Ladora Aslean Wellington Obituary (1947

Ladora Aslean Wellington, 69, of Michigan City, Indiana departed this life on February 16, 2016 at Life Care Nursing Home in Michigan City, Indiana. Funeral services will be 11am, Saturday, February 27, 2016 at Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church 123 Helen Street, Michigan City, with Dr. Stanley Mason, officiating, viewing 10am, Saturday at the church until the time of service. Mrs. Ladora Aslean Wellington was born January 24, 1947 in Chicago, Illinois to the union of John Bell Sr. and Mary Bell. In 2006 she entered into matrimony with the late Alexander Wellington and remaining in matrimony until his death in 2012. She confessed a belief in Christ at an early age at Christ Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church in Chicago, Illinois. She graduated from Wendell Phillips High School in Chicago, Illinois in 1964. Dora, as she was so affectionately known to all who knew her, enjoyed playing cards and listening to music. She remained in Chicago until her health began to deteriorate. She then moved to Michigan City, Indiana in June of 2015 to live with her daughter. She is preceded in death by her parents, her sister; Sheila Bell, her brother; John Bell Jr. (Skipper), 3 aunts and 4 uncles. Her memory will be forever cherished by three sons; Terome Keith McCambry of Monett, Missouri; Stacy Jefferson of St. Louis; Missouri and Lorenzo Wayne Doke Jr. of Chicago, Illinois; her only daughter; April Bell, of Michigan City, Indiana; 7 grandchildren; Cheryl Jackson, Rasheena Jackson, Tiffany Crape, Lorenzo Wayne Doke III, Isiah McCambry all of Chicago, Illinois; Tito Gardner of Norfolk, Virginia; and Saniyah Miller of Toledo, Ohio; 1 great granddaughter; Emily Azariyah Jackson of Chicago, Illinois; a special son; Rick Sparkman of Michigan City, Indiana; 2 nephews; Reginald Bell of Kenosha, Wisconsin; and Michael Henderson, Jr. of Lansing, Michigan; a host of cousins and friends.