Regina Catherine Welton, age 87, was born on May 10, 1924 in Dubois, PA. She died February 3, 2012 in Crossville, TN. She was a secretary for the City of Oak Ridge. In her spare time she enjoyed sewing, golfing, and travelling. She especially loved cooking for and entertaining friends and family.
Regina is survived by grandchildren, Stacey Howard, Jill Hanggi, BJ Kurtz, and Nicholas Kurtz; step-children, Mary Lou Dillon, Will Welton, and John Welton; step-grandchildren, Spencer and Megan Dillon, Chris, Amy, Laurel, Bryan, Scott, and Savannah Welton, and Corry, Ben, Jessie, and Max Van Ausdal; fourteen great-grandchildren; a brother, Dr. Arthur Eugene Bogden and a sister, Wanda Gallagher.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Joseph and Stella Bogden; two husbands, Joseph Kurtz and Theodore Welton; son, James Courtney Kurtz and daughter, Melisande “Sande” Burger; a step-child, Carolion; brothers, Joseph, Edmund, and Anthony Bogden and sister, Gertrude Cox.
The family will plan a memorial service at a later date at St. Therese Catholic Church in Clinton, TN.