Rosalind Susan Welch, of Crocker, was born on April 7, 1917, at Hooksett, New Hampshire, a daughter of Joseph Franklin and Myrtie May (Hodgeman) LaValley, and departed this life at 5:47 p.m., on Monday, November 12, 2018, in the Richland Care Center, Richland, Missouri.  She had attained the age of 101 years, 7 months, and 5 days.

Mrs. Welch was united in marriage on September 25, 1939, at Sanford, Maine, to John Edward Welch, Jr., and to this union, three children were born.

Rose was a graduate of Concord High School, Concord, New Hampshire, Class of 1935, and also a graduate of Concord Commercial College.  As a long-time resident of Concord, New Hampshire, and Newport, Rhode Island, she was a member of Fidelity Rebakah Lodge No. 14 in Concord; past President of the Concord BPW; charter member of "Women in Construction"; 1974 "Woman of the Year" in the New Hampshire Good Roads Association; a member of the Mosaic Club in Newport; served as a communicate of the St. George's Episcopal Church in Newport; and was an avid bowler, belonging to four leagues, while still in Rhode Island.

Prior to her retirement in 1980, Rose had worked as a bookkeeper during her working life and had been employed by the J.C. Penny Company, Inc., Concord, New Hampshire, and then by the R.S. Audley Construction Company, Inc., Bow, New Hampshire. After retiring, she worked as an in home care giver and companion to the sick and elderly before moving to Richland, Missouri, in 1999.

Those left to mourn the passing of Mrs. Welch include:  Her son, Henry Welch (Loraine), Pittsfield, New Hampshire; her daughters, Susan Dodge, Richland; and Mary Chadbourne (Hersel), Crocker; nine grandchildren; twenty-five great-grandchildren; eleven great-great-grandchildren; many nephews and nieces; and other relatives and friends.

She was preceded in death by her father, Joseph; her mother, Myrtie; one son-in-law, Daniel E. Dodge; two brothers, Harold LaValley and Philip LaValley; and two sisters, Permelia Still and Bessie Bresaw.

Visitation for Mrs. Rosalind S. Welch will be held from 1:00 p.m. until 2:30 p.m., on Saturday, November 17, 2018, in the Birmingham-Martin Funeral Home, 105 East Third Street, Dixon, Missouri  65459 with her funeral service following at 2:30 p.m. in the Chapel with Mr. Donald G. Ward as the officiant.

Interment will be next to her beloved husband, John, in the Calvary Cemetery, Concord, New Hampshire.

Memorials contributions in memory of Mrs. Rosalind S. Welch are suggested by her family to the American Diabetes Association with envelopes available at the funeral home or in care of Birmingham-Martin Funeral Home, P.O. Box EE, Dixon, Missouri  65459.