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Obituary for

Virginia H. Welch

of Lowell

 
Virginia H. (Golden) Welch, 87, of Lowell died Sunday December 13, 2009 at the Saints Medical Center in Lowell after a short illness.

She was the wife of the late John J. Welch who died October 10, 1975. 
  
Born in Lowell, MA on February 3, 1922, daughter of the late P. Frank and Blanche (Sullivan) Golden.  A life long resident of Lowell, Virginia graduated from Lowell High School with the Class of 1940.

She worked as an assembler at Raytheon and MaComm for many years before retiring from Honeywell in 1984. She enjoyed the beach and loved bingo and Foxwoods. She especially loved her cat “Babe”.

She was a communicant of St. Margaret’s Church and member of St. Margaret’s Sodality.

She is survived by her daughter, Linda Welch of Lowell, MA; her daughter in-law, Maureen Welch of Lowell, MA; her son in-law, Donald Rogers of Ocala, FL; her brother and his wife, G. Douglas and Ann Golden of Lowell, Ma; her sister, Norma Boucher of Colorado Springs, CO; two grandchildren, Douglas and his wife Helena Welch of Durham, NC and T.J. Welch of Philadelphia, PA; a great grandson, Braeden Welch of Durham, NC; many nieces and nephews.

She was predeceased by her son, former Chelmsford Selectman, Thomas Welch who died August 2, 1996, her daughter, Carol Rogers who died in June 4, 2007, her siblings, Francis Golden, Mary Johnson, Myrtle Vienneau, Hazel Brady, and Shirley Roper.

FUNERAL NOTICE

Welch, Virginia (Golden) Welch, 87, of Lowell, MA died Dec. 13, 2009. No visiting hours.  A funeral mass will be Wed. at 9:30AM at St. Margaret’s Church, Stevens St., Lowell, MA.  Burial in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Tewksbury, MA.  For those that wish contributions may be made to the Greater Lowell Visiting Nurse Assn. P.O. Box 1965 Lowell, MA 01853. ARRANGEMENTS BY DOLAN FUNERAL HOME 978-251-4041. Guestbook at www.dolanfuneralhome.com


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