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Joan Feller Weighner
December 5, 1930 — September 3, 2012
Joan Feller Weighner, 81, of Waukon, IA, died Monday, September 3, 2012 at home in Waukon. Funeral Services will be held Saturday, September 8th at 11:00 am at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Waukon. Burial will be in Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Waukon. Friends may call from 4:00 to 8:00 pm Friday at Martin Funeral Home in Waukon where there will be a 4:00 pm scripture service and a 5:00 pm American Legion Auxiliary memorial service.
Joan Catherine Feller Weighner was born December 5, 1930 in Chicago, IL, to Edward F. and Gwendolyn Catherine (Coy) Kennedy. The family moved to Sibley, IA in 1935 and Edward began his law practice there. Joan attended the Sibley Public Schools and graduated from Sibley High School in 1948. She attended Briar Cliff College and St. Joseph's Mercy College of Nursing, graduating in 1951, and after passing her state boards became a registered nurse. On February 16, 1952 she married Henry Feller at St. Andrews Catholic Church in Sibley, IA. Henry and Joan lived in Sioux City, IA and Norfolk, NE before moving to Waukon, IA in 1960. They had six children. Henry died June 30, 1982 from complications of heart disease. Joan married Phil Weighner on January 25, 1991 at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Waukon.
Joan worked occasionally as a staff nurse at Veterans Memorial Hospital and the Good Samaritan Center, both in Waukon. She taught nurse-aide courses in Waukon for many years. In 1970, Joan organized, developed and directed the Allamakee County Homemaker Health Aide Agency, now known as the Veterans Memorial Hospital Community and Home Care. After retiring from the nursing profession, Joan taught piano lessons in her home for several years.
Joan was a member of the Makee Manor Board, Veterans Memorial Hospital Community and Home Care Advisory Board, American Legion Auxiliary, and chairman of the Resident Advocate Committee of Good Samaritan Center. She belonged to St. Patrick Catholic Church where she was a member of the adult choir for many years. Joan enjoyed reading, dancing, golf, playing cards, playing the piano, cooking and baking. She especially enjoyed visiting with a wide variety of people. Joan and Phil enjoyed several winters in Texas and thoroughly enjoyed a trip together to Ireland. Joan loved her family dearly and thought the world of her husbands, parents, brothers and sisters, children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren as well as her step-children and their families. She believed very strongly in the precious gift of life as did both of her husbands, and belonged to Iowans For Life and the Allamakee Chapter when it was active.
Joan was preceded in death by her husbands, Henry Feller and Phil Weighner; her parents, Gwen and Ed Kennedy; a brother, Tom Kennedy; and a step-granddaughter, Katie Weighner.
Survivors include 3 sons, Joe (Jane) Feller of Sibley, IA, Bill (Peggy) Feller of Charles City, IA, and Tom (Sarah) Feller of Robins, IA; 3 daughters, Sue (Gene) Roy of Lafayette, LA, Patty (George) Anderson of Alburnett, IA, and Peggy (Terry) Wertz of Williamsburg, IA; 27 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; 2 sisters, Peggy (Jerry) Price of Rochester, MN and Kate Billings of Brandon, FL; 4 brothers, Frank (Jean) Kennedy and Patrick Kennedy, both of Arnolds Park, IA, Joseph (Monika) Kennedy of Concord, MA, and Richard (Norine) Kennedy of West Des Moines, IA; a sister-in-law, Kay Kennedy of Glendale, CA; her step-children, Mary Mike (Bob) Schell of Champaign, IL, Dr. Phil (Cathy) Weighner of Grand Rapids, MI, Laurie (Dave) Martin and Barb (Rod) Smed, all of Waukon, IA, Tom (Angie) Weighner of Dorchester, IA, Paul Weighner of Lansing, IA, Brigid (Ron) Cota and Steve (Brooke) Weighner, both of Harpers Ferry, IA, Fr. Robert Weighner of Kenosha, WI, Fr. James Weighner of Prairie du Chien, WI, Mark (Laurel) Weighner of Greeley, CO, Mollie (Monte) Marti of Mt. Vernon, IA, and Cathy (Scot) DeValk of Solon, IA; 33 step-grandchildren; and 1step-great-grandchild.
Casketbearers will be her grandsons, Michael, Patrick, Brian, Erich, Adam, Griffin, Shane, and Tommy Feller, Chris and Jeff Roy, and Chris and Sam Anderson.
Joan Catherine Feller Weighner was born December 5, 1930 in Chicago, IL, to Edward F. and Gwendolyn Catherine (Coy) Kennedy. The family moved to Sibley, IA in 1935 and Edward began his law practice there. Joan attended the Sibley Public Schools and graduated from Sibley High School in 1948. She attended Briar Cliff College and St. Joseph's Mercy College of Nursing, graduating in 1951, and after passing her state boards became a registered nurse. On February 16, 1952 she married Henry Feller at St. Andrews Catholic Church in Sibley, IA. Henry and Joan lived in Sioux City, IA and Norfolk, NE before moving to Waukon, IA in 1960. They had six children. Henry died June 30, 1982 from complications of heart disease. Joan married Phil Weighner on January 25, 1991 at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Waukon.
Joan worked occasionally as a staff nurse at Veterans Memorial Hospital and the Good Samaritan Center, both in Waukon. She taught nurse-aide courses in Waukon for many years. In 1970, Joan organized, developed and directed the Allamakee County Homemaker Health Aide Agency, now known as the Veterans Memorial Hospital Community and Home Care. After retiring from the nursing profession, Joan taught piano lessons in her home for several years.
Joan was a member of the Makee Manor Board, Veterans Memorial Hospital Community and Home Care Advisory Board, American Legion Auxiliary, and chairman of the Resident Advocate Committee of Good Samaritan Center. She belonged to St. Patrick Catholic Church where she was a member of the adult choir for many years. Joan enjoyed reading, dancing, golf, playing cards, playing the piano, cooking and baking. She especially enjoyed visiting with a wide variety of people. Joan and Phil enjoyed several winters in Texas and thoroughly enjoyed a trip together to Ireland. Joan loved her family dearly and thought the world of her husbands, parents, brothers and sisters, children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren as well as her step-children and their families. She believed very strongly in the precious gift of life as did both of her husbands, and belonged to Iowans For Life and the Allamakee Chapter when it was active.
Joan was preceded in death by her husbands, Henry Feller and Phil Weighner; her parents, Gwen and Ed Kennedy; a brother, Tom Kennedy; and a step-granddaughter, Katie Weighner.
Survivors include 3 sons, Joe (Jane) Feller of Sibley, IA, Bill (Peggy) Feller of Charles City, IA, and Tom (Sarah) Feller of Robins, IA; 3 daughters, Sue (Gene) Roy of Lafayette, LA, Patty (George) Anderson of Alburnett, IA, and Peggy (Terry) Wertz of Williamsburg, IA; 27 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; 2 sisters, Peggy (Jerry) Price of Rochester, MN and Kate Billings of Brandon, FL; 4 brothers, Frank (Jean) Kennedy and Patrick Kennedy, both of Arnolds Park, IA, Joseph (Monika) Kennedy of Concord, MA, and Richard (Norine) Kennedy of West Des Moines, IA; a sister-in-law, Kay Kennedy of Glendale, CA; her step-children, Mary Mike (Bob) Schell of Champaign, IL, Dr. Phil (Cathy) Weighner of Grand Rapids, MI, Laurie (Dave) Martin and Barb (Rod) Smed, all of Waukon, IA, Tom (Angie) Weighner of Dorchester, IA, Paul Weighner of Lansing, IA, Brigid (Ron) Cota and Steve (Brooke) Weighner, both of Harpers Ferry, IA, Fr. Robert Weighner of Kenosha, WI, Fr. James Weighner of Prairie du Chien, WI, Mark (Laurel) Weighner of Greeley, CO, Mollie (Monte) Marti of Mt. Vernon, IA, and Cathy (Scot) DeValk of Solon, IA; 33 step-grandchildren; and 1step-great-grandchild.
Casketbearers will be her grandsons, Michael, Patrick, Brian, Erich, Adam, Griffin, Shane, and Tommy Feller, Chris and Jeff Roy, and Chris and Sam Anderson.
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