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      Elsie B. (Kelley) MacKerron, 84

HAVERHILL, MA

Elsie B. (Kelley) MacKerron, 84, of Haverhill, Massachusetts, died Tuesday, January 25, at Merrimack Valley Hospice House in Haverhill, after a lengthy illness.

Born in Atlantic, Iowa, on January 24, 1927, Elsie was the daughter of the late Fred E. and Clara A. (Butler) Kelley, one of thirteen children.  She graduated from Atlantic High School in Iowa and from Sioux Falls College in South Dakota.  In recent years, Elsie attended the 60th anniversary for each of those graduating classes.

Elsie married her husband, the Rev. John A. (Jack) MacKerron, from Brockton Massachusetts, in 1952, after they met in Michigan as members of God’s Invasion Army.  After a brief teaching career in the Massachusetts public schools, Elsie worked with Jack in his ministries in numerous locations, including churches in Hollis Center, Maine, Bradenton, Florida, Jackman, Maine and Holton, Maine.  Their longest stint was at the White Mountain Chapel in Conway, New Hampshire, where Elsie founded and ran the Little Mountaineers Kindergarten.  Elsie also worked, with Jack, in service of the New England District of the Christian and Missionary Alliance, focusing on Christian education and women’s conferences matters.  Elsie retired with Jack to Haverhill ten years ago, where she was active in various programs at Bethany Community Services.

Elsie is survived by her beloved husband of 58 years, Jack, her daughter and son- in-law, Miriam M. and Perry R. Bryant, of Lee, New Hampshire, her son and daughter-in-law, John A. and Denise H. MacKerron, of New York, New York, her four grandchildren, Amanda E. Bryant, Nathan P. Bryant, Matthew J. Bryant and Jane A. MacKerron, three sisters, Agnes, Clara, Edna, Novella and Stella, and several nieces and nephews.  Elsie was predeceased by her son, Douglas J. MacKerron, and seven siblings.

Friends and family of Elsie MacKerron are respectfully invited to attend her funeral service on Sunday, January 30, at 2:00 p.m. at the Kevin B. Comeau Funeral Home, 486 Main Street (Route 125), in Haverhill.  A period of visitation will precede the service from 1:00 until 2:00 p.m.  A private burial will take place on Monday, January 31.  In memory of Elsie, and in lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Bethany Community Services, 10 Phoenix Row, Haverhill, Massachusetts 01832-5734, or to Merrimack Valley Hospice House, 360 North Avenue, Haverhill, Massachusetts 01830.

Directions to Kevin Comeau Funeral Home