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Mrs. EDWARD (Doris Ethel Ralston) WEDO 1908-2007

DOUGLAS, RALSTON, WEDO, MILLER, MCCORMACK, JOHNSON, TOMLINSON, BRANDAS, SASS, STOCKER

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Date: 12/23/2007 at 15:21:23

Doris Wedo

Doris E. Wedo, 99, of Waukon died Monday, November 12, 2007 at Good Samaritan Center in Waukon. Funeral services were held Friday, November 16 at St. Paul's United Methodist Church in Waukon with Rev. Richard A. Iles officiating. Burial was held in Oakland Cemetery in Waukon.

Doris Ethel Wedo was born September 19, 1908 on her parents' farm in Jefferson Township, rural Rossville. She was the daughter of George B. and Mary C. (Douglas) Ralston. Doris attended "Bear Hollow" rural country school in Franklin Township, rural Rossville.

June 16, 1929 she married Edward H. Wedo at Zion United Church of Christ Parsonage in Waukon. During WW II they lived in California. Doris and Ed moved back to Waukon in 1953. She was a member of St. Paul's United Methodist Church and its ladies circles. Doris enjoyed quilting, canning, cooking for her family and Kiwanis meetings, writing stories about her family history and taking care of her vegetable garden. Doris was the last surviving member of the George and Mary (Douglas) Ralston family.

Survivors include her children, Walter (Gloria) of Waukon, James (Gloria) of Slayton, MN, Ramona Miller of Rosemead, CA and Barbara (Richard) McCormack of Russellville, KY; many grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Edward, who died in 1993; two sons, Donald Henry and David William Wedo; one granddaughter; one great-granddaughter; three brothers, Earl, John and David Ralston; and five sisters, Ruth Johnson, Marie Tomlinson, Florence Brandas, Eugenia Sass and Jessie Stocker.

Casketbearers were Erik, Marc and Joe Wedo, and Art, Glen, Harvey and Hank Sass.

The Waukon Standard, November 28, 2007


 

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