Clare (Tinneny) Kelly, a home-maker, died yesterday at her daughter's home in Pottstown. She was 84. 

Mrs. Kelly had lived in Lafayette Hill since 1950 and was formerly of Conshohocken. 

She was a member of St. Philip Neri Roman Catholic Church, Lafayette Hill. 

Born Oct. 23, 1913, in Philadelphia, she was a daughter of the late James J. and Gertrude (Spence) Tinneny. 

She was preceded in death by her husband, John J. Kelly Sr. 

Surviving are three sons, John J. Jr. of West Conshohocken, James D. of Phoenixville and Joseph J. of Lafayette Hill; three daughters, Mary Whalen of West Chester, Clare Gebhardt of Conshohocken and Patricia Guarino of Pottstown; 14 grandchildren; a brother, Donald of the Manayunk section of Philadelphia; and two sisters. Mary Haughey of the Roxborough section of Philadelphia and Gertrude Gallagher of the city's Andorra section. 

Funeral Mass will be celebrated 10:15 a.m. Saturday at St. Philip Neri R.C. Church, 437 Ridge Pike, Lafayette Hill. Interment will be in Whitemarsh Memorial Park, Prospectville. Friends may call from 9:15 to 10 a.m. Saturday at the church.

Memorial contributions may be made to St. Philip Neri R.C. Church, 437 Ridge Pike, Lafayette Hill, Pa. 19444.

Arrangements are by the Donald E. Moore Funeral Home, Conshohocken. 

Clare was the daughter of James and Gertrude Spence Tinneny Sr. and granddaughter of Patrick “Yankee Pat” Tinneny of Goladuff, Newtownbutler, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland; Greenock, Scotland and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and his wife Margaret Malloy.