Elizabeth Jane Welborn of Warminster died Wednesday, December 2, 2015 at St. Mary Medical Center in Langhorne. Born October 7, 1925, she was 90.

Elizabeth was the beloved wife of 50 years to the late Arthur Tarance Welborn.

Born in Wausau, Wisconsin, Elizabeth was the daughter of the late Nicholas and Frances Dzwonkowski Obey. She attended Marquette University, where she studied journalism and philosophy. She worked in Chicago and New York City in journalism and advertising before marrying Terry Welborn in 1959. Terry was a project manager for Mobil Oil and Elizabeth and Terry travelled the world together for 35 years, living at times in Southeast Asia, Australia, Japan, and Europe, as well as in the Princeton area. Through most of their travels, Elizabeth and Terry were accompanied by their pampered poodles, first Hashi and Manon and later Maurice and Michelle. Elizabeth worked as a freelance journalist while pursuing many hobbies and interests, from cooking and flower arranging to languages and art. In the mid-1980s, she and Terry retired to their house in Yardley where they already had many friends among Mobil employees and annuitants and where they made many new friends. They were passionate bridge players and became life masters. They continued to enjoy travel, theater, and music. For years they had season tickets to the Metropolitan Opera and the Walnut Street Theater. Their travels included a bridge tournament in Bermuda, the Wagner festival in Bayreuth, and a canal boat journey with friends through the south of France. More recently, Elizabeth lived at Ann’s Choice in Warminster, where she continued to play competitive bridge and cherished her friends. A devout Catholic, she was a parishioner of St. Ignatius of Antioch Church in Yardley for over 20 years and lately of Nativity of Our Lord Church in Warminster. She will be deeply missed by her family and by all who came to know her.

Elizabeth is survived by her daughter Karen Anne Winstead and son-in-law Carl of Galloway, Ohio, as well as by several nieces and nephews and their children. She was preceded in death by her brothers Roland J. Obey and Harold T. Obey.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend her viewing, Wednesday December 9^th from 9:30am until her Funeral Mass 10:30am in Nativity of Our Lord Church, 605 W. Street Road, Warminster, PA 18974. Elizabeth’s interment will follow in St. Ignatius Cemetery in Yardley.

In lieu of flowers, contributions in her memory may be made to the Ann’s Choice Scholarship Fund, 20000 Ann’s Choice Way, Warminster, PA 18974.