Join Us in honoring Kevin William Kelly, our Dad—the son of a fire fighter, Nancy’s Husband, father of 5 girls, 1 boy and ‘Kel’ to Parker Marie--among many other things!

Roughly nine months ago Dad was diagnosed with Adrenal Cancer, a rare cancer. It’s a type of cancer which happens to one in a million people—and of course Dad was that one in a million. If you knew our dad, you would know that his mission in life was to change the world. He did this through his work and through us, his children. Our Dad graduated from Providence College with a degree in Health Care Management and continued his education by gaining a Master’s in Public Health from Yale University. 

Our Dad’s career spanned many facets of healthcare across the state of Connecticut. According to him, one of his first career defining moments was the opportunity to work at Hartford Hospital with John Springer. Little did he know at the time, that this hospital became much more than a place of work. It became the birthplace of all six of him and his wife Nancy’s six children, the same campus his youngest daughter, Casey’s life was saved, and the place that would perform a 13 hour surgery that gave our family eight more months to spend with him, and it was also the place that he left the world.   

Throughout the many months we spent on Hartford Hospital’s campus, we looked for places to walk and be outside with our sister six years ago, and then with our father this last year. During both of these experiences, while we enjoyed being able to sit out at the tables outside the Conklin building, we wished for a better outdoor space for patients, their families and the health care workers who took care of our dad, to congregate outside the hospital walls. 

In the photo attached to this Go Fund Me Page, we arranged an out-door pizza lunch with our Dad outside Hartford Hospital. We brought in our own flowers, pizza and table clothes in order to warm up the place and make a memory for our family.

Our dad was many things to many different people, we’d like your help in honoring him and his legacy. By contributing to this fund you will allow for him to  be a support to causes he was passionate about.  This would be the work of Dr Hammer of the Rogel Cancer Center and continued research on Adrenal Cancer and to help the patients at Hartford Hospital. 

We plan to continue raising funds throughout the next couple years to do a variety of things in his honor- one of which will be the outdoor space at Hartford Hospital. 

Thank you for your help in honoring our dad!

Obituary: https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/hartfordcourant/obituary.aspx?n=kevin-kelly&pid=198143398&fhid=4076