Lenore Carlson-Kelly

"Lenore Carlson-Kelly" BALTIMORE, Md. - Lenore Rae Carlson-Kelly, 60, of 12221 Etchison Road, Ellicott City, Md., died Sunday, Nov. 6, 2005, at Johns Hopkins Medical Center in Baltimore. She was born March 13, 1945, in Iron Mountain, the daughter of the late Ella M. Carlson Mette and Nobel Carlson and the stepdaughter of W. Glenn Mette. She married William Kelly on Nov. 27, 1984, in Williamsburg, Va. Lenore was raised in Kingsford and graduated from Kingsford High School in 1963. She graduated from Michigan State University with a bachelor of arts degree in journalism in 1967 and began a career with the Social Security Administration in the fall of that year. In 1977, she transferred to the disability program and remained with that program for the rest of her career, assuming positions of increasing responsibility. In 1994, Lenore was appointed director of the division responsible for oversight, with an annual budget of $1.4 billion that is allocated to the states and federal regional offices for the administration of the disability program. In July 1998, she became the acting deputy associate commissioner for the Office of Disability and a year later was appointed to the Senior Executive Service and permanently assigned as the deputy associate commissioner for the Office of Disability. Lenore was made the acting associate commissioner for the Office of Disability in June 2002, and at the time of her death, she was associate commissioner for Disability Determinations. Lenore is survived by her husband, Bill and her sister and brother-in-law, Annette and Paul Santoni. She also leaves her three very special nieces, Maria Santoni, Kathryn (Chad) Menza, and Kristina (Scott) Oswald. Lenore is also survived by her uncle and aunt, Al and Dottie Carlson of Sarasota, Fla., her aunts, Mildred Brans and Jeanne Nelson of Iron Mountain, and several cousins and close friends. Funeral services will be held at 5:30 p.m. on Friday at the First Presbyterian Church in Kingsford. Rev. Michael March will officiate. Burial will be in Cemetery Park. Pallbearers include Gerald F. Riley, Dennis Engquist, Robert Wedin, Albert Santoni, Steve Lewis, Richard Celello, and John Daley. In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to Northwoods Airlifeline in her memory. Condolences may be expressed to the family of Lenore Carlson-Kelly online at www.ernashfuneralhomes.com. The family has entrusted the Erickson-Rochon & Nash Funeral Home of Iron Mountain with the funeral arrangements.

Lenore Carlson-Kelly

November 6, 2005