebe Kelly

Phoebe Kelly of Church Hill, Maryland died on Tuesday, May 31, 2005 at Chester River Hospital Center in Chestertown, Maryland of complications from acute pneumonia. She was 60. Mrs. Kelly taught Physical Education, Health and Sports Medicine at Broadneck Senior High School, Cape St. Claire, Maryland and was a highly successful and respected field hockey and tennis coach there for over 20 years. Despite having over 200 wins in each sport, Mrs. Kelly was more concerned with building character in her athletes than in their win-loss record. She retired from teaching and coaching in 2003 after being diagnosed with lung cancer. In recognition of her numerous accomplishments and her devotion to her students and athletes, Anne Arundel Public Schools and Broadneck Senior High School have already begun construction of a field hockey stadium to be named in her honor. She was a 1962 graduate of Central Bucks High School in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. She attended Pennsylvania’s Lock Haven State University where she was an accomplished athlete, earning All-American honors in field hockey and winner of the Golden Whistle Award for best senior athlete in all sports at Lock Haven State. Following graduation, she began her teaching and coaching career at Unami Junior High School in Chalfont, Pennsylvania, leaving in 1968 to accompany her husband during his career with the U.S. Navy. Mrs. Kelly is survived by her husband, Brian, of Church Hill; one son, Brian Kelly and his wife, Trenna of Walkersville, Maryland; one daughter, Lorine Kelly and her fiancée, Christopher Hawthorne of Springfield, Virginia; one brother, Edward Williams and his wife, Meredith, of Hagerstown, Maryland; one sister, Charlene McElhaney and her husband, Jeff of Doylestown, Pennsylvania; three nieces, Katie and Morgan Williams and Mitzi Hein; three nephews, Drew Williams, Jeffrey McElhaney and Kip Hein; and one granddaughter, Camryn Brooke Kelly. A funeral service will be held on Saturday, June 18, 2005 at 11 a.m. at St. Andrews by the Bay Roman Catholic Church on College Parkway, Cape St. Clair, Maryland. A viewing will be held one hour prior from 10 to 11 a.m. Interment will be held at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia at a future date. In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to the American Lung Association, 840 York Road, Suite M, Timonium, Maryland 21093. Arrangements by Fellows, Helfenbein and Newnam Funeral Home, P. A., Chestertown, Maryland.