Weldon Ray Sawatzky, 87, lifelong resident of Clinton, Oklahoma, passed away peacefully Friday, May 16, 2025, at River Valley Nursing Home in Clinton.
He was born on April 27, 1938, to Otto and Marie Sawatzky near Clinton, thus becoming part of the bigger Sawatzky family with numerous aunts, uncles, and cousins.
Weldon grew up and attended school in Clinton, graduating from Clinton High School in 1956. He began his spiritual life with baptism as an infant in 1938, and confirmation of his faith in April 1952, at the Trinity Lutheran Church. The Lord guided him well as he met a Lutheran pastor’s daughter in Denver. He married Joyce Carolyn Reeg on September 9, 1961. To this union was born Greg, Alan, and Sharon.