Richard was born on June 9, 1930 In the Methodist Hospital to Chester and Ruth Kelly in Indianapolis, Indiana - Well yes this was right during the great depression. A bad time for a lot of people back then. Of course since Richard was just a baby he didn't know anything about the depression! At the time the family lived on Mac Pherson Av. in Indianapolis near 30th street and Fall Creek with the Monon railway running very close by, I can remember going into what they called a "Roundhouse" and it was a building where they could pull the engines inside to work on them.. Along in 1935 Richard and his younger sister Margaret came down with Scarlet Fever and both were admitted to the City Hospital, Margaret would die from the disease. Richard attended a kindergarten that was located on 30th street very near to Fall Creek, back then Fall Creek was used by many for swimming since it was pretty and clean back then. Also on 30th street there were several stores, a dr