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.
OBITUARY OF CHIEF O'KELLY
Chief James O’Kelly passed away on September 10, 1966.
LETTER OF GRATITUDE FROM MRS LILLIAN O'KELLY ON THE DEATH OF HER HUSBAND
A letter dated September 1966 of gratitude . page 1
LETTER OF GRATITDUE FROM MRS LILLIAN O'KELLY ON THE DEATH OF HER HUSBAND