Mr. Speaker. on December 14. 1997. Edna F. Kelly passed away at the age of 91. Mrs. Kelly served as a Member of Congress for twenty years. from 1949 to 1969. I did not know Congresswoman Kelly personally. but I did know her through her daughter. Maura Patricia (Pat) Kelly who works in the Clerks office on the Daily Digest. and Jean Gilligan. a longtime friend of the Kelly family and a Hill retiree after 45 years of service. Edna Kelly was the fifth daughter of Patrick J. Flannery. an Irish immigrant. and his wife. Mary Ellen Flannery. Mrs. Kelly. after graduation from Hunter College in 1928. married Edward L.
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