1931
Constance
2023
Constance Weldon
March 16, 1931 — June 12, 2023
Our beautiful Mother, Constance Elnora Hatton, was born March 16, 1931, in Mound City, Kansas, to Odessa North and Chester Hatton, the 7th child with a big personality and dreams of leaving a small town and becoming a star like her oldest sister Eula who was a dancer in New York which everyone called her Valda. Because she was the family's baby, she wanted to see California and join her brother Edward in Oakland with his wife, and it wasn't as magical as she was told.
Odessa, her mother, was caring for her brother in St Paul, Minnesota, and she was happy to join her. Odessa's brother died, and they then moved to Los Angeles, where she attended John Francis Polytechnic High, where she graduated in 1947.
Connie attended a cookout where she met Cornelius Weldon at 16, and they became fast friends and, as they put it (hung out) together and had great adventures.
Cornelius was drafted into the army and fought for his life in Korea and here in the States in 1953 for two and half years, where they lost contact while she was living in Los Angeles.
Constance became a socialite in Los Angeles and entered beauty contests, and caught the eye of Mr. John H. Johnson of Johnson Publications. Mr. Johnson was very friendly and professional. He explained that he had the pulse of fashion and offered her the cover and the centerfold in 1953. She was amazed at the attention and grateful for the work. Constance didn't realize how she was a trailblazer in her work with designers, artists. Mr. Johnson wanted her to also model for additional magazines such as Ebony and Hue.
Constance traveled to Hawaii, where she worked, and then decided to return in 1958 to Los Angeles, where she worked for Ponder and Bess company, a photographic product that became what we know as Vivitar.
One day after work, Constance was waiting for the bus, and Cornelius was driving by and spotted her, and she was excited to see Cornelius Weldon, her best friend. He had just returned from the Korean War, and they decided not to continue as just friends and become husband and wife on June 10, 1960.
Connie and June (as the family called them) were excited about their future and started a family on March 1, 1963; Tamara Ruth Weldon was born; in which doctors were surprised because they informed her that she couldn't have children, but Connie was determined and prayed that it wasn't what the doctors say it is what God says. In 1967, Stacy Elizabeth Weldon was born four years later, and then in 1970, David Cornelius Weldon. In 1996 a beautiful angel entered their later years, Chaise Anthony Weldon, who embodies her grandmother's dimples.
Connie and June worked together to raise their beautiful family in a loving home where God was first and educated them in Catholic Schools and Seventh Day Adventist Schools. Constance volunteered at all her children's schools and worked in the Head Start Program created in the Los Angeles School System. When her children graduated from high school, she decided to work at Fedco, where she retired in 1995 to be with her husband and his family traveling and loving her life.
Constance Weldon lived a life of God first, and her journey was the understanding that GOD WILL.
In 2017 Constance suffered a stroke that took her speech and mobility, but that couldn't stop this unique butterfly. She continued to beat the odds, including Covid and other health issues, which her speech returned because her daughter Tamara continued to talk to her as if she could answer back, and one day in May 2019, she did.
Constance was proceeded in death by her beautiful daughter Stacy Weldon, husband Cornelius Weldon, and all her six siblings Valda Hatton, Clarence Hatton, Roland Hatton, William Hatton, LaVerne Sims, and Edward Hatton. She leaves to mourn daughter Tamara Weldon, son David Weldon, granddaughter Chaise Weldon, and a host of nieces, nephews, and friends.
Constance lived to be 92 years young with her Tamara David and Chaise standing by her side, kissing her goodbye and knowing that this beautiful butterfly would continue to fly.
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Odessa, her mother, was caring for her brother in St Paul, Minnesota, and she was happy to join her. Odessa's brother died, and they then moved to Los Angeles, where she attended John Francis Polytechnic High, where she graduated in 1947.
Connie attended a cookout where she met Cornelius Weldon at 16, and they became fast friends and, as they put it (hung out) together and had great adventures.
Cornelius was drafted into the army and fought for his life in Korea and here in the States in 1953 for two and half years, where they lost contact while she was living in Los Angeles.
Constance became a socialite in Los Angeles and entered beauty contests, and caught the eye of Mr. John H. Johnson of Johnson Publications. Mr. Johnson was very friendly and professional. He explained that he had the pulse of fashion and offered her the cover and the centerfold in 1953. She was amazed at the attention and grateful for the work. Constance didn't realize how she was a trailblazer in her work with designers, artists. Mr. Johnson wanted her to also model for additional magazines such as Ebony and Hue.
Constance traveled to Hawaii, where she worked, and then decided to return in 1958 to Los Angeles, where she worked for Ponder and Bess company, a photographic product that became what we know as Vivitar.
One day after work, Constance was waiting for the bus, and Cornelius was driving by and spotted her, and she was excited to see Cornelius Weldon, her best friend. He had just returned from the Korean War, and they decided not to continue as just friends and become husband and wife on June 10, 1960.
Connie and June (as the family called them) were excited about their future and started a family on March 1, 1963; Tamara Ruth Weldon was born; in which doctors were surprised because they informed her that she couldn't have children, but Connie was determined and prayed that it wasn't what the doctors say it is what God says. In 1967, Stacy Elizabeth Weldon was born four years later, and then in 1970, David Cornelius Weldon. In 1996 a beautiful angel entered their later years, Chaise Anthony Weldon, who embodies her grandmother's dimples.
Connie and June worked together to raise their beautiful family in a loving home where God was first and educated them in Catholic Schools and Seventh Day Adventist Schools. Constance volunteered at all her children's schools and worked in the Head Start Program created in the Los Angeles School System. When her children graduated from high school, she decided to work at Fedco, where she retired in 1995 to be with her husband and his family traveling and loving her life.
Constance Weldon lived a life of God first, and her journey was the understanding that GOD WILL.
In 2017 Constance suffered a stroke that took her speech and mobility, but that couldn't stop this unique butterfly. She continued to beat the odds, including Covid and other health issues, which her speech returned because her daughter Tamara continued to talk to her as if she could answer back, and one day in May 2019, she did.
Constance was proceeded in death by her beautiful daughter Stacy Weldon, husband Cornelius Weldon, and all her six siblings Valda Hatton, Clarence Hatton, Roland Hatton, William Hatton, LaVerne Sims, and Edward Hatton. She leaves to mourn daughter Tamara Weldon, son David Weldon, granddaughter Chaise Weldon, and a host of nieces, nephews, and friends.
Constance lived to be 92 years young with her Tamara David and Chaise standing by her side, kissing her goodbye and knowing that this beautiful butterfly would continue to fly.
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