Mildred Elizabeth "Milti" Welti

1921 - 2007  (86 years)

• Name	Mildred Elizabeth "Milti" Welti  [1]
  Nickname	Milti
  Born	10 Dec 1921	Köniz, Bern, Bern, Switzerland   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Obituary	15 Dec 2007	Pittsfield, Berkshire Co., MA
  	iBerkshires.com Community News
  	http://www.iberkshires.com/community/obituaries_new.php?ob_id=8464 Mildred Welti Hoadley December 15, 2007 Mildred Welti Hoadley, 86, of Kimball Farms Retirement Community, 235 Walker St., died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Bern, Switzerland, Dec. 10, 1921, daughter of Edgar and Erna Wassali Welti, her family emigrated to the United States in 1936 to follow the religious teachings of Mary Baker Eddy and join the Christian Science Movement in Boston. She was a 1940 graduate of The Principia, a Christian Science school in St. Louis, Mo., received her associates degree from Principia College in 1942, and studied design at Yale Drama School. During World War II, Mrs. Hoadley was employed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a draftsman in the lab where radar was being developed. In the 1960's, after she had moved to Milford N.H. with her husband and children, she designed and raised funds to create a town park on a riverside site in Milford and named it Emerson Park. After her children were grown, she and her husband moved to Malibu, Calif., prior to retiring to White Pines in Stockbridge in 1987. Mrs. Hoadley anjoyed the visual arts, includng painting, working in collage and fiber, and quilting. Some of her quilts were featured in the Berkshire Quilt Festival. She also enjoyed volunteering for Jacob's Pillow and the Berkshire Art Association. She married David Arthur Hoadley in June, 1943, while he was on a brief leave from the Marine Corps during World War II. Besides her husband of Lenox, she leaves three sons; Kenneth L. Hoadley of Zamoroano, Honduras, Thomas A. Hoadley of Lanesborough, and Frederic S. Hoadley of Seattle, Wash.; a daughter, Andrea T. H. Nix Hoadley of Becket; a brother, George R. Welti of Reston, Va.; a sister, Grace W. Hedrick of Miami; and eight grandchildren. FUNERAL NOTICE -- A memorial service for Mildred Hoadley, who died Dec. 15, 2007, will be held at the First Congregational Church of Stockbridg, Jan. 21, 2008 at 2 p.m. Burial will be at the convenience of the family in Sheffield Center Cemetery. There are no calling hours. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the Annual Fund at Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival in care of the ROCHE FUNERAL HOME, 120 Main St., Lenox, MA, 01240. Mrs. Hoadley also leaves her loving grandchildren, Sarah K. Hoadley of Middlebury, Vt., Benjamin D. Hoadley of Boston, Leana W. Hoadley of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Elizabeth W. Hoadley of Mexico City, Kenneth D. Hoadley of Zamorano, Honduras, Olivia T. Karis-Nix of Stephentown, N.Y., Edward J. Nix of Amherst, and Arthur A. Nix of Becket; two daughters-in-law, Leana S. Hoadley and Stephanie D. Hoadley; and a son-in-law, Jonathan Nix.
  Died	15 Dec 2007	Pittsfield, Berkshire Co., MA
  Person ID	I3238	Stedman Families of the United Kingdom
  Last Modified	12 Jan 2010

  
  

  Father	Edgar Adolf Welti,   b. 4 Aug 1896, Zürich, ____, ____, Switzerland ,   d. Unknown
  Mother	Erna Gertrud Wassali,   b. 13 Jun 1897, Fürstenau, , , Switzerland ,   d. Jan 1967, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA  (Age 69 years)
  Married	14 Feb 1921	Chicago, Cook Co., IL   [1]
  Family ID	F1063	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	David Arthur Hoadley,   b. 16 Jan 1922, Chicago, Cook Co., IL ,   d. 6 Feb 2009, Pittsfield, Berkshire Co., MA  (Age 87 years)
  Married	Jun 1943
  Children	1. Kenneth L. Hoadley   2. Thomas A. Hoadley   3. Frederic S. Hoadley   4. Andrea T. Hoadley
  Last Modified	12 Jan 2010
  Family ID	F1095	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Born - 10 Dec 1921 - Köniz, Bern, Bern, Switzerland Obituary - iBerkshires.com Community News - 15 Dec 2007 - Pittsfield, Berkshire Co., MA Died - 15 Dec 2007 - Pittsfield, Berkshire Co., MA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3] Sussex Genealogies, Vol. 2, John Comber, (Cambridge, W. Heffer & Sons, Ltd., 1932), pp. 326-332 (Reliability: 3).