Elizabeth “Betty” Ann (McAnally) Kelsey, 83, went home to Jesus on May 8, 2021, after a long battle with cancer, an exceedingly rare form of Melanoma. She was born on June 27, 1937 to James and Ida (Westra) McAnally at the Dale Hospital in Poplar, Montana.
She met the love of her life at the age of fifteen, Robert Kelsey and married him on January 23, 1956. Bob and Betty started their family in Poplar, MT but moved to Billings, MT in 1967 to further their education. They worked various jobs while living there. They moved back to Poplar when they acquired what was known as Bob’s Market. Even though Bob’s name as on the sig, Betty rain it with an enthusiasm known by whomever went into the market. Because of Bob’s Market Betty was known wherever she ventured.
She had that type of personality that no one would or could ever forget. Betty may have been a small woman, but her personality and spirit were without boundaries. There was not anything that she could not do. Betty was a woman that was not afraid to let people know that she meant business. When she set her mind to doing something she wanted, lookout because she was very tenacious and would continue working on a solution to the problem or issue until it was solved.
Betty had a huge love for Christ, and she shared it with her family and friends as often as she could. Her love for Jesus was evident in the way she lived her life as well as in the way the Holy Spirit worked through her.
She was preceded in death by her parents and four brothers. She is survived by her husband of 65 years, Robert “Bob” Kelsey. Children Jeanette “Bobbie” (Don) McIntyre and Randy (Tammy) Kelsey. Grandchildren Kimberly Long Koehler, Racheal (Todd) Metzler, Jacob McIntyre, Elizabeth “Beth” Leair, Gregory (Alyssa), Arron (Meggie), and Jeremy Kelsey and twelve great-grandchildren.
Inurnment will be at a later date.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that contributions be made to cancer research.