Rita Aileen Kelley

Background

Kelley, Rita Aileen was born on April 19, 1945 in Port Chester, New York, United States. Daughter of Gustav Charles and H. Anna-Liisa (Kaskela) Hill.

Education

Registered Nurse, Roger Williams General Hospital, 1965; Bachelor of Science in Social and Health Superior vena cava syndrome, Rogers Williams U., 1980.

Career

Staff nurse premature nursery, Providence Lying-In Hospital, 1966-1976; assistant head nurse special care, Women and Infants Hospital, Providence, 1976-1979; night supervisor, Women and Infants Hospital, Providence, 1979-1980; assistant head nurse special care nursery, Women and Infants Hospital, Providence, 1980; head nurse special care nursery, Women and Infants Hospital, Providence, 1980-1983; substitute nurse, substitute teacher, Killingly Schools, Danielson, Connecticut, 1983-1987; charge nurse evenings, Matulaitis Nursing Home, Putnam, Connecticut, since 1986; school nurse, Killingly High School, Danielson, Connecticut, since 1987. Teacher administration of medicine State of Connecticut, Danielson, 1988.

Achievements

• Rita Aileen Kelley has been listed as a noteworthy School nurse by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Committee chairperson troop 45 Boy Scouts American, Dayville, Connecticut, 1984-1992. Member Killingly High School Band Booster Club, Danielson, since 1989. Member ch.coun., choir, memorial secretary St. John Lutheran Church, Brooklyn, Connecticut, since 1978.

Member National Association School Nurses, Association School Nurses Connecticut, Finnish-American Heritage Society, Roger Williams General Hospital Alumni.

Interests

• Avocations: stamp collecting, reading mysteries, made-in-Finland collection, collecting nurse figuerines, Norman Rockwell collection.

Connections

Married Edward J. Kelley, August 11, 1967. Children: Christopher, Kaarina.

Father:

Gustav Charles Hill

Mother:

H. Anna-Liisa (Kaskela) Hill

Spouse:

Edward J. Kelley

child:

Kaarina Kelley

child:

Christopher Kelley