Lena J. Weldon

Visitation will be from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, February 7, 2019 at Memorial Funeral Home. Graveside services will be held immediately following at Memorial Park Cemetery.

She was born on October 29, 1921, in Boone County, the daughter of Curtis and Nancy Jane (Forbis) Pauley, both of whom preceded her in death. She was married on August 19, 1940, in Columbia to C.W. Weldon, Sr., who passed away on March 12, 1993.

She worked at J.C. Penney’s for over 25 years and volunteered at Columbia Regional Hospital for 25 years as well. She loved quilting, sewing and traveling.

She is survived by: one son, Claude “Sonny” Weldon (Patsy) of Columbia and one daughter, Christine Poe of Columbia; and numerous grandchildren, great grandchildren and great great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by 3 daughters, Dorothy Collins, Shirley Kilbourn and Wanda Mahan; one sister and one brother.

Memorials are suggested to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.