O'Kelly spent time as Acting Chief for the Ottawa Fire Department after Chief Blackler fell ill. Here he is in a promotional picture from the Ottawa Citizen in 1937.
CHIEF BLACKLER'S MEMORIAM
Chief Samuel Blackler passed away February 22, 1937.
CHIEF SAMUAL BLACKLER
Chief Blackler rest at Beechwood Cemetery in Ottawa, Ontario.
OBITUARY OF CHIEF O'KELLY
Chief James O’Kelly passed away on September 10, 1966.
LETTER OF GRATITDUE FROM MRS LILLIAN O’KELLY ON THE DEATH OF HER HUSBAND
LETTER OF GRATITDUE FROM MRS LILLIAN O’KELLY ON THE DEATH OF HER HUSBAND