Victor Welch Obit

The funeral for Victor Welch, 94, of Enid, will be 2 p.m. Saturday at United Methodist Church, Helena. The Rev. Vera Walton and Shorty Unruh will officiate. Burial will be in Good Hope Cemetery. Arrange-ments are by Lanman Funeral Home Inc., Helena. Visitation will be 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. today and Saturday, with the family present from 11 a.m. to noon.

He was born June 22, 1912, in Helena to Mark and Jennie Welch and died Wednesday, April 4, 2007, in Enid.

He graduated from Helena High School in 1930 and from Oklahoma A & M in Stillwater in 1934 with a bachelor’s degree. He earned a master’s degree in education from Phillips University in Enid. Following graduation from Oklahoma A & M, he farmed in Helena and taught at West Oklahoma Orphans Home, Helena. He married Vera Joy White in 1935. She died in 1983. He taught at the Helena Training School for Boys and public schools in Jet, Ringwood, Helena, Goltry, Bishop, Avard in Oklahoma and Cimarron Valley, Goddard and Wichita in Kansas. He coached football while in Jet and was superintendent at Goltry. He retired from teaching in 1978 and returned to Helena. He raised wheat and cattle. During breaks from teaching, he managed the AAA farm program in Buffalo. He was also a county agent in Harper County. He married Bessie Kline in 1984. They made their home in Helena until 1997 when they moved to Golden Oaks Village in Enid.

Surviving are his wife Bessie; one brother, Melvin Welch of Helena; three stepchildren, Shelly Lunday, Les Kline and Mary Frech ; six grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; 10 stepgrandchildren; and 10 stepgreat-grandchildren.

In addition to his first wife Vera, he was preceded in death by one son, one daughter, one brother and one sister.

Memorials may be made through the funeral home to a charity of donors choice.

Condolences may be made online at www.lanmanfuneralhomes.com.