Charlotte Jenette (Jones) Weckwerth

Charlotte Weckwerth, of Montevideo, died on Monday, April 10, 2000 at the Luther Haven Nursing Home in Montevideo at the age of 81.

Funeral services will be conducted on Friday, April 14, 2000 1:30 PM at St. Johns Lutheran Church in Sparta township with Rev. Richard Hamlow officiating.  Burial will be in the Sunset memorial Cemetery.

Visitation will be Thursday afternoon and evening and with the family from 7 - 8 PM at the Anderson Funeral Home in Montevideo.

Charlotte Jenette (Jones) Weckwerth was born on March 30, 1919 in Grace Township of Chippewa Co., MN to James and Jennie (Rekstad) Jones.  She was baptized in Grace Township and confirmed at Buffalo Lake Lutheran Church.  She attended rural school in Grace Township and graduated from Montevideo High School in 1936.  On September 15, 1940 she was united in marriage to Lawrence Weckwerth at the St. Johns Lutheran Parsonage.They lived in rural Chippewa Co. until building a home and moving into Montevideo in 1946.  She has lived at the Burnsdale Apartments for the past five years and this past December became a resident of the Luther Haven Nursing Home.  She was a long time member of St. Johns Lutheran Church and was an active member of it’s Circle and Ladies Aid.

She is survived by children - JoAnn Schoep and her husband Marlin of Maple Grove, MN; Barbara Kvaal of Montevideo and Roger Weckwerth of Montevideo; 7 grandchildren - GretaSchoep and her fiancé - Michiel Van Meeteren; Grant Schoep; Blong Yang; Christopher Kvaal and his wife Kumiko; Darla Marty and her husband Jeff; Tony and Troy Weckwerth; 1 great grandchild - Kaden Marty; a sister - Arlene Thompson and her husband Arnold of Litchfield, MN; as well as by a number of nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband - Lawrence in 1987; a son - Richard in 1992; a granddaughter - Laura Weckwerth in 1977; a son-in-law - Arne Kvaal in 1997 and a brother - Elwood Jones.