Kauai County HI Archives Obituaries.....Welcker, Eliza Gay December 9, 1947 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/hi/hifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: J. Orr jessicanorr@gmail.com March 2, 2012, 4:36 pm Unknown Newspaper, December 13, 1947 MRS. MENDELL WELCKLER DIES IN CALIFORNIA Word has been received of the death of Mrs. Mendell Welcker at her home in Berkeley, Calif., on December 9. Mrs. Welcker (Eliza Gay) was an old time resident of these islands. She was born in New Zealand, the daughter of Capt. Thomas Gay and his wife, Jane Sinclair Gay. She came to the islands when her grandmother, Mrs. Elizabeth Sinclair, and her parents and other members of the Sinclair family came from New Zealand in the early 60s of last century. Following that for many years she lived at Makaweli, Kauai, but moved to California and made her home at Berkeley upon her marriage to Mendell Welcker of Berkeley. She remained however in close touch with the islands, making frequent visits to her hold home. Her husband died many years ago, but she is survived by her sister, Mrs. Aubrey Robinson, of Makaweli, Kauai, and by numerous nephews and nieces both in the islands and on the mainland. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/hi/kauai/obits/welcker233gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/hifiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb