| Name |
Clytha Welch |
| Date Of Birth |
5/27/1936 |
| Date Of Death |
7/18/2010 |
| Funeral Home |
Other |
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Clytha “Jean” Welch, 74 of
Sioux City, passed away on
Sunday, July 18, 2010, at her
home. Funeral Services will be
at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, July
22, 2010, at Meyer Brothers
Morningside Chapel, 6200
Morningside Avenue, with burial
to follow at Memorial Park
Cemetery. Visitation will be
Wednesday, from 4:00 p.m.
until 8:00 p.m. with family
present beginning at 6:00 p.m.
at the funeral home. A Prayer
Service will begin at 7:00 p.m.
Jean was born on May 27,
1936, in Spink, South Dakota
to Avery and Alice (Ross)
Burns. She lettered in basketball
in high school before graduating
from Villisca Public
Schools in Iowa and continued
her education by attending
Business College in Sioux City.
Jean married Jimmie A.
Welch on August 29, 1959, in
Beresford, South Dakota. To
this union four children were
born. She drove a school bus
for Sioux City Public Schools
between the years of 1977 to
2001. Jean also worked as a
checker for HyVee Food Store
in Sioux City for over 10 years.
She was a member of the
American Business Woman’s
Association for many years.
Jean enjoyed puzzles, bowling,
sewing, and collecting spoons
and salt & pepper sets. She
was an outstanding scrapbooker,
and took great pride in
being a blood donor at the
Siouxland Blood Bank.
Jean is survived by her
children Nancy Welch of
Plattsmouth, Nebraska; Jeffery
Welch and his wife Angie,
David Welch, and Steven
Welch, all of Sioux City; brothers
Fred Burns and his wife
Mary Ellen of Cromwell, Iowa
and Donnie Burns and his wife
Phyllis of Elk Point, South
Dakota; grandchildren Larry
Leigh Jr., Valerie Rose, Kelsey
Welch, Karter Welch, Clinton
Welch and soon to be newborn
Adison Welch; companion Don
Ayers of Council Bluffs; and
many nieces and nephews.
Jean was preceded in death
by her parents, husband Jimmie
in 2003, brother George Burns
and sister Edna Arntzen. |
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