{"id":4528,"date":"2025-04-04T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T04:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/therabbithoel.com\/?p=4528"},"modified":"2026-10-21T20:03:35","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T00:03:35","slug":"happy-birthday-great-aunt-verona-moeller-wellman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/therabbithoel.com\/?p=4528","title":{"rendered":"Happy birthday Great Aunt Verona Moeller Wellman!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Veronica Moeller was born on April 4, 1889 In St. Paul, Iowa. She is Walt&#8217;s great aunt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Veronica was born to Theodore and Elizabeth Fritzjunker Moeller in St. Paul, Iowa. She was their eldest child, the first of twelve. I wrote about Theodore and Elizabeth in this <a href=\"https:\/\/therabbithoel.com\/?p=3700\">post<\/a>. The family were farmers and lived in Lee County for many years. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"452\" height=\"501\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/therabbithoel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Verona-.jpg?resize=452%2C501&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4529\" style=\"width:195px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/therabbithoel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Verona-.jpg?w=452&amp;ssl=1 452w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/therabbithoel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Verona-.jpg?resize=271%2C300&amp;ssl=1 271w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 452px) 100vw, 452px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Verona in 1932<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Verona, as she was known, married George Wellman on June 12, 1918 in West Point at St. Mary of the Assumption Church. Their first child, Walter, was born the following year. I wrote about Walter in this <a href=\"https:\/\/therabbithoel.com\/?p=629\">post<\/a>. They went on to have 7 more children. One son, Leonard died of pneumonia at the age of 2. The family had a farm and lived near West Point off of Highway 103. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Georgie wrote about George and Verona in her memories. She talked about <a href=\"https:\/\/therabbithoel.com\/?p=2152\">Verona<\/a> helping to &#8220;gather&#8221; feathers &#8211; removing the feathers while the birds were molting. She also mentioned that Verona made good lemon meringue <a href=\"https:\/\/therabbithoel.com\/?p=1994\">pie<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"259\" height=\"294\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/therabbithoel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Later-in-life.jpg?resize=259%2C294&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4530\" style=\"width:185px;height:auto\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Not sure when this picture was taken.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">George died in 1956. Verona Moeller Wellman lived in West Point until her death on February 12, 1996. She is buried in Calvary Cemetery in West Point. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Veronica Moeller was born on April 4, 1889 In St. Paul, Iowa. 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