BARBARA A. WELCH
BARBARA A. WELCH age 72, died Wednesday March 14, 2007 at Massachusetts General Hospital following a long illness. Born in Boston, the daughter of the late John and Frances (Wright) Welch, she was educated at St. Ambrose School in Dorchester and Matignon High School in Cambridge. Miss Welch has been a resident of West Bridgewater for a number of years. Prior to her retirement in 1996, she worked as an administrative assistant for budgets at the Massachusetts Port Authority where she spent 19 years. Barbara loved to travel and had done so extensively throughout the United States and Europe including numerous trips to Ireland. Barbara is survived by her sister Theresa Terrio of Spring Hill, Florida, her brother John Welch of Ashland, N.H. and many nieces and nephews. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Monday March 19, 2007 at 11:00 A.M. in St. Ann's Church, 103 North Main St., West Bridgewater, MA. Interment will follow at Timothy Plain Cemetery in Norton. Relatives and friends are invited to attend Visiting Hours in the O'Donnell & Mulry Funeral Home, 138 Neponset Ave., Dorchester, MA on Sunday evening 5 - 8 P.M. Donations in Barbara's memory may be made to Hospice of Greater Brockton, 500 Belmont St., Brockton, MA 02301.