Obituary for Mary Ann Welch
Mary Ann Shurrager Welch, age 86, of Erie, passed away on Friday, January 14, 2022.
She was born in Erie on May 30, 1935 a daughter of the late Norman and Bertha Colgrove Shurrager.
Mary Ann was raised in Summit and became a caregiver at a very young age in her own family. Going to St. George and then after graduating from Academy, she met her soul mate, Bruce, while working at Cook’s Grocery Store. They married in 1956 and then became a mother to 6 children. While caring for her mother and then her husband and enjoying her grandchildren, she slowly progressed with her 20 year battle with dementia while somehow gently comforting her children as she slowly faded and finished her duties here on earth.
She is preceded in death by her husband, Bruce Welch, Sr. in 2001 and two brothers, Norman and Ray Shurrager.
She is survived by three daughters, Gerrianne Baker (Jeff) of Millcreek, Kathleen Clark (John) of Texas and Mary Ellen Wells (Ken) of Michigan, three sons, Bruce Welch, Jr (Rita) of Georgia, Timothy Welch (Lori) of Erie and John Welch (Doreen) of Erie, a sister, Dorothy Mae Barringer and 13 grandchildren, 9 great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews also survive.
Friends may call Monday at the Kloecker Funeral Home and Crematory, Inc from 3 pm until 7 pm and are invited to the Funeral Mass on Tuesday at St. Joseph Church/Bread of Life Community at 11 am. Send condolences to www.kloeckerfuneralhome.com
Burial will be private in St. Francis Cemetery in McKean, PA.
The family would like to offer our gratitude to the care staff at Manchester Commons, Ascera Care Hospice and special thanks to Darla, who was a bright spot in our mom’s day.
She was born in Erie on May 30, 1935 a daughter of the late Norman and Bertha Colgrove Shurrager.
Mary Ann was raised in Summit and became a caregiver at a very young age in her own family. Going to St. George and then after graduating from Academy, she met her soul mate, Bruce, while working at Cook’s Grocery Store. They married in 1956 and then became a mother to 6 children. While caring for her mother and then her husband and enjoying her grandchildren, she slowly progressed with her 20 year battle with dementia while somehow gently comforting her children as she slowly faded and finished her duties here on earth.
She is preceded in death by her husband, Bruce Welch, Sr. in 2001 and two brothers, Norman and Ray Shurrager.
She is survived by three daughters, Gerrianne Baker (Jeff) of Millcreek, Kathleen Clark (John) of Texas and Mary Ellen Wells (Ken) of Michigan, three sons, Bruce Welch, Jr (Rita) of Georgia, Timothy Welch (Lori) of Erie and John Welch (Doreen) of Erie, a sister, Dorothy Mae Barringer and 13 grandchildren, 9 great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews also survive.
Friends may call Monday at the Kloecker Funeral Home and Crematory, Inc from 3 pm until 7 pm and are invited to the Funeral Mass on Tuesday at St. Joseph Church/Bread of Life Community at 11 am. Send condolences to www.kloeckerfuneralhome.com
Burial will be private in St. Francis Cemetery in McKean, PA.
The family would like to offer our gratitude to the care staff at Manchester Commons, Ascera Care Hospice and special thanks to Darla, who was a bright spot in our mom’s day.