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Obituary for WECKEL


Published in the Albuquerque Journal on Tuesday July 12, 2011

DOROTHY ELIZABETH Age 85, went to be with our Lord and Savior on July 10, 2011. Our mom, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend suffered for a short time with cancer and was finally released from the disease. She was welcomed to eternal joy by her parents, Lola Ethel Goodpasture Kornegay and Thomas Gilder Kornegay, and her husband, Wilfin Robertson Weckel. Dorothy is survived by her sons, Dr. Wilfin (Billy) Ray Weckel and wife, Patricia (Hall) Weckel, and Thomas Allan Weckel; and daughters, Kathleen Weckel Boyd and Linda Ann Rhodes and husband, Loren Maurice Rhodes. Mrs. Weckel is also survived by four grandchildren: Geoffrey Weckel and wife, Meridith, Bryan Weckel and wife, Leanne, Beth and husband, Daniel Robinson, and Tabitha and husband, Carmen McCauley. She has seven (soon to be nine) great-grandchildren: Andrew Weckel, Avery Weckel, Morgan Rae McCauley, Sofia Robinson, Tate Robinson, Samuel Robinson, Luke Chester Robinson (to be born in September), Mary Weckel and Kye Weckel, (to be born in late November). Dorothy touched many people through her love of our Lord Jesus Christ and was a Sunday School teacher, prayer warrior, and faithful member of Sandia Baptist Church. Services will be held Friday, July 15, 2011, 1:00 p.m., at French - Wyoming Chapel. Private interment will take place in Roswell. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to Sandia Baptist Church Building Fund, 9429 Constitution NE, Albuquerque, NM 87112 or The Baptist Children's Home, P.O. Box 629, Portales, NM 88130. Please visit our online guestbook for Dorothy at www.RememberTheirStory.com FRENCH 7121 Wyoming Blvd. NE (505) 823-9400