WELTON, Michael O. Dr. 1944-2011
WELTON
Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 6/15/2011 at 20:43:17
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[Waterloo Courier, Wednesday, January 19, 2011]
WATERLOO - Dr. Michael O. Welton, 66, of Waterloo, died Sunday, Jan. 9, at Blueberry Peak Sangre de Cristo Mountain Range in Colorado.
He was born Aug. 31, 1944, in Nebraska, son of Hubert and Pauline Welton.
Dr. Welton began his employment at Northern Iowa Urological Associates in 1980 after completing his medical education at the University of Iowa, Iowa City.
Survived by two daughters, Marie of Colorado and Katie of California; a son, David of California; five grandchildren; and his mother of Waterloo.
Visitation 3 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Parrott & Wood Chapel of Memories, an Overton Family Service, with a 7 p.m. vigil followed by a time of sharing memories. There will be a private funeral service at a later date.
Memorials may be directed to Custer County Search and Rescue, P.O. Box 1092, Westcliffe, CO 81252.
Dr. Welton lost his life in a tragic plane crash, Jan. 9, 2011, on his return home to Waterloo.
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Item 2[kwwl.com, Jan 10, 2011]
WESTCLIFFE, CO (KWWL) --Family members, through a friend, confirmed to KWWL-TV Monday night that Dr. Michael O. Welton and his close friend, Roswitha Marold, are the two victims of a Sunday plane crash in Colorado.
The plane, owned by the well-known Waterloo urologist, disappeared Sunday afternoon in the mountains of Colorado. Searchers located the single engine Piper Monday afternoon with two people inside and no survivors.
The single-engine, six seat Piper Malibu, owned by Dr. Welton, took off from the Phoenix area on Sunday headed for Pueblo, Colorado. Friends say Dr. Welton made frequent trips to Arizona, piloting his Piper airplane.
According to FlightAware.com, the flight departed Phoenix Deer Valley Airport at 1 p.m. Iowa time Sunday.
Officials say the plane disappeared from radar at about 2:45 p.m. Sunday after sending a distress signal when it was over the Sangre de Cristo mountains about 50 miles west of Pueblo.
Capt. Scott Orr with the Civil Air Patrol says the plane was found about a mile east of Blueberry Peak.
Positive identification of the two bodies is expected sometime Tuesday.
Dr. Welton is a longtime urologist with Northern Iowa Urological Associates in Waterloo. His office told KWWL-TV that Dr. Welton's family was already on its way to Colorado. In addition, a family friend told KWWL-TV that Roswitha Marold was with Dr. Welton on the trip back to Iowa from Arizona. Roswitha Marold is the former owner of The Victoria Room women's clothing store in downtown Waterloo.
Friends say Dr. Welton loved to fly and had a close call in March of 2009. Dr. Welton was forced to make an emergency landing west of Cedar Falls on Jepsen Rd. Investigators said the plane's engine cut out as it approached to land at the Waterloo Regional Airport. Our cameras captured the family removing luggage from the plane before Welton took off from the gravel road to land safely at the airport.
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Item 3[Denver Post, January 11, 2011]
The bodies of Dr. Michael Welton, 66, and Roswitha Marold, 70, were found at the wreckage Monday on Blueberry Peak, about 5 miles north of the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve and about 8 miles southwest of Westcliffe.
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