Saturday, May 2, 1998

Alberta Speer Zelt

Worked in the field of interior decoration

Alberta Speer Zelt, 92, of Roswell, N.M., died April 22, 1998, at Eastern New Mexico Medical Center.

She was born September 14, 1905, in Pittsburgh, to Dr. Albert Congdon and Harriet Weldin Coyle Speer.

On September 28, 1929, in Mercer, she married Wray Grayson Zelt Jr. Mr. Zelt is deceased.

Prior to moving to Roswell in 1991, she lived in Washington all her life, except during World War II when she joined her husband in Alamogordo, N.M. and San Rafael, Calif. In addition to her work as a homemaker, Mrs. Zelt occasionaly worked in the field of interior decoration.

Surviving is a daughter, Martie Zelt of Roswell.

Deceased are a son, Wray Grayson Zelt III; and three sisters, Elizabeth S. Voskamp, Helene Speer Sauers and Jessie Williams.





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