Perry George Kelley, Sr. was born on March 21, 1938, the son of George F. and Ida (Rose) Kelley on a farm near Panama. In 1945, the family moved to a farm east of Harlan. Perry graduated from Harlan High School. He was active in FFA, where he received the Iowa Star Farmer Award. He also belonged to the Farm Bureau Young People Organization. In 1958, he married Lila Russmann in Walnut.
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