Royal Welsher
Jan. 16, 1895-May 10, 1932
Niles Daily Star, Thursday, May 12, 1932, page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR ROYAL WELSHER FRIDAY
Dies in Pontiac After Operation for Appendicitis; Was Born in Dowagiac
Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon in the Troost and Augustine chapel for Royal Welsher, 45, of Pontiac, who died on Tuesday evening in a hospital in Pontiac after an operation for appendicitis. The deceased is a son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. William Asmus, 1312 N. Front street. Mr. and Mrs. Asmus, their daughters, Mrs. Harry Atkins and Mrs. Merle Gresham, also Mr. Atkins and Mr. Gresham, went to Pontiac Tuesday evening upon receiving word of Mr. Welsher's death and they returned to Niles to day with Mrs. Welsher and her children. The body was shipped to South Bend and will be in that city at 5:15 this evening. Mr. Welsher was operated upon for appendicitis on Tuesday, May 3, or just one week preceding his death. His condition had been considered favorable until shortly before his death.
Mr. Welsher is survived by a widow, who was formerly Miss Jessie Asmus, by five children, the eldest of whom is a boy of 12 years, by his mother, Mrs. Nelson Phelps of Dowagiac, and by a brother, who lives in Michigan City and who is in Niles today to meet the funeral party. Mr. Welsher was born in Dowagiac and had spent his early youth and early young manhood there. In Pontiac he was employed by a telephone company.
Niles Daily Star, Friday, May 13, 1932, page 4, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library
Funeral services for Royle[sic] Welsher were held this afternoon. The Rev. G.W. Simon, pastor of the Presbyterian church officiated. Burial was made in Silverbrook cemetery. The body of Mr. Welsher was brought to Niles last evening from Pontiac.
[He died] Tuesday evening, May 10th at 9 o'clock at St. Joseph's hospital in Pontiac, following an operation for appendicitis. Mr. Welsher was born in Decatur, Jan. 16, 1895. He leaves a widow, formerly Jessie Asmus of Niles and five children, William, Margaret, Dorothy, Jack and Barbara Jean; also his mother, Mrs. Nelson Phelps, a sister, Mrs. John Fischer, his father, D. Welsher and a brother, James Welsher. He has been in the employe of the Michigan Bell Telephone company for 16 years. He had been in Pontiac for the last 13 years.
Short services were held in Pontiac on Thursday morning. Fred Roth and Proctor Coates, employees of the telephone company and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hill, all of Pontiac accompanied the funeral party to Niles.
The pallbearers were: Fred Roth, Proctor Coates, Clarence Benjamin, Joe Cain, Edgar Adams and John LeRonge.
On Saturday Mr.and Mrs. Harry Atkins will motor to Pontiac with Mrs. Welsher and the children, also Mrs. Welsher's mother, Mrs. Wm. Asmus, who . .illegible]. .until the close of the school year, when they will move to Niles to make their home.
Mrs. Welsher is a sister of Mrs. Harry Atkins and Mrs. Muriel Griffith.
Many friends sympathize with the family in their sorrow.