Kelly G. Bailer Krauss ’92

Kelly died Feb. 27, 2025, surrounded by her family in Acton, Mass.

She was born in California July 12, 1970. Her formative years were spent in Detroit, where she graduated from University Liggett, a preparatory school in Metro Detroit. After completing her studies at Princeton in 1992, she went on to earn a law degree from the University of Michigan, where she met and fell in love with her husband, Charlie.

Kelly was a chef savant who regularly created recipes that earned accolades such as Sutter Home’s Build a Better Burger, in which her recipe for a shrimp burger won best alternative burger and is featured in the commemorative cookbook. She also spent years perfecting baked goods, authored a cookie cookbook, and founded the Blue Freckle Bakery.

Her true love was being a dedicated beagle mom to an enormous pack of beagles throughout her life.

Those who knew and loved Kelly will fondly recall her great sense of humor, infectious laugh, and quick wit — qualities she embodied up until her last breath.

The Class of 1992 extends its deepest sympathies to her husband of nearly 26 years, Charlie; her mother, Penny Bailer; her brother Ryan Bailer and his partner Tatiana Lascu; and her nieces and nephews.