Douglas, Mary Ellen

1932 - 2013  (80 years)    Has 6 ancestors and 3 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Douglas, Mary Ellen
  Born	6 Oct 1932	Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Gender	Female
  Died	30 Jan 2013	Neenah, Winnebago, Wisconsin, USA
  Obituary	3 Feb 2013
  Appleton Post Crescent
  Mary E. Weger, 80, Neenah, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, January 30, 2013. She was born October 6, 1932, in Appleton, daughter of Harold Douglas and Ann Martha (Schiebler) Douglas. Mary Ellen was the oldest girl of five siblings and like her mother was the main helper in the family. Mary Ellen attended Saint Joseph grade school for nine years and graduated from Appleton High School in 1950. She was employed by Kimberly Clark Corp. for four years as a billing clerk. Following her employment, she married Joseph G. Weger Jr., on April 24, 1954, at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Appleton, and moved immediately to Sherwood, Oregon where their daughter Mori was born. In 1956, the family moved back to Appleton so her husband could get his degree in Economics from Lawrence College. She and her husband had three children during that time; Thomas, Victoria, and Martin. After Joe's graduation the family lived in Sheboygan for two years and then moved to Edgewood, Kentucky, where Mary Ellen became actively involved in Hope Cottage, a new home for abandoned and neglected children. She helped to ready the building for the new organization and eventually worked with some of the children, even taking some of them into her home for short periods of time. The family moved several times in the local area between Covington, Kentucky and Cincinnati, Ohio, so Joe could pursue his career. Mary Ellen became deeply involved in the hospice movement when St. Elizabeth Hospital in Kentucky opened a respite unit for hospice patients. She was the first volunteer and eventually became Hospice Volunteer Coordinator. After several years her husband retired and they moved to their vacation home in South Carolina. In 1998 Mary Ellen and Joe decided to move back to Appleton to be with their elderly parents and siblings. They spent 13 years living in Neenah; helping to care for both elderly mothers. When Joe became ill, they moved into their daughter's home while he needed fulltime care. Joe died in 2010, and Mary Ellen continued to reside there until her death. Mary Ellen is survived by her children: Mori Davis, Cincinnati, OH; Victoria (Jim) Barnes, Neenah; Martin (Catherine) Weger, Independence, KY; nine grandchildren: Benjamin and Matthew Maines, Holly (Andy) Piskula, James and Amanda Barnes, Katie (Brian) Whitemarsh, Joseph and Morgen Weger, and A1C Mitchell Weger; a future great grandson; two sisters: Joanne (John) Lindsley, Appleton, and Carol Jean (Tim) Bramlett, Greensboro, GA; two sisters-in-law: Margaret Douglas, Combined Locks, and Alice Douglas, Appleton. Mary Ellen was preceded in death by her husband Joseph Weger, son Thomas, parents, and two brothers: Richard and Thomas Douglas. Memorial services will be held at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, February 9, 2013, at the Kessler Funeral Home, 304 S. Commercial St., Neenah, with Margaret Douglas officiating. Visitation will be Saturday at the funeral home from 10:30 a.m. until the time of the service. Memorials appreciated in Mary Ellen's name to the Wounded Warrior Project, P.O. Box 758517, Topeka, Kansas 66675. Published in Appleton Post-Crescent from February 3 to February 5, 2013
  Person ID	I105964	1FamilyTree
  Last Modified	12 Oct 2015

  
  

  Father	Douglas, Harold,   b. 24 Jan 1906, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 23 Oct 1990, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Schiebler, Anna Martha,   b. 6 Jun 1906, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 31 Mar 2004, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 97 years)
  Family ID	F34569	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Weger, Joseph G.,   b. 3 Oct 1931, Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 17 Nov 2010, Neenah, Winnebago, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 79 years)
  Married	24 Apr 1954	Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Children	1. Weger, Martin   2. Weger, Victoria   3. Weger, Thomas Joseph,   b. 22 Aug 1956, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 12 Mar 2002, Twin Falls, Twin Falls, Idaho, USA  (Age 45 years)
  Last Modified	3 Feb 2013
  Family ID	F34570	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map	Load the map	Born - 6 Oct 1932 - Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA Married - 24 Apr 1954 - Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA Died - 30 Jan 2013 - Neenah, Winnebago, Wisconsin, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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