Kelsey Rose Renfro

Kelsey Renfro NEW BOSTON, Illinois - Kelsey Rose Renfro, 13, of New Boston, passed away Sunday, November 30, 2008, at her home. Funeral Service will be 10 a.m. on Friday, December 5, 2008, at the Geo. M. Wittich-Lewis Home for Funeral and Cremation Services. Following the interment, a time of food and fellowship will be held at the Eliza Community Center. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 on Thursday, December 4, 2008, at the funeral home. A memorial fund has been established at the funeral home. Kelsey was born March 31, 1995, in Iowa City, Iowa, the daughter of Jeffrey Daniel Renfro and Susan Kay Day. She attended Westmer Junior/Senior High School in Joy. She enjoyed playing volleyball and being creative in arts and crafts. Babies and children were always drawn to her and she greatly enjoyed helping them in Project A.H.E.A.D. She will be deeply missed by her parents, Douglas E. and Susan K. Nehas of New Boston and Jeffrey Renfro of Muscatine; a brother, Derek A. Schmelzer and his wife, April, of New Liberty; a sister, Kayla Rae Renfro of New Boston; two step-sisters, Heather Niccole Cortez and husband, Reuben, of Shreveport, Louisiana; a step-brother, D...[more]

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las Michael Nehas and Holly Magdeline Nehas of Moline; maternal grandparents, Donald and Regina Day of Muscatine; and paternal grandparents, Joseph and Marian Truitt of Muscatine. She was preceded in death by her paternal grandparents, Tom and Sharon Renfro.