Ralph Amor Welch, age 93, passed away on Thursday, December 30, 2021. He was born on October 2, 1928, to the late Elmer and Melinda (Williams) Welch in Red Springs. He grew up in Red Springs. Ralph worked in Sturgeon Bay in the cherry and apple orchards driving tractors. He joined the army and served in Germany during the Korean conflict. He moved to Milwaukee and started working at Central Wisconsin Transport as a truck driver. He was a teamster Local 200 member.

Ralph was united in marriage to Dawn Hass on February 6, 1954. They celebrated sixty-six years of marriage until she passed in December of 2020. They raised seven children and helped raise two more generations. Ralph took early retirement in 1985 and moved back to the Bowler area to spend time with family, other loved ones, and travel. He liked to travel, camp, hunt, fish, play cards and really enjoyed life. In later years, Ralph and his wife, Dawn, traveled with the "The Canoe Gang", visiting places all over the world. He volunteered with Habitat for Humanity. Ralph was a member of the Old Stockbridge Orthodox Presbyterian Church which he helped build and served as a Trustee. He was active in the American Legion and the Mohican Veterans. In later years, he liked to walk, sometimes three miles a day. You could always find him tinkering around the house or in the garage. Ralph was the kind of person who always had a ready smile and a helping hand.

He is survived by his children: Kathleen (Angel) Fuentes, David Welch, Greg Welch, Peggy (Jeff) Lemke, and Bobbie Welch, 14 grandchildren, numerous great-grandchildren, and two sisters: Jeanette Maas and Aleta Pingel.

He is preceded in death by: his parents, wife, daughters: Lisa Welch and Linda Kohler, brothers: Clyde Welch, Larry Welch, Eugene Huntington, and Delbert Welch, sister Emma Grosskopf and baby Kathleen.

A funeral service will be held for Ralph at 11:00 am on Saturday, January 15, 2022, at the Old Stockbridge Orthodox Presbyterian Church in Morgan Siding with Rev. Gordon Oliver officiating. Burial will take place in the spring at the church cemetery. Visitation will begin at 9:30 am at the church until the time of service. Military honors will be conducted by the Mohican Veterans and Gresham American Legion after the service.

The family would like to extend a special thank you to the staff at Rosemary Manor where he resided the last four months.