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Submitted: 12/15/20 • Approved: 12/15/20 • Last Updated: 12/18/20 • R372094-G372091-S3
1915-1995
Photo, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
ALAMOSA, Colo. - Funeral services for Varetta Baker Wharton Welcher, 80, South Fork Colo., were at 10 a.m. today at the Del Norte Church of Christ.
Arrangements were by Butler-Showlter [sic] Funeral Directors of Alamosa.
Burial will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Borger, by Minton-Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger.
Mrs. Welcher died Sunday, May 28, 1995 at the Evergreen Nursing Home.
She was born May 6, 1915 in Wetumpka [sic], Okla., and was a former Borger resident. She was a homaker [sic] and a member of the Church of Christ.
Mrs. Welcher was preceded in death by two husbands, Jack Baker on Jan. 28, 1970 and Marion A. "Tud" Wharton in April of 1978; three brothers, four sisters and her parents.
Survivors include her husband, Frank Welcher, of the home; a son, Billy Baker of Euless, Texas, two daughters, Rosetta Dunigan of Amarillo, Texas, Betty Steelman of Canyon, Texas; a brother, Vernon Kelly of Davis, Okla.; 7 grand children and 15 great-grandchildren.
(Published in Borger News-Herald, Wednesday, May 31, 1995)
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Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995
Name: Varetta Kelly
Gender: Female
Age: 18
Birth Date: abt 1915
Marriage Date: 23 Jan 1933
Marriage Place: Hughes, Oklahoma, USA
Spouse: Bernice Owen Baker
Film Number: 002203793
Texas, Marriage Index, 1824-2014
Name: Varetta Kelly
Gender: Female
Age: 63
Birth Year: abt 1916
Marriage Date: 5 May 1979
Marriage Place: Moore, Texas, USA
Spouse: Frank H Welcher
Spouse Gender: Male
Spouse Age: 61
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: Varetta K. Welcher
Last Residence:
81132 Del Norte, Rio Grande, Colorado, USA
BORN: 6 May 1915
Died: 28 May 1995
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Varetta Kelly Baker
[Varetta Wharton]
[Varetta Welcher]
[Varetta Kelly Kelly]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Date: 6 May 1915
Birth Place: Wetumka Hugh, Oklahoma
[Wetumka, Oklahoma]
Death Date: 28 May 1995
Father: Thomas E Kelly
Mother: Rosetta Ducan [sic]
Death Certificate Number: SSA721
Notes: Nov 1940: Name listed as VARETTA KELLY BAKER; 20 Jan 1975: Name listed as VARETTA WHARTON; 11 Aug 1975: Name listed as VARETTA KELLY WHARTON; 13 Feb 1984: Name listed as VARETTA WELCHER; 16 Jun 1995: Name listed as VARETTA K WELCHER
Contributor: Edith Guynes Stanley
Contributed on 12/15/20 by neldapat
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