Charlene M. (Welch) Rea 1937 - 2020

WELCH, REA, NIELSEN

Posted By: Connie Swearingen- Volunteer (email)
Date: 12/15/2020 at 23:27:04

Sioux City Journal
23 August 2020

Charlene M. Rea

Sioux City

Charlene M. (Welch) Rea, 83, of Sioux City, passed away Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020, at a local hospital.

Memorial service will be 1 p.m. Tuesday at Meyer Brothers Colonial Chapel. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Online condolences may be directed to www.meyerbroschapels.com.

Charlene was born on Feb. 23, 1937, in Jamestown, N.D., to Edwin and Muriel Nielsen. She attended and graduated from Jamestown High School.

On Oct. 25, 1957, she married David Welch in Crookston, Minn. They moved to Minneapolis after getting married, then to California in the late 1950s before returning to Minnesota. The couple moved to Sioux City in 1962. David passed away on Nov. 5, 1994 in Sioux City.

Charlene worked at Sears during her children’s school years, and then for Truck Haven for 20 years until her retirement.

She loved her family, traveling with her sister, playing cribbage, cards, bingo, and going to the casino. She was loved dearly by her four grandkids and four great-grandkids and will be missed a great deal.

Survivors include her children, William Welch of Sioux City, Steven Welch (Chelsea) of Olathe, Kan., Teresa Welch (Jenn) of Dixon, Calif., and Ronald Welch of Sioux City; a sister, Connie Ave’Lallemant of Oakdale, Minn.; and step-sisters, Joanie Mork of Bismark, N.D., and Jeanie Nuemiller of Jamestown, N.D.

She was preceded in death by her husband, David Welch; her parents, Edwin and Muriel Nielsen; and a step-brother, McKinley “Mac” Nielsen.