TITLE:    Beatrice M. Welch, Obituary, April 27, 2001

SUBMITTERS:  The Coos County Democrat EST. 1838 LANCASTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE  
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FORMATTED:   by CParziale, June 2001

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Beatrice M. Welch 

PLYMOUTH - Beatrice M. Welch, 82, of Thurlow Street, died April
27, 2001, at Catholic Medical Center in Manchester. 
She was born in Lockhaven, Penn., on Oct. 16, 1918, the daughter of
Dowe and Eleanor Lowe. 

Mrs. Welch was a 1936 graduate of State College High School in
Pennsylvania. In 1940, she earned a bachelor of science degree in
physical education and in 1943 she earned her master's in education, both
from Penn State University. She was an All-American athlete, life
member of Chi Omega Sorority, and a thespian. She was a member of
the choir and an accomplished artist and pianist. 

Mrs. Welch had started her teaching career in Maryland, and in addition
had taught in New Jersey. She had spent her last 19 years of teaching at
Plymouth Junior High School. She retired in 1981 after 41 years. She
had coached Plymouth High School girls’ basketball to three consecutive
undefeated seasons, ending as champions, and had served as the director
of the Plymouth Parks and Recreation Committee from 1978 to 1981. 

Mrs. Welch was an outdoor enthusiast and loved to hunt and fish and
feed the wild animals at her summer home in Errol. She was a member of
the New Hampshire Retired Teachers Association. Her first husband,
Van Allen Hartman, died in 1968. 

The family includes her husband, Raymond E. Welch of Plymouth; a
daughter, Lynda Hartman Jablonski of Bedford; a son, Van Michael
Hartman of Dover; two stepsons, Robert Welch of Sanbornton, and
Stephen Welch of Wentworth; two grandchildren; one great-grandson;
several step-grandchildren; and a sister, Lois Frost of State College,
Penn. Memorial donations may be made to the Humane Society of New
Hampshire, Meredith Center Road, Laconia 03246. 


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