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Portrait of Kelly Rae Tressel
Kelly Tressel

Kelly Rae Tressel

May 15, 1973 – July 14, 2018
Lived 45 years
Elmwood · Lorain, Ohio
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Kelly Rae Tressel (Romes) passed away Saturday, July 14th 2018, in a motorcycle collision.

Born May 15th, 1973 in Lorain, Oh, where she lived her entire life.

1991 graduate of Lorain High School, where she went on to work at Joyce Buick GMC for 27 years.

She was a devoted wife and mother who enjoyed spending time with family, mostly her husband and son! She loved being out on the water (Lake Erie) enjoying the sun on the boat, as well as riding jet ski’s.

Kelly is dearly missed by her husband of 24 years (Keith Tressel), even though they have been together for 30 years, high school sweethearts. She is also missed by her son, Justin, who was her closest friend!

Kelly was an avid animal lover (mostly dogs, but all of them counted). 4 months before her passing, her beloved 200lbs English Mastiff passed away as well.

Kelly will always be missed by both friends and family!

1973 - 2018 ❤️

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1973
Born May 15
1981
Kelly was 8 when MTV began broadcasting
1989
Kelly was 16 when the Berlin Wall fell
1995
Kelly was 22 when "Toy Story" became the first fully computer-animated film
1998
Kelly was 25 when "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" was published in America
2005
Kelly was 32 when the first video was posted to YouTube
2018
Passed away July 14, age 45
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