WELSH, Lois Jean 1921-2014

WELSH

Posted By: K. L. Kittleson
Date: 12/18/2014 at 11:36:47

NORTHWOOD, IOWA - Lois Jean (Robb) Welsh, 93, of Northwood, died Monday, December 15, 2014, at the Lutheran Retirement Home in Northwood.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 20, 2014, at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 412 North Broadway St., Manly, with Monsignor Joseph J. Slepicka officiating. Burial will be in the Sunset Rest Cemetery in Northwood. Visitation will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, at Conner Colonial Chapel, 1008 First St. N., Northwood.

The family has suggested that those wishing to give a memorial may wish to consider the Lutheran Retirement Home Ladies Auxiliary, or Meals on Wheels in Northwood.

Lois Jean (Robb) Welsh was born on May 16, 1921, in Marshalltown, the daughter of John Clarence Porter and Jesse (Raber) Robb. Lois graduated from Marshalltown High School and earned her B.A. Degree in art and history education at UNI in Cedar Falls and completed her graduate work in education at the University of Iowa in Iowa City.

Lois taught history and art in Des Moines for seven years and was the art instructor at the Northwood-Kensett Community School from 1963 until 1983. She was united in marriage to Dr. Maurice Welsh on Dec. 27, 1951, in Marshalltown. He preceded her in death on Oct. 4, 1995. The family moved to Northwood in 1953, where they raised their four children, who went into the health professions.

Lois loved Christmas, creating art, textiles, clothing and fashion, Iowa Hawkeye Football, reading, teaching and learning new things, traveling, golfing, and especially her family.

She was a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church and the Alter Guild in Manly, Iowa Education Association, MacNider Art Museum, and the Northwood Town and Country Club.

Those left to cherish her memory are her children, Cris (Laurence) Wells of Peoria, Arizona, Gayle (Robert) King of Green Valley, Arizona, and James Welsh and special friend, Val Thomas of Northwood; daughter-in-law, Carol Welsh of Hereford, Arizona; eight grandchildren, Maurissa (Jonathan) Mattson of Phoenix, Arizona, Lauren (Joseph) Wilkes of Phoenix, Arizona, Nicole (Shane) Hall of Hereford, Arizona, Roslyn (Chris) Bouchikas of Hereford, Arizona, Caitlin King of Paradise Valley, Arizona, Robert M. King, Jr of Scottsdale, Arizona, Ryan Patrick King of Tucson, Arizona, and Kelli Welsh of Fargo, North Dakota; six great-grandchildren, Layla and Liam Mattson, Jackson and Joanna Wilkes, and Weston and Wyatt Bouchikas; as well as many nieces, nephews, and other extended family members and friends.

Lois was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Dr. Maurice Welsh; brother, Jess Robb; sister, Maxine Philipps; and son, John Patrick Welsh.

Conner Colonial Chapel, Northwood, Iowa; 641-324-1543 --www.colonialchapels.com

Source: Mason City Globe Gazette, 18 DEC 2014