Denis Kelly, 38, died suddenly at his home in Unity on Saturday, January 21, 2006.
He was born February 13, 1967 in Port Chester, NY and lived in New Hampshire for the past 32 years. He graduated from Fall Mountain Regional High School and attended school in Connecticut earning a certificate in welding.
At the time of his death he was a self employed doing specialized welding and producing original works of art using his welding skills combined with antique machine and farm implements to create furniture, signs and outdoor sculptures which were consigned locally and earned ribbons at local exhibitions.
His passions were his art, the outdoors, hunting and fishing, and being at home on “Slack Farm” which he shared with his wife Sarah whom he married in 2002, their animals and his dog “Remmy”.
He is survived by his loving and devoted family: his wife, Sarah; his brother and best friend, Jason; sister-in-law, Jennifer; nieces, Chelsea and Lauren all of Charlestown; mother, Virginia Desmond of Alstead; father, Dennis Masinello of Rye, NY; step-father, Peter Kelly of Bellows Falls, VT; step-daughter, Jessica Anne Hardwick of Mont Vernon, NH; step-son, Thomas Edward “Eddie” Hardwick of Francestown, NH; half brother, Luke Masinello of Rye, NY; half sister, Jennifer of London, England; maternal aunt, Barbara Gilchrest, MD and her partner, John Parrish, MD both of Boston and three cousins.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Kimberly Jean (Barcom) Kelly, and his maternal grandmother, Betty W. Desmond known to him as “Nan”, with whom he was very close.
Graveside services will beheld at the Unity Center Cemetery on Saturday, January 28th at One-Thirty in the afternoon. Dress should be casual and weather appropriate. This will be a life celebration as was Denis’s wish.
A gathering will follow at 100 Drewsville Road in Alstead, residence of his mother, Virginia Desmond after the services.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests mourners take a moment to contemplate the beauty of the woods, fields and streams that gave Denis such joy. He will be dearly missed forever.