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Service slated for fire victims

Mother was Seneca graduate

ZELIENOPLE — A memorial service will be held Monday for Kalle Convery and her 9-year-old daughter Aidan Kelley.

The ceremony will take place at St. Peter's Reformed Church at 7 p.m. for both mother and daughter, who died Tuesday morning in a fire at their home near New Castle.

An autopsy found both died of smoke and carbon monoxide inhalation. The cause of the fire has not been determined.

Family friend Niki Boone said anyone who knows the family is welcome to attend the service.

Convery, 33, was a 2000 graduate of Seneca Valley High School and has family in Zelienople. Boone described Convery and her family as “fun-spirited,” “compassionate” and “caring.”

Convery's husband, Andrew Kelley, 35, and 6-year-old son, Quentin Kelley, escaped the fire and were treated for their injuries.

Two crowdfunding sources have been set up to help the family.

One fund on youcaring.com named “Memorial fund for Kalle and Aidan” has raised $11,105 from 131 donors as of this morning. The fund also has been shared nearly 2,000 times on Facebook.

Another fund on gofundme.com named “Support Andrew and Quentin Kelley” had raised $545 from different donors as of this morning.

“She was a wonderful mother,” said next door neighbor Barb Brizendine.

Brizendine described the family's trick-or-treating festivities.

“They went all out,” she said. “I would open the door, and it was only after Kalle spoke that I realized it was them. It was a great, fun time for them.”

The night before the fire, Brizendine said she overheard the family playing in their backyard, and Kalle Convery talked to one of her children.

“Kalle always found a peaceful moment in those games,” Brizendine said. “One of them must have made the comment that they were the best. She stopped them and said 'So you think you're the best?' She said 'You can always be better in life. You might be very good at something, but can always do better.'”

Boone said those who attend the memorial service can bring flowers or other tribute gifts for the family.

The Boylan Funeral Home in Zelienople is handling the funeral arrangements.

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