BIOGRAPHY provided by Ellen Sorenson
on June 18, 2011:
James was the sixth of 9 children born to John and Agnes M (Sinnen) Welter.
He married Mary Ann Schulz. They had 11 children: Vincent, Peter, Judy, Gail, Lynn, Clare, Paula, Benedict, Michael, Theodore, and Mary Jo.
OBITUARY provided on March 14, 2012:
Welter, James John Age 86, resident of Richfield for 61 years, passed away Oct. 5, 2008.
Preceded in death by loving wife of 53 years Mary Ann (Scholz); son Vincent; and siblings Gus (Marcella), Helen (Earl) Blaylock, Sr. Michelle OSB, Dorothy and Norbert (Val).
Survived by children, Peter, Judy, Gail, Lynn, Clare, Paula, Benedict, Michael, Theodore and Mary Jo and all their loving spouses; sisters-in-law, Shirley (Bob) Boeser and Elaine (Pat) Bresnahan; a multitude of grandchildren and great-grandchildren; and siblings Sr. Linnea OSB, Gerald (Mary), and Janice (Bill) Dupont.
Jim was a patient, tolerant and generous husband and father, and a disciplined, tireless worker. He grew up on a farm in Chanhassen, served in the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s, worked in the Seattle naval shipyard and on the Alaska Highway during World War II, and was co-founder of Welter and Blaylock, a Bloomington company that installed plumbing in new homes in Burnsville, Woodbury, Minneapolis and Bloomington between 1955 and 1981. He was a skilled hunter and fisherman. In retirement he was a passionate tomato grower, a faithful member of the Bloomington Coffee Club and welcoming host of the Tuesday night supper club and the Saturday morning breakfast club at his home in Richfield. He could fabricate anything from castoff pipes, from coffee tables and jungle gyms to hydroponic gardens and vegetable trellises. He loved engaging his children and others in discussions of religion and politics, and he wasn't shy in making his opinions known. But most of all, he loved telling jokes. Everything he did, he did with creativity, enthusiasm and grace. May God Bless him and may he rest in everlasting peace. Mass of Christian Burial Thursday 10 AM at the Church of the Assumption, 305 East 77th St. Richfield. Interment at Assumption Cemetery. Visitation Wednesday 4-7:30 PM at Gill Brothers Funeral Chapel, 9947 Lyndale Ave. So. and one hour prior to mass at church. Rosary 7 PM Wednesday. Memorials preferred to MCCL. GILL BROTHERS BLOOMINGTON 952-888-7771
~ published in Star Tribune from October 7 to October 8, 2008
on June 18, 2011:
James was the sixth of 9 children born to John and Agnes M (Sinnen) Welter.
He married Mary Ann Schulz. They had 11 children: Vincent, Peter, Judy, Gail, Lynn, Clare, Paula, Benedict, Michael, Theodore, and Mary Jo.
OBITUARY provided on March 14, 2012:
Welter, James John Age 86, resident of Richfield for 61 years, passed away Oct. 5, 2008.
Preceded in death by loving wife of 53 years Mary Ann (Scholz); son Vincent; and siblings Gus (Marcella), Helen (Earl) Blaylock, Sr. Michelle OSB, Dorothy and Norbert (Val).
Survived by children, Peter, Judy, Gail, Lynn, Clare, Paula, Benedict, Michael, Theodore and Mary Jo and all their loving spouses; sisters-in-law, Shirley (Bob) Boeser and Elaine (Pat) Bresnahan; a multitude of grandchildren and great-grandchildren; and siblings Sr. Linnea OSB, Gerald (Mary), and Janice (Bill) Dupont.
Jim was a patient, tolerant and generous husband and father, and a disciplined, tireless worker. He grew up on a farm in Chanhassen, served in the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s, worked in the Seattle naval shipyard and on the Alaska Highway during World War II, and was co-founder of Welter and Blaylock, a Bloomington company that installed plumbing in new homes in Burnsville, Woodbury, Minneapolis and Bloomington between 1955 and 1981. He was a skilled hunter and fisherman. In retirement he was a passionate tomato grower, a faithful member of the Bloomington Coffee Club and welcoming host of the Tuesday night supper club and the Saturday morning breakfast club at his home in Richfield. He could fabricate anything from castoff pipes, from coffee tables and jungle gyms to hydroponic gardens and vegetable trellises. He loved engaging his children and others in discussions of religion and politics, and he wasn't shy in making his opinions known. But most of all, he loved telling jokes. Everything he did, he did with creativity, enthusiasm and grace. May God Bless him and may he rest in everlasting peace. Mass of Christian Burial Thursday 10 AM at the Church of the Assumption, 305 East 77th St. Richfield. Interment at Assumption Cemetery. Visitation Wednesday 4-7:30 PM at Gill Brothers Funeral Chapel, 9947 Lyndale Ave. So. and one hour prior to mass at church. Rosary 7 PM Wednesday. Memorials preferred to MCCL. GILL BROTHERS BLOOMINGTON 952-888-7771
~ published in Star Tribune from October 7 to October 8, 2008
BIOGRAPHY provided by Ellen Sorenson
on June 18, 2011:
James was the sixth of 9 children born to John and Agnes M (Sinnen) Welter.
He married Mary Ann Schulz. They had 11 children: Vincent, Peter, Judy, Gail, Lynn, Clare, Paula, Benedict, Michael, Theodore, and Mary Jo.
OBITUARY provided on March 14, 2012:
Welter, James John Age 86, resident of Richfield for 61 years, passed away Oct. 5, 2008.
Preceded in death by loving wife of 53 years Mary Ann (Scholz); son Vincent; and siblings Gus (Marcella), Helen (Earl) Blaylock, Sr. Michelle OSB, Dorothy and Norbert (Val).
Survived by children, Peter, Judy, Gail, Lynn, Clare, Paula, Benedict, Michael, Theodore and Mary Jo and all their loving spouses; sisters-in-law, Shirley (Bob) Boeser and Elaine (Pat) Bresnahan; a multitude of grandchildren and great-grandchildren; and siblings Sr. Linnea OSB, Gerald (Mary), and Janice (Bill) Dupont.
Jim was a patient, tolerant and generous husband and father, and a disciplined, tireless worker. He grew up on a farm in Chanhassen, served in the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s, worked in the Seattle naval shipyard and on the Alaska Highway during World War II, and was co-founder of Welter and Blaylock, a Bloomington company that installed plumbing in new homes in Burnsville, Woodbury, Minneapolis and Bloomington between 1955 and 1981. He was a skilled hunter and fisherman. In retirement he was a passionate tomato grower, a faithful member of the Bloomington Coffee Club and welcoming host of the Tuesday night supper club and the Saturday morning breakfast club at his home in Richfield. He could fabricate anything from castoff pipes, from coffee tables and jungle gyms to hydroponic gardens and vegetable trellises. He loved engaging his children and others in discussions of religion and politics, and he wasn't shy in making his opinions known. But most of all, he loved telling jokes. Everything he did, he did with creativity, enthusiasm and grace. May God Bless him and may he rest in everlasting peace. Mass of Christian Burial Thursday 10 AM at the Church of the Assumption, 305 East 77th St. Richfield. Interment at Assumption Cemetery. Visitation Wednesday 4-7:30 PM at Gill Brothers Funeral Chapel, 9947 Lyndale Ave. So. and one hour prior to mass at church. Rosary 7 PM Wednesday. Memorials preferred to MCCL. GILL BROTHERS BLOOMINGTON 952-888-7771
~ published in Star Tribune from October 7 to October 8, 2008
on June 18, 2011:
James was the sixth of 9 children born to John and Agnes M (Sinnen) Welter.
He married Mary Ann Schulz. They had 11 children: Vincent, Peter, Judy, Gail, Lynn, Clare, Paula, Benedict, Michael, Theodore, and Mary Jo.
OBITUARY provided on March 14, 2012:
Welter, James John Age 86, resident of Richfield for 61 years, passed away Oct. 5, 2008.
Preceded in death by loving wife of 53 years Mary Ann (Scholz); son Vincent; and siblings Gus (Marcella), Helen (Earl) Blaylock, Sr. Michelle OSB, Dorothy and Norbert (Val).
Survived by children, Peter, Judy, Gail, Lynn, Clare, Paula, Benedict, Michael, Theodore and Mary Jo and all their loving spouses; sisters-in-law, Shirley (Bob) Boeser and Elaine (Pat) Bresnahan; a multitude of grandchildren and great-grandchildren; and siblings Sr. Linnea OSB, Gerald (Mary), and Janice (Bill) Dupont.
Jim was a patient, tolerant and generous husband and father, and a disciplined, tireless worker. He grew up on a farm in Chanhassen, served in the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s, worked in the Seattle naval shipyard and on the Alaska Highway during World War II, and was co-founder of Welter and Blaylock, a Bloomington company that installed plumbing in new homes in Burnsville, Woodbury, Minneapolis and Bloomington between 1955 and 1981. He was a skilled hunter and fisherman. In retirement he was a passionate tomato grower, a faithful member of the Bloomington Coffee Club and welcoming host of the Tuesday night supper club and the Saturday morning breakfast club at his home in Richfield. He could fabricate anything from castoff pipes, from coffee tables and jungle gyms to hydroponic gardens and vegetable trellises. He loved engaging his children and others in discussions of religion and politics, and he wasn't shy in making his opinions known. But most of all, he loved telling jokes. Everything he did, he did with creativity, enthusiasm and grace. May God Bless him and may he rest in everlasting peace. Mass of Christian Burial Thursday 10 AM at the Church of the Assumption, 305 East 77th St. Richfield. Interment at Assumption Cemetery. Visitation Wednesday 4-7:30 PM at Gill Brothers Funeral Chapel, 9947 Lyndale Ave. So. and one hour prior to mass at church. Rosary 7 PM Wednesday. Memorials preferred to MCCL. GILL BROTHERS BLOOMINGTON 952-888-7771
~ published in Star Tribune from October 7 to October 8, 2008
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