Natalie (Tally) Ann Charles Weigand

Natalie (Tally) Ann Charles Weigand, age 81, died Monday afternoon February 27, 2012 in Bloomington, Indiana surrounded by family and friends. Born in Kansas City, Missouri on October 3, 1930, she was the daughter of Francis Eugene and Ruth Astrid Swenson Charles. She was preceded in death by her parents and is survived by her husband, James E. Weigand, of Bloomington, sister Marilyn Jean Charles Karlstrom (Ernest) of Tacoma, Washington. She was the mother of three children, John Boyard Weigand (Ann) of Cincinnati, Kathryn Jean Crafton (Dale) of Hanover, Indiana, and David Charles Weigand (Anna) of Bloomington. Other survivors include granddaughters Andrea Stalcup Wallace (Nicholas) of Evansville, Sarah Stalcup, Stephanie Stalcup, Claire Weigand, Grace Weigand, and step-granddaughter Crisdale Crafton. Surviving grandsons include Kevin Weigand, Elliott Weigand, stepgrandsons Trevor Crafton (Sara Beth), Van Crafton, and one step-great grandson Nash Crafton. She was graduated from Moline High School, Moline, Illinois in 1948, and from Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois, in 1952 with a major in English. In 1953, she married James E. Weigand of Rock Island. They celebrated their 58th wedding anniversary in August. Having taught two years in elementary schools, one in Moline, Illinois and one in Mt. Carroll, Illinois, she quit teaching to raise their three children. In 1975, she returned to her teaching profession in the MCCSC in Bloomington, earned a master's degree in elementary education from Indiana University and retired in 1990. The family moved from DeKalb, Illinois to Bloomington in 1962, for her husband to complete his graduate studies. When he had an opportunity to teach at Indiana University, they remained in Bloomington for 50 years. They enjoyed an active lifestyle there. Her husband's position provided extensive opportunities for her to travel with him when her schedule permitted. She was a longtime member of First United Church (American Baptist-United Church of Christ merger), the PEO Sisterhood, Psi Iota Xi Philanthropic Sorority, and state and local teaching organizations. She served as a volunteer at Bloomington Hospital, was a member of the Bloomington Hospital Foundation Board, and was active in various Indiana University organizations and activities. Her hobbies included entertaining friends and her husband's students, enjoying various kinds of handiwork, with reading being perhaps her favorite lifelong pastime. A funeral service will be held at First United Church on Sunday march 4, 2012 at 2:00PM followed by a reception at the Meadowood Retirement Community from 3:30PM until 5:00PM. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her memory to the Natalie Ann Charles Weigand Scholarship in the Indiana University Foundation, the Bloomington Hospital Foundation, or to a charity of one's choice. Allen Funeral Home 4155 South Old Highway 37 is handling the arrangements and online condolences may be sent to the family at www.allenfuneralhome.org.

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Natalie (Tally) Ann Charles Weigand

October 3, 1930 - February 27, 2012