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Suzanne Jane <I>Kelly</I> Welch Van Poortvliet

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Suzanne Jane Kelly Welch Van Poortvliet

Birth
Rochester, Olmsted County, Minnesota, USA
Death
7 Dec 2023 (aged 87)
Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA
Burial
Arkwright, Chautauqua County, New York, USA GPS-Latitude: 42.4313583, Longitude: -79.1974806
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Daughter of Dr. Hobart Kelly and Oleta Meves, she was born when her father was a resident at the Mayo Clinic. The family then moved to Riverside, California where Suxanne grew up. She graduated from Stanford University with her undergraduate degree and master's in education.


She married Stephen Webb Welch in 1962. Sue and Steve moved their young family to Connecticut in a VW Bus in 1967, later moving to Ohio, then to Fredonia, NY. They divorced in 1977. She met her second husband A.J. "Van" Van Poortvliet, through friends at the Dunkirk Yacht Club in Dunkirk, NY.


Complete obituary at Daigle Funeral Home, 819 High Street, Bath (Maine).

Daughter of Dr. Hobart Kelly and Oleta Meves, she was born when her father was a resident at the Mayo Clinic. The family then moved to Riverside, California where Suxanne grew up. She graduated from Stanford University with her undergraduate degree and master's in education.


She married Stephen Webb Welch in 1962. Sue and Steve moved their young family to Connecticut in a VW Bus in 1967, later moving to Ohio, then to Fredonia, NY. They divorced in 1977. She met her second husband A.J. "Van" Van Poortvliet, through friends at the Dunkirk Yacht Club in Dunkirk, NY.


Complete obituary at Daigle Funeral Home, 819 High Street, Bath (Maine).



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