Welty, Ellen Louise Wagner (1924-2010)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2010 Jul 19 p. 9

Birth date: 1924 May 26

text of obituary:

ELLEN LOUISE WELTY

Ellen Louise Welty, 86, died July 4, 2010, at her home in McDonough, Ga., due to Parkinson’s disease. She was born May 26, 1924, to Seman and Ethel Wagner of Mount Cory, Ohio.

She married Russell Welty on July 31, 1943. They had celebrated almost 67 years of marriage.

In addition to being a wife of a preacher and mother to three, she ministered as a foster parent, teacher’s aide and taught many Sunday school classes, even until her late 70s. She loved sewing, flower gardening, camping, traveling and was an avid bird watcher.

Survivors include her husband, Russell; two sons, Dean Welty of Winnipeg, Man., and Timothy Welty and his wife, Ruth Ann, of McDonough; a daughter, Jeanene Wiens and her husband, Vern, of Glenlea, Man.; a brother, Wendell Wagner and his wife, Marjorie, of Massillon, Ohio; a sister-in-law, Madonna Wagner of Findley, Ohio; eight grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and a special foster daughter, Tammy.

She was preceded in death by an infant son, an infant grandchild and a great-grandchild.

Memorial services were held at Atlanta Mennonite Fellowship and Berea Mennonite Church in Atlanta, Ga.