Miriam Welken

March 15, 1918 - November 20, 2012

Miriam J. Welken, 94, formerly of Glen Head, NY, New Bern, NC and Salisbury, NC died peacefully on Tuesday, November 20, 2012 in Country Meadows Nursing Center, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. She was born March 15, 1918 in Steele, ND, the daughter of the late Nels K. and Elida Erickson Nelson. She was the wife of the late Lloyd O. Welken, who died in 2004 and with whom she shared 61 years of marriage. Miriam is survived by a son, Lloyd C. Welken and his wife, Joyce of Easton, Pennsylvania; a daughter, Mary J. Weisbach and her husband, Phil of Boulder, Colorado; a brother, Lloyd A. Nelson; a grandson, Cody Weisbach and his wife, Cara of Concord, Massachusetts; and a granddaughter, Kristin Weisbach of Broomfield, Colorado. A celebration of Miriam's life will be held at 11:00 AM on Saturday, May 18, 2013 at Zion Lutheran Church, rural Valley City, North Dakota. Memorials may be made to Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery Perpetual Care Trust, 11108 SE 40th St., Valley City, ND 58072.