Martha Weg

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Martha Weg, 90, of Fort Wayne, IN, died Thursday, June 13, 2024, at The Village at Inverness in Fort Wayne. Funeral services will be at 10:30 AM Saturday, June 22, at First Reformed Church in Mitchell with a visitation one hour prior to the funeral service. Burial will be at Sunset Memorial Cemetery in Mitchell.

A live stream of the funeral service can be viewed at: https://www.facebook.com/firstmitchell/

Martha Lenora (Van Soelen) Weg was born on April 19, 1934, to Marion and Hattie (Van Hal) Van Soelen on the family farm in Jasper County, IA. She grew up in Sully, IA, and graduated from Pella Christian High School in 1952. In 1955, she graduated from Iowa Lutheran School of Nursing in Des Moines, IA. After receiving her degree, Martha worked at Iowa Lutheran Hospital for two years, one year as a staff nurse and one year as a clinical instructor. She then moved to Grand Rapids, MI and worked for four years at Blodgett Memorial Hospital as a staff nurse and supervisor. It was here that she met her husband Alfred Weg on a blind date. They were married on December 29, 1961. Shortly after, they moved to Worthington, MN, where Martha worked as a staff nurse at the local hospital. Martha also worked at hospitals in Newton, IA, Platte, SD, and Mitchell, SD. Martha dearly loved being a nurse, always giving her best to care for her patients and their families during her 52-year nursing career. After retiring from nursing, Martha continued caring for others through her work with Home Instead Senior Care. The patients she cared for loved her and honored her as Caregiver of the Year in 2003. Even though she worked full time, Martha always made time to support her children, attending every school event with Al. After retirement, they enjoyed traveling together until Al’s death in 2008. In 2020, Martha moved to Fort Wayne, IN where she lived until her passing on June 13, 2024.

As a long-time member of the First Reformed Church of Mitchell, Martha was active in Hannah Circle and Crossroads Prison Ministries. She also made sure the coffee was ready for the congregation every Sunday morning. Martha was a member of the James Valley Community Center, volunteered to serve lunches at the Longfellow Summer Lunch program, and delivered Meals-on-Wheels. Visitors to Martha’s house never went hungry as she always had food ready to serve, including a pan of her top-secret brownies if you were lucky. At Christmas, everyone hoped to receive a special gift of Martha’s homemade fudge.

Martha is survived by her children: Marsha (John) Bormann of Ft. Wayne, IN, Alan (Tonya) Weg of Platte, SD, Alden (Kelley) Weg of Hütschenhausen, Germany, and Melissa (Mark) Van Holland of Excelsior, MN; twelve grandchildren: Christopher, Rebecca, Stephen, and Daniel Bormann, JoAnna (Russell) Clousing, Jessica (Casey) Brown, Tyler (Savannah) Weg, Nicholas (Ensley) Weg, Natalie and Olivia Weg, and Vanessa and Vivian Van Holland; two great-grandchildren: Linnea Clousing and Tatum Weg; four brothers: Pete Van Soelen, Marion Van Soelen, Frank (Karen) Van Soelen, and Bob (Marilyn) Van Soelen; one sister: Betty Nikkel; and one sister-in-law: Deloris (Al) Veltman.

Martha was preceded in death by her husband Al, her parents, her father and mother-in-law, three sisters (Jennie, Gertrude, and Henrietta), one brother (Case), five brothers-in-law, and five sisters-in-law.

Memorial donations may be made to Dakota Christian School - https://www.dchs.net/resources/supportdcs.cfm, Mitchell Christian School - https://forms.diamondmindinc.com/mitchellchristian/onlinegiving?token=15032665, or Rehoboth Christian School - https://rehobothchristianschool.factsmgtadmin.com/give/.

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