Florence Helen Weltz

Florence Helen Weltz, 92, of Sioux City died Friday, April 25, 2008, at a Sioux City nursing home.

Graveside services will be 11:30 a.m. Friday, May 2, 2008 in Memorial Park Cemetery, with the Rev. Roger Madden of First United Methodist Church officiating. Visitation will be 10 to 11 a.m. Friday at Meyer Brothers Colonial Chapel. Online condolences may be sent to www.meyerbroschapels.com.

Florence was born May 28, 1915, in Sioux City, to William and Dolly (Mortensen) Theison.

She married Arthur W. Weltz on Nov. 2, 1935, in Sioux City. He preceded her in death in 1995. Florence was a housewife.

She loved to spend time in her flower garden and to hunt and fish. She also loved spending time with her family and raised four grandsons at an early age.

Survivors include a son, Gordon Weltz and his wife, Mary of Sioux City; two sisters, Dorothy and Helen; eight grandchildren; and 20 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; and a daughter, Patricia Brophy.

Pallbearers will be her grandsons.