Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Welch, Henry Tremayne March 25, 1969 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Nan Wheaton wheaton1624@yahoo.com May 11, 2014, 4:44 pm Ionia Sentinel-Standard – Wed. March 26, 1969 Henry Tremayne Welch, 83, vice president of First Security bank and well-known Ionia county farmer and descendent of a pioneer Ionia family died Tuesday evening at 10 o’clock at his home, 205 East Washington, Ionia. Mr. Welch had been ill several weeks and was returned to his home from Ionia County Memorial hospital only a few weeks after being a patient there for about a month. His condition became critical during the past weekend. In the past several years following his retirement as secretary and treasurer of Ionia Federal Land Bank association, Mr. Welch had taken part in activities of Frist Security bank. He owned and operated for many years the H. T. Welch farm in Ionia township, a pioneer landmark which is located only a few miles northeast of Ionia along Prairie Creek. A lifelong Democrat he had served his township as supervisor for many years and was a past township treasurer, a position his daughter, Mrs. Sheldon Crossman, now holds. Mr. Welch’s son, Douglas, is an Ionia attorney and former Ionia city mayor and president of the school board. Mr. Welch was born April 17, 1886 in Ionia township, the son of Amos Morgan Welch and Emma Tremayne Welch. Both parents preceded him in death. He is survived by his widow, Blanche Reynolds Welch, two children; Mrs. Sheldon Crossman and Douglas R. Welch, both of Ionia and three grandchildren. A brother, A. Palmer Welch of Ionia also survives. Mr. Welch was, throughout his life, connected with agriculture and agricultural financing. Shortly after his marriage in 1912 to Blanche Reynolds he was employed by the late T. B. Preston from 1914 – 1915 in the management and eventual liquidation of cut-over timber lands at Onaway. This work was completed in 1916 when he returned to the Welch farm in Ionia townhship. He operated this farm until 1948. The farm is now owned and operated by his son-in- law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Crossman. He served Ionia township as treasurer for several years and was also its supervisor from 1928 to 1936. Mr. Welch attended Ionia public schools, Ferris Institute and Michigan Agricultural college. In 1909 until 1914 he managed the family ranching interests of 5000 acres from headquarters at Hale. He was employed in 1914 in closing out the ranching interests of Governor Chandler estate at Onaway. He served as director of Seventh district Farm Credit Board at St. Paul, Minn. from 1940 until 1956 when he retired at age 70. In 1928, he was elected secretary-treasurer of the Ionia County National Farm Loan association. He participated in the reorganization of this association under the National Farm Credit Acts of 1933 and in the year 1933 opened the office of the association in the City of Ionia. In 1941 he was elected a member of the board of directors of The Seventh Farm Credit District at St. Paul, Minnesota. He was a chairman of this board from 1949 to 1956. In 1941 he was also elected a member of the Board of directors of First Security bank, and was later elected vice-president of that institution. He retired from the Farm Credit System in 1956. His connection with First Security bank continued until his death. He was a member of the Ionia Elks Lodge from 1908 until his death. He had been a member of numerous other fraternal organizations, including the St. Paul Athletic club at St. Paul, Minnesota. The funeral will be at 2 pm Saturday at Boynton-Leddick funeral home on Rich street. Burial will be in Highland Park cemetery. A memorial will be established for him at St. Johns Episcopal church in Ionia. (Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Monday, March 31, 1969) Henry T. Welch Rev. Fr. Charles Lynch officiated at funeral services Saturday afternoon in Ionia for Henry T. Welch, who died Tuesday. Entombment was at Highland Park mausoleum. Officers and employees of First Security bank attended in a group. Honorary bearers were members of the board of directors of the bank. Active bearers were: Loren Adgate, Donald Cornell, Victor Harrison, Michael Cahoon, Lester Dunn and Irving Krebs. ---- Henry was born April 17, 1886, Ionia Township Son of Amos Morgan and Emma (Tremayne) Welch Married Blanche Marian (Reynolds) June 26, 1912 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/w/welch24888nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 4.7 Kb