Leone (Welte) Morgan 1911 - 2016

WELTE, MORGAN, UHL

Posted By: Connie Swearingen-volunteer (email)
Date: 1/3/2017 at 20:05:58

Sioux City Journal
27 December 2016

Leone (Welte) Morgan, age 105, of Mapleton, formerly of Danbury, Iowa, passed away on Thursday, December 22, 2016 at the Maple Heights Nursing Home of Mapleton, Iowa.

A Funeral Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, December 28, 2016 at the St. Mary’s Catholic Church of Danbury, Iowa. The Father Dan Greving will officiate; with interment following in the St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery of Danbury, Iowa. Visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., with a Rosary held at 5:00 p.m. and a Vigil Service held at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 27, 2016 at the St. Mary’s Catholic Church of Danbury, Iowa. The Armstrong - Van Houten Funeral Home of Mapleton, Iowa is in charge of the funeral arrangements.

Mrs. Leone Morgan was born in Danbury, Iowa on January 2, 1911, the daughter of Frank and Kathryn (Uhl) Welte. She attended St. Mary’s grade school and Danbury Public School graduating with the class of 1929.

Leone was united into marriage to Henry Morgan on January 4, 1937 in Danbury, Iowa. Mr. Morgan passed away on September 26, 1953. Leone then went back to college and graduated with a four year degree from Morningside College in 1964. She taught as an elementary teacher for 22 years. Leone was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church of Danbury and she enjoyed, traveling, reading, crocheting, and playing cards.

Left to cherish her memory are her sister, Helen Tweed of Shelton, WA; and many nieces, nephews, great nieces, and great nephews, extended family and friends.

She is preceded in death by her parents, husband, Henry Morgan; four brothers and their spouses: James (Margaret) Welte, Francis “Bud” (Harriett) Welte, Claire (Vera) Welte, and Louis (LaMona) Welte; sisters and their spouses: Catherine (Orville) Dandurand and Pauline (Walter) Scott; and brothers-in-law, Andrew Stodden and Burt Tweed.

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