Obit: Welker, Lenore (1914 - 2003)
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Surnames: WELKER
CHRIS KNAACK PETER ROBLE THORSON MERTENS ----Source:
MARSHFIELD NEWS HERALD (Marshfield, Wis.) 05/23/2003 Welker, Lenore (28
APR 1914 - 23 May 2003) OWEN - Lenore
Welker, 89, of Owen, Clark County, Wis., died Friday, May 23, 2003,
at Saint Joseph's Hospital in Marshfield. A memorial mass
will held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Holy Rosary Catholic Church in
Owen. Burialwill be in the Riverside Cemetery of Withee. Rev. Eric
Linzmaier will officiate Maurina Funeral
Home is assisting the family with arrangements. Lenore was born on
April 28, 1914, in Abbotsford, the daughter of Charles and Rose
(nee Chris) Knaack. Lenore and Orville "Bud" Welker were married
July 12, 1931, in Neillsville. He died on March 29, 1998. She worked at the
Clark County Health Care Center for 29 years. She was a member of
Holy Rosary Catholic Church. Survivors include
her children, Joan Welker, of Owen, and Dean (Charmaine) Welker, of
Wausau; two grandchildren, Michelle (Steven) Peter, of Ringle, and
Deann (Kevin) Roble, of Nekoosa; four great-grandchildren, Bailey
Peter, Austin Roble, Ashlyn Roble and Ethan Roble; two sisters, her
twin, Eleanor Thorson, of White Bear, Minn., and Imogene (Eugene)
Mertens, of Withee; and one brother, Donald Knaack, of Pueblo,
Col. Preceding her in
death were her parents, her husband, and two brothers, Charles and
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