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The Life of OSCAR PRICE WELCH

Oscar Price Welch, 85, of Valley View Village, 2571 Guthrie Ave. died of a kidney ailment Wednesday at Iowa Methodist Medical Center.  Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Hamilton''s Funeral Home.  Burial will be at Highland Memory Gardens Cemetery.

Mr. Welch was born in Springfield, MO, and had lived in Des moines most of his life.  He founded Welch Patterns, where he worked from 1947 until his retirement in 1977.

He is survived by two sons, Walt and Bill, and a daughter, Dorothy Keehn, all of Des Moines, a sister, Maisie Gibson of Crown Point, IN; seven grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and six step-great-grandchildren.

Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.  Memorial contributions may be made to Friends of Iowa Public Television.

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