Birth date: Feb 14, 2000 Death date: Jan 5, 2017
Kendra Marie Keliher, age 16, of Oshkosh, went to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Thursday evening January 5, 2017 at her home. She was born on February 14, 2000 in Neenah to Brian and Jean (Tatro) Keliher. Kendra thor Read Obituary
Kendra we are so honored to have had the chance to have gotten to know you. You and Owen shared a special bond with many of the challenges you had gone through. Your fight and spirit has taught me so much, your smile will also be with us.
Brian and Jean we are so sorry for your loss, Kendra truly was an amazing young woman and you should be so proud of the joy she brought to so many.
You are in our thoughts an prayers
Love
Steph, Jay Owen and Reid Polak
Jean, Brian and family, our sympathy and prayers for all of you! Heaven has gained another angel! Sincerely Lana & Dave Gray
As I expressed my lack of understanding how God could allow this to happen to such a wonderful young Lady to a good friend of mine, he offered these words of Wisdom that helped me feel a bit better:
"As for your struggle, it is certainly an honest one, a feeling that I have also had. With that said, I have one comment, and it comes from a very very holy priest in his late 70s, and was told to Sharon, just this week, regarding death of the innocent. He said that the innocent are God’s little roses, who have grown to the perfect stage of their life, and at the perfect moment, God bids them to come home to His loving arms and His eternal joy. I thought that this was very profound and it gave me a great deal of comfort. Praying that it will bring a little comfort your way also!" - Tom Maedke
And it has truly helped me better understand, and feel a bit better. Thank You Tom! I hope that it may help some of those reading these words feel better as well.
God Bless you, Kendra. You will be sorely missed by all that knew you.
Mike, Pat, and Tasha Tatro
Kendra has been there with me my entire life, she has been my best friend for as long as I can remember. I don't know that I always deserved to have such an amazing person bless my life but I had the pleasure of having her by my side for 16 years. I loved to make her laugh and she was very good and getting me to laugh as well. We spent a lot of time together espically at our family cottage on post lake. She was the person I could tell anything to and she was the one who could always comfort me and tell me things where going to be ok. We had big dreams we where going to be each others bridesmaids and go to college and become midwives and open our own practice called cousins care. I know that she would want me to live out these dreams and I know that she will be watching over me and guiding me the entire time.
I cant remember a time when she wasn't thinking of others, she always wanted to look out for others and do what her lord wanted her to do. I always remember her talking about how much someone else had to suffer, but not thinking to mention how much she was suffering. She had a deep love for the unborn and I also share this love, when I was a sophomore I got the amazing chance to go on the March for life with Kendra and March right along side her to fight for the lives of all those little inocent babies.
Although she suffered a lot threw her entire life she never lost faith, this is something I could never understand but was amazed at how much trust she put in God. Most people myself included would loose faith if we had to endure what she did espically at her age, but some how threw all of it her faith grew stronger. She is an inspiration to me and my biggest role model.
I love you so much Kendra and I can't wait to see you once again in heaven.
I'm so grateful to have spent time with Kendra Keliher She told me she desired to offer her suffering for the unborn. I believe through her sufferings she labored many graces for the unborn.
She also offered her suffering for Fr Peter. She said she decided to intercede for others who need healing and invited them to her home so she could pray with them! She truly is a spiritual mother for this is maturity past her mere 16 years.
I saw in my minds eye, Kendra in a white wedding dress playing in a field of daisy's and wild flowers surrounded by little children. I think they are the babies that would be saved. The last time I saw her I envisioned a white crown encrusted with jewels being laid upon her head.
We gained a saint yesterday. We, the church militant, have gained another soul to intercede for us for she is now a part of the Church Triumphant. Kendra, spiritual mother of the unborn, intercessor for priests and for the youth, and for healing ministry, pray for us.
