Betty Lou Kelly, beloved wife of of fifty three years to Daniel L. Kelly and adored mother of her son Gerald W. Kelly, passed away on April 26, 2013 after a brief illness. A resident of Potosi Lake Village for the last 13 years, she had previously resided in Godfrey, Illinois where she had been elected to serve on the last township board prior to incorporation in 1991 and was elected to a full term as a trustee of the newly created village. She had also served as President of the Illinois DeMolay Mothers Association and of the Alton Chapters’ Mothers Auxiliary. A 1959 graduate of Civic Memorial High School, she worked as a secretary at the United Steel Workers Union Hall in Alton for five years. Her life revolved around her husband and son, her dream home, the cat colony she cared for and her devoted friends on the lake.