The Clinton Herald Saturday January 9, 1965 p. 5 

     Leo E. Welsh, 49, of Route 3, DeWitt, was found dead late Friday
     afternoon in a field on a neighbor's farm. He dropped dead
     shortly before while chasing stray livestock. Dr. J.J. Young,
     Clinton County medical examiner, said Mr. Welsh died of natural
     causes. The requiem mass will be celebrated at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday
     in St. Anns' Catholic Church at Welton, with the Rev. John
     Schmitz officiating. Burial will be in Immaculate Conception
     cemetery at Petersville. Friends may call after 2 p.m. Sunday in
     the Hanrahan funeral home, DeWitt. The parish rosary will be
     recited there at 8 p.m. Monday.  Leo Edward Welsh was born July
     1, 1915 to Richard and Estella McDonald Welsh of DeWitt and had
     operated the Welsh family farm.  He married Dorothy Lasack of
     Lost Nation, April 25, 1947.  Survivors are his wife; six
     children, Shriley ann, Stephen, Susan, Estella, Barbara and
     Michael, all at home, and four sisters, Mrs. Alice Burke and
     Mrs. Eva Wenzlick, both of Seattle, Wash., Mrs. Leo Connell of
     DeWitt and Miss Geraldine Welsh of Las Vegas, Nev. He was
     preceded in death by his parents and a brother.

     Posted to Clinton Co. Obituaries list by Michael Kearney 1/25/2002.
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			   Dorothy H. Welsh

BETTENDORF  --- Dorothy  H.   (Lasack) Welsh,  83,  died on  Wednesday
evening,  March  18, 2009,  at  Clarissa  C.   Cook Hospice  House  in
Bettendorf, Iowa. A celebration of life Mass will be held on Saturday,
March 21,  2009, 10:30 a.m. at  St. Anne's Catholic  Church in Welton,
Iowa, with the Reverend David  Brownfield as celebrant. Burial will be
in Immaculate  Conception Cemetery  at Petersville. Family  will greet
friends and  family at Nelson  Funeral Home, DeWitt, Iowa,  on Friday,
March 20, 2009, from  4 until 7 p.m. A rosary will  be recited at 2:30
p.m. and  a prayer service will  follow the visitation  at the funeral
home.   Casket bearers  will be  her 8  grandchildren,  Victor, Craig,
Lance, Lucas, Chad,  Tracy, David and Kristin. Memorials  may be go to
the family to be given to charities of their choice.Dorothy Lasack was
born on July 17th, 1925, in Oxford Junction, the daughter of Henry and
Christina (Landa)  Lasack. She graduated from Lost  Nation High School
and later  married Leo Welsh in  Lost Nation. Together  they farmed in
rural  DeWitt while  raising  6  children. Leo  died  on January  8th,
1965. Dorothy  then  moved to  DeWitt  and  was  self employed  as  an
industrial housekeeper cleaning for several businesses and families in
the  area. Dorothy  was  a member  of  St. Anne's  Catholic Parish  in
Welton, Iowa, where she was active on the Altar and Rosary Society for
many years.   She enjoyed playing bingo, gardening,  baking and making
strawberry  jam  for  her  family.   Those survivors  left  behind  to
celebrate Dorothy's life are  her 6 children, Shirley (Arnold) Curley,
Oxford  Junction,  Iowa,  Steve  Welsh,  DeWitt,  Iowa,  Susan  (Gary)
Sivertsen, DeWitt,  Iowa, Stella (Dan) Knapper,  DeWitt, Iowa, Barbara
Welsh Kinkaid,  Clinton, Iowa,  and Mike Welsh,  DeWitt, Iowa;  her 10
grandchildren,  Victor and  Craig Curley,  Lance and  Lucas Sivertsen,
Chad and Tracy Knapper, David and Kristin Kinkaid; 5 stepgrandchildren
and 10  great-grandchildren; a  brother, Charles (Alice)  Lasack, Lost
Nation; and a sister, Blanche  Keegan, Maquoketa.  She was preceded in
death by  her parents,  Henry and Christina  Lasack; her  husband, Leo
Welsh; a brother, Emil Lasack and a sister, Lula Horstmann.Death date:
March 18, 2009

Clinton Herald
March 20, 2009