Welty, Jeannie Althea

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• Reference Number: WELT.J005
• _FGRAVE: 21120805
• Funeral: 29 Apr 2004, Frank & Bright Funeral Home, Flora, Clay County, Illinois

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Mrs. Owens was an Aide for the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services. She was also a member of the Bethlehem Christian Church. Jeannie was an avid reader and enjoyed visiting. She and her husband, Wayne, were foster parents for many years.

Family/Spouse: Owens, W.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: WELT.J003

John married Smith, Ruby Althea. Ruby was born on 15 Sep 1909 in Flora, Clay County, Illinois; died on 25 Jan 1978 in Salem, Marion County, Illinois; was buried in Rusk Cemetery, Flora, Clay County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: SMIT.R009
• _FGRAVE: 21121007

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Ruby Althea Welty, Rt 1, Flora, died at Salem Memorial Hospital today at 12:45 a.m. She was 68.

She was born Sept. 15, 1909 in Flora to Arthur and Nellie Smith. On Apr;il 11, 1936 in Salem, she married John Welty.

She is survived by her husband John of Flora, sons, Dr. John H Welty, TerreHaute, Ind., and Dr Stephen Welty, Salem; daughters, Mrs. Wayne (Jean) Owens, Clay City, Mrs. Patricia Pruitt, and Mrs Donald (Linda )Boyd all of Clay City, and Ruth Ann Welty, Flora: a brother Norman R. Smith, Flora: a sister, Mrs. Edgar (Winifred) Smith, Flora; and 13 grandchildren.

Services will be at the Cardascio Funeral Home, Flora, with visitation. Burial will be in Rusk Cemetery in rural Flora.

Taken from the Olney Daily Mail, Olney, IL, Jan, 1978.