Nevin Kelly Obituary

On Friday April 18th, 2025, we lost a young man with a heart of gold, Nevin Lloyd Kelly. Born December 28th, 2002, in Glendive, MT, he was the second son to Jason and Lynn Kelly. Nevin was welcomed excitedly by older brother Neale, who discarded his "Charlie" doll in favor of his new little brother. In the following years he would be joined by brothers Layton, and Tucker, and sisters Erin, Kaelyn, and Ainsley. Nevin was an exceptionally loving brother, cousin, and friend. He was always in the middle of making something for someone and always full of ideas for his next project. Nevin was constantly in the middle of carving, whittling, welding, or sanding on some project for his friends and relatives, from swords and wands to keepsake coins, he made it all. Every project he ever took on finished, unfinished, or only planned was carefully considered for its recipient. He would often approach his siblings looking for their input and opinions on his current projects. As a result of his love of making things he spent any amount of time he could get in high school in the school shop.
Nevin was also an incredible mechanic and handyman; he loved to tear things apart and put them back together again; things often seemed to work better after he had done so. He would often make use of his talents for others, as he was enrolled in an aviation mechanics class in Helena, he would often travel to Polson to help his Great Aunt Jean with anything she might have needed.
For all his kindness, you could never make him do anything he didn't want to. His siblings ended up with many black eyes, bloody noses, and various other bumps and bruises in the process of trying. As his father is fond of saying, "When that guy hits you it hurts all the way to your toes". Roughhousing was a show of love in our household, and he frequently told the little kids that picking on them was part of the contract we all signed as older siblings when they were born (we of course agreed). Neale and Nevin often joked with one another that it was their fault that Layton was so good at math because they taught him his times tables at fist-point before he was in kindergarten.
Nevin accumulated a number of nicknames over his short life: Buster given to him by his Grandpa Glen Heitz shortly after birth; Nevin Nevers given to him by bus driver Bob Walker; Nevin Eleven or Seven Eleven (depending on how aggravated you wanted to make him) given to him by Neale, Layton, and Erin; Spud given to him by his football team; and Chuckles by Neale.
Nevin was twice as strong as two men his size and that was fitting because he cared twice as much as most people.
Nevin is Survived by his father Jason Kelly; brothers Neale, Layton, and Tucker; sisters Erin, Kaelyn, and Ainsley; grandparents Glen and Terri Heitz. He was preceded in death by his mother Lynn Kelly and Grandmother Barbra Kelly.
In lieu of flowers, please make donations in Nevin's name to the The Kelly family, as a way of paying tribute to a loving son and brother.
A visitation will be held on Thursday, April 24, 2025, with family receiving friends from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. at Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home in Circle. A Funeral Service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, April 25, 2025, at Assembly of God Church in Circle. A graveside committal will follow in the family lot of Riverview Cemetery.