390. Laura Belle7 Olson (Walter Leroy6, Ida Belle5 Markley, George Washington4, Margaret (Peggy)3 Shockey, Christian C.2, Johann Christoffel (Shockey)1 Schake) (#1826) was born Dwight, Morris Co., Kansas 19 Jan 1921.

She married Woodfen Grady Welter Jr. Los Angeles, California, 02 Feb 1951. (Woodfen Grady Welter Jr. is #1827.) Woodfen was born Roswell, New Mexico 15 Jun 1915. Woodfen is the son of Woodfen Grady Welter and Anna Rose Rodgers. He graduated from high school Roswell, New Mexico, Abt 1933. School: Roswell High School. Woodfen graduated Colorado, 1937. Institution: University of Colorado. He was inducted into the military 1940. He was released from active duty 1947. At 36 years of age Woodfen became the father of Wendy Laraine Welter Los Angeles, California, 26 May 1952. Upon graduation, Grady went to work for Mobil Oil Corporation. He stayed in the laboratory, refinery and engineering departments, in California, until late 1940 when he was inducted into the United States Air Corps. He remained in the Air Force until 1947 when he was discharged and returned to Mobil. From then until retirement in 1977, he stayed in the engineering department in New York City. As a Trouble Shooter in refineries and chemical plants. He traveled most of the civilized world. After retirement, Laura, Wendy and Grady moved to the west coast, settling in Escondido, their current residence.

She graduated from high school Dwight, Morris Co., Kansas, 1938. School: Dwight Rural High School. Laura graduated Salt City, Kansas, 1941. Institution: Salt City Business College. At 31 years of age Laura became the mother of Wendy Laraine Welter Los Angeles, California, 26 May 1952. Graduated from Hurino Grade and Dwight Rural High School in 1938 and Salt City Business College in 1941. She worked as an Executive Secretary for the County Farm Bureau office in Council Grove; the Farm Security Administration in Topeka, Kansas and Lincoln, Nebraska; and the Wilshire Methodist Church in Los Angeles, California. For a period of five years she was employed as an International Representative for Beta Sigma Phi, a social and cultural organization for young women.

Laura Belle Olson and Woodfen Grady Welter Jr. had the following child:

child 485 i. Wendy Laraine8 Welter (#1969) (still alive).

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