Two-time Olympic gold medalist and former world record
holder Annette Rogers Kelly died on Wednesday. She was
92. A graduate of Senn High School of Chicago and
Northwestern University, Rogers Kelly won 4x100m relay
gold medals at the 1932 and 1936 Olympic Games. At the
1932 Olympics in Los Angeles she placed sixth in the high
jump, and in 1936 in Berlin she finished fifth in the 100
meters. Rogers Kelly also was a member of 4x100m relay
quartets that twice set the world record in that event in 1932.
A member of the Chicago Sports Hall of Fame and the
Northwestern Athletic Hall of Fame, Rogers Kelly won the
1933 women's 100m AAU title in 1933 (12.2 seconds), and
in 1936 she was the national outdoor champion in the high
jump (1.59m/5 feet 2.50 inches).
Visitation will take place Friday, November 10 from 3-9 p.m.
at Skaja Terrace Funeral Home, 7812 N. Milwaukee Ave.,
Niles, Illinois. The funeral will be held Saturday at 8:30 a.m.,
at St. John Brebeuf Church at 8307 N. Harlem Ave., in Niles,
Illinois.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the
Misericordia Heart of Mercy Center, 6300 N. Ridge Ave.,
Chicago, Ill., 60660.