Gertrude Fay (Greer) Hedrick Welch 1906-1981

Gertrude Fay Welch of Waynesville, Missouri, was born on March 13, 1906 in Waynesville, Missouri, the daughter of George Henry and Julie Elizabeth (McKinnon) Greer and passed away on June 27, 1981 at the Phelps County Memorial Hospital in Rolla, Missouri. She had attained the age of 75 years, 3 months and 14 days.

She was united in marriage to Thomas Hedrick in 1926. Mr. Hedrick passed away in 1954.

She was later married to John Welch in 1957, and Mr. Welch passed away in 1974.

Mrs. Welch was a member of the Hickory Hills Baptist Church.

Funeral services were conducted on Tuesday, June 30, 1981 at the Long Moss Williams Chapel in Waynesville Missouri at 2 p.m. with Bill Tallant officiating. Burial was in the Waynesville Memorial Cemetery under the direction of the Long Moss Williams Funeral Home.

Pallbearers were: John Greer, Junior Brady, Irvin Greer, Charles Randolph, Eddy Randolph, and Bud Sheldon.

Honorary Pallbearers were: Clarence Greer and Cecil Greer.

She is survived by one son: Melvin L. Hedrick, Leavenworth, Kansas; one sister: Leans Gasko, St. Robert, Missouri; two brothers: Wilmer Greer, and Roy Greer both of Waynesville, Missouri; two granddaughters: Lisa Hedrick, Leavenworth, Kansas; three step-sons: Harold Welch, Rogers, Arkansas, Raymond Welch, Waynesville, Missouri, John Welch, the state of Illinois; two step-daughters: Wilma Youngblood, the state of Oklahoma; Norma Jean Coats, the state of Illinois.