Visitation
July 28, 2011
11:00 A.M.-1:00 P.M.
Location: Trinity Episcopal Church [Map]
Funeral Service
July 28, 2011
1:00 P.M.
Location: Trinity Episcopal Church [Map]
Interment
Location: Mount Zion United Methodist Church Cemetery [Map]
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Dortha Mae “Dottie” Welch, age 80, of Upper Marlboro, MD passed away July 23, 2011 at Anne Arundel Medical Center in Annapolis, MD. Dottie was born April 18, 1931 in Toledo, OH to George H. and Dortha (Bailey) Rife. She was raised in Toledo where she attended public school, and after graduating high school moved to Wayson’s Corner, MD. She worked at a family owned general store in Upper Marlboro, MD, and met William Sunderland Welch, Jr. They were married August 13, 1949 and lived in Upper Marlboro where they raised their family. Dottie began her career with the office of the Prince George’s County Clerk of the Circuit Court on December 5, 1949. She rose to Chief Liaison to the Clerk of the Court, retiring March 1, 1993. Dottie was a member of Trinity Episcopal Church in Upper Marlboro. She was an avid football fan, especially of the Ohio State Buckeyes, but her greatest joy was being with her family.
Dottie was preceded in death by her husband William S. Welch Jr., her parents, and siblings Naomi Moore, Vivian Davis, George H. Jr., Bobby and Gilbert Rife. She is survived by three children, William S. Welch III and wife April Lynn of Owings, Ginger L. Bigelow and husband Bill of Keedysville, MD, and Trudie E. Maringo and husband Jim of Chesapeake Beach, MD; twelve grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren, sisters Gloria Jennings of Tampa, FL, Bonnie Jennings and Opal Sasscer, and brothers Jack and Dick Rife, all of Toledo, OH.
Friends and family will be received from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM on Thursday July 28 at Trinity Episcopal Church, 14515 Church Street, Upper Marlboro, MD, where funeral services will follow at 1:00 PM. A private interment for family will be held at Mt. Zion UM Church Cemetery in Lothian, MD. Friends and guests are invited to join the family at the Upper Marlboro Moose Lodge for a reception following the services and interment.
Memorial Contributions
In lieu of flowers, expressions of sympathy in Dottie’s name may be made to the American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 752, Prince Frederick, MD 20678.
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