Funeral service for Homer T. Welsh, 90, Eudora, will be 11 am Thursday at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home. Burial will follow at 1:30 pm. at Leavenworth National Cemetery. He died Monday at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. He was born August 23, 1925, in Douglas County, KS., the son of Alonzo Elmer and Maude Ellen Hildwin Welsh.
Homer attended Lawrence public schools. He worked for Lawrence Construction Co., and then worked for the University of Kansas in the Carpenter Shop where he retired in 1987.
He was a Army Veteran serving during WWII. He was a member of V.F.W. Alford-Clarke Post #852, American Legion Dorsey-Liberty Post #14, Acacia Lodge #9, A.F. & A.M., and the Carpenters Union. Homer enjoyed gardening, remodeling, and dancing.
He married Velva Arlene Hardister on Feb. 28, 1946, in Olathe. She preceded him in death on Apr. 2, 2001. He married Judy C. Harris in March, 2008, she survives of the home. Other survivors include a daughter Pennie (Jim) Scribner of Lawrence, step-daughter Julie (Bobby) Province of Springfield, MO., step-son James (Debbie) Watkins of Carthage, TN., 7 grandkids, 7 great-grandkids, and 2 great-great-grandkids. He was preceded in death by a son Lonnie Welsh, Dec. 12, 2011, and a grandson David Scribner.
Friends may call Wednesday noon to 8 pm. at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home where the family will receive friends from 6 to 7 pm.
Online condolences may be sent at rumsey-yost.com.
