NELLIE ADELINE WELKER
NELLIE ADELINE WELKER OF POTOSI, MISSOURI, WAS BORN JANUARY 24, 1916, IN POTOSI, MISSOURI, A DAUGHTER OF THE LATE JAMES F. AND MARY J. (FLYNN) DECLUE. NELLIE DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT MINERAL AREA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER ON MARCH 16, 1999, HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF EIGHTY-THREE YEARS, ONE MONTH AND TWENTY-THREE DAYS.
NELLIE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO ANDREW "SCROOGE" WELKER ON NOVEMBER 5, 1952, IN POTOSI, MISSOURI, AT THE ST. JAMES CATHOLIC CHURCH.
NELLIE IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND ANDREW WELKER OF POTOSI, ONE DAUGHTER, BARBARA BOUSE AND HUSBAND ED OF FARMINGTON, THREE GRANDCHILDREN, ANDREA BELL AND HUSBAND SCOTT OF HAMILTON, MICHAEL VANCE AND WIFE KIM OF FESTUS, ADAM VANCE BOUSE OF FARMINGTON, FIVE GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, CHELSEA, MICHAELA, OLIVIA, MADYSON AND ABIGAIL, TWO STEP GRANDCHILDREN, KELLY BOUSE AND WIFE CINDY OF POTOSI, MARTY BOUSE AND FIANCÉ JARED PORTELL OF POTOSI, ONE STEP GREAT GRANDCHILD, RACHEL, ONE BROTHER, DAVID T. DECLUE AND WIFE VERA OF GURNIE, ILLINOIS, ONE SISTER, LUCY L. DECLUE OF POTOSI, A SPECIAL NIECE, PAT BONE OF CADET AND BY MANY OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. IN ADDITION TO HER PARENTS SHE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY ONE BROTHER, JAMES LUKE DECLUE.
NELLIE WAS A MEMBER OF THE ST. JAMES CATHOLIC CHURCH AND WASHINGTON COUNTY VFW LADIES AUXILIARY. NELLIE'S CHURCH LIFE WAS A GREAT INSPIRATION TO HER EVERYDAY ACTIVITY AND SHE WAS ALWAYS FAITHFUL TO ITS' TEACHINGS. NELLIE ENJOYED SPENDING TIME EMBROIDERING. NELLIE HAD A GREAT LOVE FOR HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS EACH OF THEM HELD A VERY DEAR PLACE IN HER HEART.
VISITATION WAS HELD THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1999, FROM 2:00 P.M. TO 9:00 P.M. AT THE GUM & SON FUNERAL HOME IN POTOSI.
A FUNERAL MASS WAS CELEBRATED FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 1999, AT 1:00 P.M. AT THE ST. JAMES CATHOLIC CHURCH WITH FATHER GEORGE GALOVICH OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN CALVARY CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF GUM & SON FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE, JAMES SIMPSON, MICHAEL VANCE, ADAM VANCE-BOUSE, STEVE POLITTE, KEVIN POLITTE AND BOB DURNHAM.