Marietta, Georgia
Therese Eleanor Kelley Leisy
1926 — 2023
Therese Eleanor Kelley (TEK) Leisy, formerly of Bethesda, MD transitioned from this earthly life to eternal life surrounded by family on Monday, July 3, 2023 following a short illness in Marietta, GA. She was born May 23, 1926 in Greensburg, PA, one of nine children of U.S. Congressman Augustine B. Kelley and Ella Bates Kelley. She married the love of her life, Roland (Hank) Leisy, a USAF pilot in 1953 and was devoted to him for each of their 56 years of marriage. She is survived by their five children: Dr. Robert (Patricia) of West Des Moines, IA; Mary Petrowski (Michael) of Charlotte, NC; William (Claire) of Rosemary Beach, FL; James (Joyce) of Chattanooga, TN; Ann Penner Strubel (Joseph)...