Noah James Kelly

January 4th, 1999 – July 28th, 2025

With shattered hearts we announce the passing of our beloved son, Noah Kelly on July 28th, 2025.

Noah is proceeded in death by his grandfather Robert Shellhorn. He is survived by his loving parents Michael and Kimberly Kelly, his sister Melissa (Brendan) Paige, his grandparents Richard and Connie Kelly, Barbara and Ed Walker, niece and nephew Sadie and Grayson Paige, and other loving uncles, aunts and cousins.

Noah was highly intelligent, he thought so differently than most, including how he saw the world in an absolute amazing way. Noah was studying for his degree in computer science.

Noah was a kind and respectful person to people and animals. He was witty and had a great sense of humor. He loved his home and neighborhood that he walked and ran in, sometimes twice a day. He enjoyed talking to the neighbors on his walks and greeting their pets. He loved walking down to the lake to observe the geese, turtles, fish, deer and other wildlife.

Noah loved his own animals, his dogs Max, Jack, Riley and Charlie, his turtle Alvin, his lizard Pyro, his tarantula Black Fang!

Noah loved to read about history and was a walking encyclopedia with an unsurpassed photographic memory. He loved our country and our flag with his huge patriotic heart. He read many other books including psychology, animals, true stories of people overcoming great challenges, and self-improvement to always better himself. Noah read more books in his short lifetime than most older adults.

Noah loved listening to instrumental music, including old European marching band! He liked art and created his own sketches. Noah also had a keen eye for capturing amazing photographs.

Noah loved his niece and nephew Grayson and Sadie, if Noah wasn't in the neighborhood, you could usually find him with them playing games, reading to them, building forts, and playing in the yard chasing them and their dog around wildly. Late at night, he would play board games and hang out with his best friends in the world, his sister Melissa and brother-in-law Brendan.

Noah loved his grandparents very much and always appreciated them, never forgetting about him, always sending him cards with special notes which meant so much to him and cherished them.

Noah loved his parents. One of his favorite things to do was have conversations and debates with them about the world, current events, politics along with history. He also enjoyed sharing new facts he had learned and how they pertained to today's world and how it shaped it. He loved the baked goods his mother would make for him, after a treat was made you would often find him first in line for a taste and walking away with even more servings. Through a full mouth Noah would say, "This is really good, thanks mom!"

If you know Noah or our family please join us at Garden Hill Cemetery on Thursday, August 7th for his memorial at 10:00 am central time. Following that will be a Celebration of Noah's Life at his home, where we'll listen to some of his favorite music, see his sketches, photo's, a walk down to the lake if you like, including sharing stories of Noah.