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Stephen Kelsey 1948 – 2018
Steve passed away on Tuesday July 17, 2018 at age 70 due to the effects of diabetes.
He served an LDS mission to Scotland from 1967 to 1969. He graduated from the University of Utah with a BA and MA degree in Journalism and worked for 40+ years in the newspaper industry.
He served for a long time as the Vice President of the Newspaper Agency Corporation working with the Salt Lake Tribune and the Deseret News. He also spent one year in Arkansas overseeing several newspapers there. He traveled on occasion for his company assisting newspapers that were struggling. He was an expert on newspaper recovery. He did receive the Newspaper Executive of the Year Award from his professional association. He also worked in his later life for the Provo Herald Journal.
He had a clever and sophisticated sense of humor that was intellectually amusing. He was noted for his hard work. He once said that he planned on dying at work with his head face down on his desk but with a pencil still in his hand making corrections to the newspaper.
He married Rosalie Dean in 1969. They had five children and a host of grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
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Ruthann Hutchinson (Johnson)
Steve grew up just up the street from me. He was always easy to be around and a good guy. Unfortunately I never ran into him after high school.
Marsha Draper (Fryer)
1/11/2019
I just found out about Steve's passing tonight and felt very sad so much time had gone by that none of has heard about this. Particularly for me because I grew up in Steve's neighborhood as a kid and we were always good friends back then. He had such a great sense of humor and would keep our Primary and Sunday School classes colorful... I had heard that Steve's journalism interests had paid off for him, because of his talent in those areas, and was happy to hear of his great successes there. Steve chose not to have an obituary, but the write-up I have above was provided by his younger brother, Craig. Steve will be missed by many, God speed, dear friend!