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Phyllis Joan Norman Welch

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Birth	:	30 Jun 1930 Brookings, Brookings County, South Dakota, USA
Death	:	12 Dec 2020 Temple, Bell County, Texas, USA
Burial	:	Greenwood Cemetery, Brookings, Brookings County, USA
Coordinate	:	44.2966995, -96.8163986
Plot	:	Block 11, Lot 22, Grave 3
Description	:	A lover of books, history, and ideas, Phyllis Joan Welch passed away on December 12, 2020, after a full and wonderful life. She resided at the Meridian of Temple Health Center in her last years, where she received wonderful care. We are happy that her daughter Susan was able to visit in person over the last six weeks as the coronavirus visitation restrictions were loosened. We greatly appreciate the support of Kindred Hospice in her final days. She was born to Victor and Elsie Norman in Brookings, South Dakota, on June 30, 1930. Known to her friends as Joan,... Read More	A lover of books, history, and ideas, Phyllis Joan Welch passed away on December 12, 2020, after a full and wonderful life. She resided at the Meridian of Temple Health Center in her last years, where she received wonderful care. We are happy that her daughter Susan was able to visit in person over the last six weeks as the coronavirus visitation restrictions were loosened. We greatly appreciate the support of Kindred Hospice in her final days. She was born to Victor and Elsie Norman in Brookings, South Dakota, on June 30, 1930. Known to her friends as Joan, she grew up in the heart of the great depression, amid a strong extended family in a small town that was home to South Dakota State College and bustled with activity. During junior high school she noticed a new boy in town and found in him a lifelong love and partner. Joan graduated from St. Olaf College in 1952, where her inquisitive mind was opened to unexpected new ideas and perspectives about humanity and the world. She married Charles Welch a month after graduating from college. Charles joined the Navy as a medical officer, and over the years they crisscrossed the United States with their growing family. Joan was an amazing mentor and role model to her children. At age 40 she decided to become a nurse, earning her RN at the Huron Road School of Nursing in Cleveland, OH, receiving her degree in 1974 – first in her class. She worked as a nurse in Temple TX, after Charles joined Scott and White Hospital in 1974 and the family made its last move across the country. This leap into nursing as a midlife career inspired her children, who saw that lifelong learning was not only possible, but an exquisite gift. Joan’s love of learning carried over into the many trips that she took with Charles around the world Joan was a free spirit and loved every place where she lived and traveled. She embraced the cultural, intellectual, and social opportunities of Temple, TX with great pleasure, and enjoyed her friends immensely. Reading was her great joy, and she acquired a library of excellent books covering history, literature, philosophy, and science. Joan was predeceased by her parents, her brother Frank, and her husband Charles. She is survived by her children Susan, Julia, and Thomas; Julia’s husband Jack Taylor; Thomas’ wife Francesca Welch; her two loving grandchildren, Kyla Welch Taylor and Lauren Brittany Earl, and their spouses Aaron Taylor and Nick Earl. We miss her dearly. Joan was a long-time member of First United Methodist Church in Temple. Plans for a memorial service are on hold due to the coronavirus pandemic. Please visit the website of Hewett-Arney Funeral Home (hewettarney.com) to share your condolences and memories. Donations in her honor may be given to your favorite charity. The family will inter her ashes next to her husband Charles in Greenwood Cemetery, Brookings SD, at a future date.

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Phyllis Joan Norman Welch's memorial is located at: Greenwood Cemetery, Brookings, Brookings County, USA.
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Phyllis Joan Norman Welch death on 12 Dec 2020 in Temple, Bell County, Texas, USA
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Latitude: 44.2966995
Longitude: -96.8163986

Family Members:

Parent

Victor Ferdinand Norman

(1905 - 1980)

Elsie Augusta Nyman Norman

(1902 - 1961)

Spouse

Charles Welch

(1930 - 2007)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Greenwood Cemetery
Brookings, Brookings County, USA
Coordinate: 44.2966995, -96.8163986

2. Saint Thomas More Catholic Cemetery
Brookings, Brookings County, USA
Coordinate: 44.2970500, -96.8151500

3. First Lutheran Cemetery
Brookings, Brookings County, USA
Coordinate: 44.2979590, -96.8247740

4. Prairie Cemetery
Brookings, Brookings County, USA
Coordinate: 44.2828616, -96.7981652

5. Kirby Cemetery
Volga, Brookings County, USA
Coordinate: 44.3120300, -96.8883000

6. Scandinavian Lutheran Cemetery
Brookings, Brookings County, USA
Coordinate: 44.3486860, -96.8485590

7. First Lutheran Cemetery
Volga, Brookings County, USA
Coordinate: 44.3139000, -96.9289017

8. East Lake Campbell Cemetery
Medary, Brookings County, USA
Coordinate: 44.2171100, -96.8664600

9. Bergh Cemetery
Sinai, Brookings County, USA
Coordinate: 44.2681007, -96.9360962

10. Sterling Lutheran Cemetery
Volga, Brookings County, USA
Coordinate: 44.3842900, -96.8540700

11. Trinity Cemetery
Volga, Brookings County, USA
Coordinate: 44.3264008, -96.9421997

12. Lake Campbell Cemetery
Volga, Brookings County, USA
Coordinate: 44.2109300, -96.8850400

13. Hillside Cemetery
Volga, Brookings County, USA
Coordinate: 44.3342018, -96.9443970

14. Saint Wiliams Catholic Cemetery
Aurora, Brookings County, USA
Coordinate: 44.2833460, -96.6681920

15. Fairlawn Cemetery
Aurora, Brookings County, USA
Coordinate: 44.2831001, -96.6678009

16. Oslo Lutheran Cemetery
Volga, Brookings County, USA
Coordinate: 44.2246700, -96.9284300

17. Deer Creek Cemetery
Bruce, Brookings County, USA
Coordinate: 44.4136009, -96.8685989

18. Fountain Cemetery
Bushnell, Brookings County, USA
Coordinate: 44.3657990, -96.6667023

19. Yeo Cemetery
Flandreau, Moody County, USA
Coordinate: 44.1815900, -96.6929400

20. Bruce Cemetery
Bruce, Brookings County, USA
Coordinate: 44.4371986, -96.8839035

21. South Lake Campbell Cemetery
Nunda, Lake County, USA
Coordinate: 44.1672600, -96.9182300

22. Elmwood Cemetery
Bruce, Brookings County, USA
Coordinate: 44.4372000, -96.8866000

23. Midway Lutheran Church Cemetery
Flandreau, Moody County, USA
Coordinate: 44.1388550, -96.7785645

24. Sterling Methodist Cemetery
Brookings, Brookings County, USA
Coordinate: 44.4560000, -96.7863600