12/26/1923 - 7/13/2020
Dorothy M. Wellman, 96, of Fort Wayne, IN, passed away at 3:20 AM on
Monday, July 13, 2020 at Saint Anne Home & Retirement Community in Fort
Wayne, IN. She was born on Wednesday, December 26, 1923, in Huntington, IN.
She married Alfred Wellman on Saturday, October 14, 1950 in Huntington, IN;
he preceded her in death in 2001. Dorothy was a graduate of St. Peters &
Paul High School in Huntington. She was a member of the Holy Trinity
Catholic Church in rural Bryant. Ms. Wellman was a homemaker. She enjoyed
gardening and dancing.
Loving survivors include her Daughter -
Carolyn (Andrew) Nickel, Fort Wayne, IN., Son - Larry (Linda) Wellman, Fort
Wayne, IN., Daughter - Phyllis Stuerzenberger, Fort Wayne, IN., Son - Greg
(Kathy) Wellman, Bryant, IN., Daughter - Marilyn (Tom) Koeneman, Fort Wayne,
IN., Son - Gary (Nancy) Wellman, New Haven, IN., Sister - Pauline Blocker,
Huntington, IN., Brother - Don (Kay) Keefer, Fort Wayne, IN., 19
Grandchildren, 14 Great Grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by
her Father - William Keefer, Mother - Mary (Scher) Keefer, Husband - Alfred
Wellman, Brother - Bill Keefer, and Sister - Martha Keefer.
Family
and friends may gather to share and remember at Downing & Glancy Funeral
Home 100 N Washington Street Geneva on Wednesday, July 15, 2020 from 3:30 PM
to 8:30 PM and from 9:30 AM to 10:00 AM at Downing - Glancy Funeral Home
Thursday, July 16, 2020. A rosary/prayer service will be at 8:00PM on
Thursday at the funeral home.
A service to celebrate her life will be
at Holy Trinity Catholic Church at 10:00AM on Thursday, July 16, 2020 with
Father Peter Logsdon officiating. Interment will follow in the Holy Trinity
Catholic Cemetery in Bryant.
Memorials may be made to the Holy
Trinity Catholic Church or to Saint Anne Home & Retirement Community.
Glancy Funeral Homes; July 13, 2020
Contributed by Jim Cox
Buried in Holy Trinity