1909
Gene
2010
Gene Ross Kellough
August 11, 1909 — May 16, 2010
Gene R. Kellough
- Clemson, SC
Gene Ross Kellough, 100, died Sunday, May 16, 2010 at noon.
She had lived at Clemson Downs for 8 years, moving there from her home of 21 years in Seneca. She was married to John S. Kellough, who died in 2004, for 67 years and they are survived by their three children, Joni Grady of Central, SC, Peggy Kellough of Guangzhou, China, and Jim Kellough of Durham, NC. She also had five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Gene was born August 11, 1909, in Kerens, Texas, where her father had a dry goods store and her mother was a talented milliner. She worked as a geologist after graduating from the University of Texas. Marrying John Kellough in 1937, she made a home for him and their children wherever his work in the oil business took them.
In 1959 she earned her Master of Science degree in geology from the University of Houston, receiving a National Science Foundation grant for her research. She was also inducted into Sigma Xi, the international honor society for scientific and engineering research.
Her hobbies after John retired from Schlumberger Well Surveying Corp. were genealogy, writing a family history that covered the first 70 years of her life, keeping up with their far-flung friends and relations, lapidary work, and reading, reading, reading. She was a member of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Clemson, Honorary Matriarch of the Keowee Sailing Club, and an inspiration to her family, friends, and fellow swimmers at the Clemson-Central Recreation Center.
Memorials may be made to the SC Nature Conservancy.
A memorial service will be held on Sunday, May 30th at 2:00 PM, at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Clemson.
Condolences may be expressed online at www.robinsonfuneralhomes.com or at Duckett-Robinson Funeral Home.
- Clemson, SC
Gene Ross Kellough, 100, died Sunday, May 16, 2010 at noon.
She had lived at Clemson Downs for 8 years, moving there from her home of 21 years in Seneca. She was married to John S. Kellough, who died in 2004, for 67 years and they are survived by their three children, Joni Grady of Central, SC, Peggy Kellough of Guangzhou, China, and Jim Kellough of Durham, NC. She also had five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Gene was born August 11, 1909, in Kerens, Texas, where her father had a dry goods store and her mother was a talented milliner. She worked as a geologist after graduating from the University of Texas. Marrying John Kellough in 1937, she made a home for him and their children wherever his work in the oil business took them.
In 1959 she earned her Master of Science degree in geology from the University of Houston, receiving a National Science Foundation grant for her research. She was also inducted into Sigma Xi, the international honor society for scientific and engineering research.
Her hobbies after John retired from Schlumberger Well Surveying Corp. were genealogy, writing a family history that covered the first 70 years of her life, keeping up with their far-flung friends and relations, lapidary work, and reading, reading, reading. She was a member of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Clemson, Honorary Matriarch of the Keowee Sailing Club, and an inspiration to her family, friends, and fellow swimmers at the Clemson-Central Recreation Center.
Memorials may be made to the SC Nature Conservancy.
A memorial service will be held on Sunday, May 30th at 2:00 PM, at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Clemson.
Condolences may be expressed online at www.robinsonfuneralhomes.com or at Duckett-Robinson Funeral Home.
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