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Show Funeral held for former resident Funeral services were held Tuesday in Walnut Creek, Calif., for David Barclay Welch, formerly of Springville. He died suddenly of a heart failure at the family home, Saturday. Born in Lincoln, Nebraska, on July 17, 1894, he made his home in Utah from 1900 to 1947. Mr. Welch was educated in the Salt Lake public schools. He was employed as an accountant ac-countant by the United States Mining, Smelting and Refining Co. in Salt Lake City, and subsequently by the US Steel Corporation at Ironton. and in Pittsburg, Calif. For a number of years, he engaged in fruit growing on Mapleton Bench. The Welches made their home in Mapleton and Springville Spring-ville from 1920 until 1947. Mr. Welch was active in the Community Com-munity Church and the Ki-wanis Ki-wanis club. . The family moved to Walnut Creek in 1947. Mr. Welch retired from US Steel in 1959. Surviving are his widow, the former Anna Pearl Gil-lilan, Gil-lilan, and a son, David, and two grandsons of Cleveland, Ohio. A daughter Gertrude Ann Welch, died at Walnut Creek, June 7, only eight days before her father. Funeral services for Mr. Welch were conducted by the Rev. William B. Stoddard, pastor pas-tor of the Walnut Creek Presbyterian Pres-byterian Church. Interment was in Alamo, California. |