Kathryn "Kay" Irene Donselman Wetterhus Obituary (1925

Mrs. Kathryn "Kay" Donselman Wetterhus, age 98, of Madison, Indiana entered this life on July 2, 1925 in Dillsboro, Indiana. She was the loving daughter of the late Walter Samuel Herman and Ida Ruth Graver Donselman. She graduated in 1943 from Dillsboro High School in Dillsboro, Indiana. Kay then attended Indiana University in Bloomington and graduated in 1946 with her BS in Elementary Education. While at Indiana University Kay would meet her future husband who was attending there through the Army Specialized Training Program (ASTP). Kay also enjoyed membership in the Phi Mu Sorority at IU and the friends she kept. After graduation she moved across country to teach on the Navajo Reservation. On a daytrip to Albuquerque she reached out to that soldier from New Mexico she had met at IU. She was united in marriage on August 22, 1946 in Albuquerque, New Mexico at the Immanuel Lutheran Church to Charles W. "Tom" Wetterhus. This happy union of nearly 70 years was blessed with one daughter, Jane "Jan" and one son, James "Jay". While her husband was finishing his engineering degree at the University of New Mexico, she taught at the San Felipe and San Ildefonso Pueblos near Albuquerque and at Immanuel Lutheran's school. Kay was always in her element when educating children. She knew how to bring joy, comfort and understanding to these children. When they lived in Carlsbad, NM she taught preschool there and then at Faith Lutheran in Albuquerque. Kay and Tom were charter members of Christ Lutheran Church in Albuquerque and their faith and church family were an important part of their Christian life. Kay loved music and played the piano daily. Traveling was an important part of their lives. They had moved 26 times with Tom's work. They had traveled to all 50 states, to England, Norway, Australia, China and around South America. Since 2008, Kay and Tom made Madison, Indiana their home and were often seen walking hand in hand. They were regulars at the Senior Citizens Center for lunch and at the Senior Dances at the Brown Gym. Kay was a faithful member of the Faith Lutheran Church on the hilltop in Madison. After the death of her precious husband, Tom, in 2016, Kay made her home with her daughter, Jan. Kay and Jan would attend all musical productions of the Madison Performing Arts Program, concerts in the parks, and other performances close to Madison. Kay kept active and it was important to her to try to walk a mile every day. She will be remembered for her kind and gracious spirit and warm smile that she shared genuinely when ever you met her. Kay passed suddenly and peacefully in her sleep on Thursday, December 28, 2023, at her home in Madison, Indiana. Please Click Here to View the Video Tribute Please Click Here to View the Funeral Service Recording A LOVING FAMILYKay will be missed by her loving daughter, Jane "Jan" Vetrhus of Madison, Indiana; her loving son, James "Jay" Wetterhus and his wife, Kristine of Morton, Illinois; her beloved grandchildren, Timothy Wetterhus, Anna Wetterhus, Laura Williams and her husband, Dan, Kathryn "Katie" Floyd and her husband, Antwone; her adoring great grandchildren, Genevieve, Lillian, Raymond, Ella, Leah, Kennedy, Cole, Jocelyn, Alexander, John, and Jude; her husband's nieces, nephews, many cousins and other relatives. She was preceded in death by her parents, Walter Samuel Herman Donselman died November 4, 1963 and Ida Ruth Graver Donselman, died January 3, 1980; her brothers, Robert Donselman and Raymond Donselman, her beloved husband of nearly 70 years, Charles W. "Tom" Wetterhus, died March 29, 2016. FUNERAL CEREMONY Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, January 6, 2024, at 1:00 p.m., by Pastor Jeffery Pflug at the Faith Lutheran Church, 3024 North Michigan Road in Madison, Indiana. Interment will follow in the Indiana Veterans Memorial Cemetery, 1415 North Gate Road in Madison, Indiana. VISITATION Friends may visit Friday, January 5, 2024 from 4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centre, 325 Demaree Drive Madison, Indiana and Saturday from 12:00 p.m. until the time of service at the Faith Lutheran Church, 3024 North Michigan Road in Madison, Indiana. A TIME OF CELEBRATIONThe family and friends will gather after the committal ceremony at the Indiana Veterans Memorial Cemetery for a time of celebration in memory of Kay at the Fairfield Inn in downtown Madison. MEMORIAL EXPRESSIONS Memorial contributions may be made to the Faith Lutheran Church or the Madison Performing Arts Program. Cards are available at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centres of Madison and Hanover or at the church. Online condolences, remembrances and memorials may be left at www.morgan-nay.com Place An Online Donation To send a flower arrangement in memory of Kathryn "Kay" Irene Donselman Wetterhus, please click here to visit our sympathy store.