Morgan Duane “Spike” Welton, 86, of Burwell, Nebraska died September 19, 2022 at the Community Memorial Health Center in Burwell.
Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday, September 23, 2022 at the United Methodist Church in Burwell. Burial will be in Cottonwood Cemetery in Burwell. Pastor Serene Samuel and Pastor Stan Gurney will officiate. Visitation will be from 5 – 7 p.m. Thursday at Hitchcock Funeral Home in Burwell. In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to Nebraska’s Big Rodeo.
Spike was born November 29, 1935 in Atkinson, Nebraska to Morgan and Hazel (Boettcher) Welton. He graduated from Burwell High School in 1953.
Spike married Sharon Garska and to this union two children were born, Mick and Tess.
Spike later married Betty Jeffres on May 3, 1961. Two this union, three children were born Doug, Brad and Kathy. They lived and ranched north of Burwell with his dad and family. In 1958 Spike started his trucking company. They later moved into Burwell.
Spike was a cowboy and enjoyed rodeo. He participated in the Old Timers Rodeo after he turned forty and he never missed a Nebraska’s Big Rodeo.
Spike is survived by four children, Tess and Roger Sinner of Sargent, Nebraska, Doug and Chris Welton of Burwell, Nebraska, Brad and Tina Welton of Burwell, Nebraska and Kathy and Eric Sorensen of Burwell, Nebraska. Numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren and two brothers, Ron and Avis Welton of Bryant, South Dakota and Laverne Welton of Rathdrum, Idaho.
Spike was preceded in death by his parents, his wife Betty, one son, Mick Welton and one sister, Beulah Swett.
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