Michael G. Kelker

We were devastated when we learned of your passing. Your presence will be missed by your immediate family as well as by others. You were such a wonderful person growing up in our community and I am sure that your light was showed to others during your adulthood years.

Carolyn M. Higgins, Ph.D.

Research Associate
Jackson State University
Office of Academic Affairs/Student Life

To: The Kelker Family
I was deeply saddened to hear of your loss. I am happy to have had the opportunity to meet a become friends with Mike. He exemplified the true meaning of friendship in every facet of personal and professional lifestyle. May the peace which comes from the memories of love shared, comfort you now and in the days ahead.
Mac Baker

Mac Baker
Logistics Management Specialist
Integrated-Military Operation Urban Terrain (MOUT) Training

It is with great sadness that I write back to my old Alumni Chapter on this occassion; but, I would find it wrong not to reach out to the brothers at this time. You do not realize how much time has gone by until such an event has happen. Brother Kelker's kindness has reached other brothers from far away and I just wanted to send our heart filled prayers out to his family, friends, and everyone who knew him.

YitB,
Al Phillips, Esq.

I would like to offer my heartfelt condolence to the Kelker family during this time of bereavement. I would just like to tell the family your husband, your dad was truly a God fearing man whose heart  was always in the right place when it came to helping out his fellow man.  It was a blessing to have met Brother Kelker, who reached out to my family when there was no one else.  I can’t thank him enough!

To the Brothers’ and the Vice Polemarch of the chapter you have some Big shoes to fill and I wish you all well in your endeavors, please don’t lose the vision Brother Michael ‘Billy Dee’ Kelker set forth for this chapter.

Achievement!

YITB,

Frederick K. Jones

Delta Delta Spr 91

Belleville-O’Fallon,IL Alumni

Dear Fellow Greeks,  

The brothers of the Winter Park (FL) Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc and I would like to thank the Orlando Area Greek Community that supported our chapter in any way that you did, in giving our Polemarch, Michael G. Kelker, the home going the was befitting a man of his position, character, and love for Kappa. Thank you for the many calls, emails, cards, floral arrangements and to those that came to the services on Friday and Saturday. 

Again, the brothers thank you for your continued support during our time of transition.  


Regards,  
Maurice D. Sawyer
Vice-Polemarch
Winter Park (FL) Alumni Chapter
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.

To the Family and brothers of Michael Kelker,

I would like to send my condolences to all of you during this trying time.  My thoughts and prayers will be everyone, but I am sure that the good brother would want you to be strong.  May GOD bless you.

 

YITB,

 

Kristopher Mumford (Alpha Xi 2003)

Jacksonville Alumni Chapter

Kappa Alpha Psi, Inc.

Brothers All,

 

Please pass on to the Kelker Family that Brother Kelker will be missed. For the time that I knew him, I always found him to be an extremely intelligent and humble Brother and always represented all that Kappa Alpha Psi embodies. We at the West Palm Beach Alumni Chapter extend our heartfelt wishes to the chapter and the Kelker family (Cindy, Imani, Adam and Parents)!

 

Together We Rise,

 

H. Shane Darrisaw

Managing Partner -Empowerment Consortium

SLJ Consulting

I would like to send my condolences to the family of Brother Polemarch, Michael G. Kelker. Brother Polemarch was everything Kappa and this world needs more of. He was a great leader, faithful and a hard worker. I am grateful to have been a part of his legacy in some capacity. I will continue to pray that God gives Cindy, Imani and Adam the strength as they go through this difficult time.

Sincerely,

Leonard M. Edwards, II

As a JSU alumni, my sincerest condolence and prayers go out to the Kelker family. May God bless you through this difficult time.

Yakoki(THANK YOU)!

Jerry Darby
Senior Buyer
Applied Geo Technologies, Inc.

Passing of our beloved Polemarch

 

Dr Martin Luther King once stated: "The measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy". Michael always stood tall. He was and is a role model for all of us who whine and complain about little things. The brothers of WPAC of Kappa Alpha Psi miss you and hope and pray that you are currently chartering a chapter in Heaven.

Grover Crawford
WPAC, Fall 99

You have our condolence for your loss of a loved one and my Brother Polemarch.

Attorney Joseph Morrell and Family.

And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.

 

YITB

 

Detective Eric L. DeBose

Orange County Sheriff's Office

Brenda Yates
Document Management
             Cindy, Imani, Adam, this is your cousin Brenda, I loved Michael also, God will keep his arms around each of you and keep you strong. I love you all  Brenda

Michael was a colleague from the IT department and a friend. We were able to share thoughts with each other and provide feedback. Even after my retirement, we continued to meet intermittently for lunch. While at the IT department in STRICOM, he was always on top of his game. He knew his programs and how to get them implemented in a timely manner. I was always impressed by the way he dressed. I was glad to have been able to visit him in the hospital, but I did not know it was a good-bye.
Michael's suffering is over and he is watching over his family.

Joe Balbona
Orlando, FL

Michael Kelker was a good person. He was an excellent Supervisor and a friend to me at PEO STRI and because of his encouragement to return to Huntsville, I have been truly blessed. I will miss him. My condolences go out to his wife, children, and to the rest of his family. I know that God will continue to bless his family. I thank God for letting Michael come into my life for a period. My thoughts and prayers are with his family. May God Bless you and help you through this very difficult time.

Carolyn V. Burt
Huntsville, AL

Ms Kelker & Family,

I wish to express my deepest sympathy and my prayers are with you and family. It was with great pleasure I got the chance to meet Michael, as he was a wonderful and self-assured man. He always had a smile on his face, no matter the situation. He will be greatly missed!

Briggitte Herbert

To the Kelker Family and on behalf of the Orlando (FL) Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi, I extend sincere condolences. Brother Kelker was one of the “good guys” in the fraternity and was deeply devoted to Phi Nu Pi. He always acted in the best interest of Kappa and was an outstanding model for each of us. I pray that your hearts and souls find peace and comfort.

“May the roads rise to meet you, may the wind be always at your back, may the sun shine warm upon your face, may the rain fall soft upon your fields…and until we meet again, may God hold you in the hollow of his hand.”

With deepest sympathy,

 

Nate Stephens
Polemarch
Orlando (FL) Alumni Chapter