Royal E. Kelsay Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Royal Edward Kelsay was born on May 6, 1930 in Fort worth, Texas to Royal Edward Kelsay and Carmen Azlee Isaacks Kelsay. He married Josephine Hess Kelsay on March 11, 1950 in Wilmette, Illinois. After returning to Jack County in 1975, he lived on the Kelsay family land first settled in 1890 by his grandfather, Robert Bruce Kelsay. During a business career that spanned more than 63 years, that began in 1949. He held executive positions in homebuilding and commercial finance, working in Denver, Los Angeles, La Jolla and San Jose, COsta Rica and was an amateur author. Since 1978, he was in the oil business, and served as president of several local companiesand of Canadex Resources, Inc. He was predeceased by a son, James Merriman Kersay in 2008, and is survived by his wife, Jo, one daughter, Janet Elaine Kelsay of Dallas, two sons, Royal Edward Kelsay III of Divide, Colorado and Douglas Martin Kelsay of Bastrop, Texas; ten grandchildren, seven great grandchildren, one sister, Ann Kelsay Small Williams of Henderson, Nevada, two nieces and one nephew. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial donations to the Kelsay Special Needs Trust, 2611 Harbinger Lane Dallas, Texas 75287, on behalf of our autistic grandson from Peru, who taught us a greater of acceptance of life, despite adversity.

Royal E. Kelsay

May 14, 2015