DELILA (WELDON) LOE

HAMM, WELDON, LOE, AVERY, CHASTAIN

Posted By: Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert (email)
Date: 3/7/2002 at 19:18:43

Decatur County Journal
Thursday, December l4, l9l6

DELILA LOE, the daughter of ANDREW J. and
MATILDA (HAMM) WELDON, was
born in Lincoln County, Kentucky, January l0,
l838. She died at Leon,
Iowa, December 5th, l9l6, age 78 years, l0
months, 25 days.

She was married to MADISON LOE December 24,
l857. To this union three
children were born, ICY MAY, who died in
childhood, MRS. EMMA AVERY and
MRS. IDA CHASTAIN, both of Leon, Iowa.

Sister LOE is the last of a family of eleven
children, JOHN WELDON, of
Cainsville, Mo., and ANG WELDON, of Davis
City, Iowa, nephews of the
deceased are the only near relatives
surviving.

Sister LOE was a pioneer. She came to Leon
in her childhood to make her
home with her uncle. She remembered the time
when Leon was only a
prairie. She has always lived in this
community and has seen the growth
of the community, of our town, and of its
churches.

She was converted under the ministry of Elder
J.C. Porter, and became a
member of the Christian Church of which
church she was a member at the
time of her death. Sister LOE comes very
near being a charter member of
this church. She loved her church enough to
defend it at all times.
The church life and welfare was a constant
topic of conversation. She
is not dead but sleepeth, she has only gone
to that larger reward which
her Christ made possible.

Funeral services were conducted from the
Christian Church Wednesday
afternoon, December 6, at 2:30, by Henry
Esch, Pastor. Interment was at
Leon Cemetery.

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March 3, 2002