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M. Marie Welchel

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[JUNE 20, 2006]  ATLANTA -- M. Marie Welchel, 79, of Atlanta died Monday, June 19, 2006, at 7:35 p.m. at St. Joseph Medical Center in Bloomington.

Her funeral will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Quiram Funeral Home. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.

Burial will be in Atlanta Cemetery.

Mrs. Welchel retired from Eureka-Williams in Bloomington in 1992.

She was born Aug. 14, 1926, at Lincoln, to Melvin and Pearl Sapp Johnson. She married Ebin B. Welchel on Feb. 18, 1944, in Lincoln. He died Nov. 17, 1981.

Surviving are seven children, Ernest (and Diane) Welchel of Eureka, James Welchel of Searcy, Ark., Thomas Welchel of Winston, Mo., Libby (and Leonard) Purlee of Atlanta, David Welchel of Bloomington, Cindy (and Randy) Bailey of Atlanta and one stepson, Jack (and Lolita) Welchel of Irmo, S.C.; a daughter-in-law, Darlene Welchel of Lincoln; six brothers and sisters, Ruby Jackson of Lincoln, Orville Jackson of Alabama, Betty Miller of Missouri, Shirley Cochran of Chandler, Ariz., and George Jackson, Fla., and Gene Johnson of Bloomington; 18 grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren; and a special friend, Helen Hubner of Atlanta.

One son, Dan Welchel, preceded her in death.

"Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you." -- Matthew 7:7

Memorials may be made to OSF St. Joseph Medical Center in Bloomington.

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