Maureen C. Kelly, 79, of Haddonfield, longtime vice president of operations and then planning and strategic development at BIOSIS scientific database publishing, former director of strategic development at Nstein Technologies, electronic publishing and information retrieval consultant, and lifelong nature enthusiast, died Saturday, May 6, of autoimmune hepatitis at Brandywine Living at Haddonfield senior assisted center.
Her professional passion, her family said in a tribute, was to “improve science and its service to society.”“She was about bringing people together, finding ways they could share information, and how to solve problems,” said her son, Brendan. “She was motivated by sharing and a deep curiosity.” Born April 24, 1944, in Camden, Maureen Frances Connelly grew up in Pennsauken and liked to roam the countryside. Her mother, Irene, grew up on a farm and passed her appreciation of open spaces on to her daughter, and Mrs. Kelly supported conservation efforts, especially in the Pinelands, for the rest of her life.
Away from work, Mrs. Kelly liked to read about science, history, Catholic theology, and other topics. She was close to her daughter-in-law, Rhea Powell, and read and crafted often with her grandchildren, Malcolm and Juno.