Kelly attended Franklin High School
and continued to receive a degree in industrial Arts and
Education from California State Los Angeles.
Kelly was married to Senene on January 24, 1981
and shared 35 wonderful years of love and friendship together.
Kelly started and worked at Clarion Construction for 28 years.
He enjoyed being a part of the Cold Storage industry
and had many special longtime friends from the cold storage community.
Kelly’s passions ran deep and were long lasting,
from his early love of riding and racing motorcycles, restoring classic motorcycles,
to his later fascination with restoring Woodies.
Kelly was also fascinated with collecting motorcycle tires.
“It’s all about the tires”.
His passions were not fleeting they were his life’s true passions.
He loved sharing his motorcycle collection
and Woodie car collection with anyone and everyone.
Kelly would say that the woodie cars just make you smile.