Neil Welling was called home on Sunday morning, July 12, 2009.
Horace Neil Welling was born May 21, 1923 to parents Horace Welling and Annie Josephine Nielsen in Salt Lake City, the youngest of three siblings.
His family soon relocated to Garland, and then Farmington, Utah, where, during his formative years, his values were forged in rural Davis County during the Great Depression. Neil enrolled as a freshman at Brigham Young University in 1941, earning his undergraduate degree in accounting and winning national notoriety as guard on the BYU basketball team.
With graduation in 1945 came acceptance at both the Harvard School of Business and dental school at the University of Oregon; typical of Neil's eagerness to be moving forward, he chose dentistry primarily because the program at the University of Oregon started a few weeks before Harvard. He completed his graduate studies in 1948, earning a Doctorate of Medical Dentistry.
World War II interrupted Neil's academic and career plans only briefly, with his planned service in the Marine Air Corps cut short by physical disqualification. During the Korean conflict, however, he was called up in a medical draft as a dentist in the Army, serving at Camp Chaffee in Fort Smith, Arkansas from 1953 to 1955 before receiving an honorable discharge.
On October 30, 1946, Neil wed Carolyn Olsen in the Salt Lake Temple. Their union was blessed with five daughters and (later) five grateful sons-in-law.
Neil set up private practice in the Tribune Building in Salt Lake City in 1953, where he practiced 42 years, caring for (and beloved by) his patients.
During this time, the governor named him to the Utah State Board of Dental Examiners, where he served faithfully for three terms. Neil's service to his profession and patients was exceeded only by his fierce commitment to his faith.
During his adult life, Neil served in several LDS bishoprics, was the first bishop of the University of Utah Tenth Ward (even while serving as president of the BYU Cougar Club) from 1962 to 1972, and second and then first counselor to the Stake President of the Salt Lake Hillside Stake from 1972 to 1987. Upon retirement, Neil and Carolyn accepted two mission calls: the first to England - Leeds from 1989 to 1991, and the second to Scotland - Edinburgh from 1996 to 1997.
Neil is survived by Carolyn, daughters Claudia Bailey (Carl), Kristen Beckstead (Robert), Anne Deaver (Thomas), Janice Rampton (Vincent), and Jennifer Hunter (Matthew). At his passing, Neil and Carolyn are blessed by 29 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren, with two more in production. His parents, his brother, Adam and his sister, Beth Callaway preceded him in death.
His memory as wise and devoted husband, selfless patriarch, patient teacher, and loving father will be cherished always.
Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, July 18, 2009 in the Colonial Hills Ward Chapel, 1455 South 1700 East, Salt Lake City, Utah, commencing at 12:00 p.m. Friends are invited to visit prior to the services between 10:00 and 11:30 a.m.
Interment will be in the Farmington City Cemetery.
Published in the Deseret News from 7/16/2009 - 7/17/2009.
Horace Neil Welling was born May 21, 1923 to parents Horace Welling and Annie Josephine Nielsen in Salt Lake City, the youngest of three siblings.
His family soon relocated to Garland, and then Farmington, Utah, where, during his formative years, his values were forged in rural Davis County during the Great Depression. Neil enrolled as a freshman at Brigham Young University in 1941, earning his undergraduate degree in accounting and winning national notoriety as guard on the BYU basketball team.
With graduation in 1945 came acceptance at both the Harvard School of Business and dental school at the University of Oregon; typical of Neil's eagerness to be moving forward, he chose dentistry primarily because the program at the University of Oregon started a few weeks before Harvard. He completed his graduate studies in 1948, earning a Doctorate of Medical Dentistry.
World War II interrupted Neil's academic and career plans only briefly, with his planned service in the Marine Air Corps cut short by physical disqualification. During the Korean conflict, however, he was called up in a medical draft as a dentist in the Army, serving at Camp Chaffee in Fort Smith, Arkansas from 1953 to 1955 before receiving an honorable discharge.
On October 30, 1946, Neil wed Carolyn Olsen in the Salt Lake Temple. Their union was blessed with five daughters and (later) five grateful sons-in-law.
Neil set up private practice in the Tribune Building in Salt Lake City in 1953, where he practiced 42 years, caring for (and beloved by) his patients.
During this time, the governor named him to the Utah State Board of Dental Examiners, where he served faithfully for three terms. Neil's service to his profession and patients was exceeded only by his fierce commitment to his faith.
During his adult life, Neil served in several LDS bishoprics, was the first bishop of the University of Utah Tenth Ward (even while serving as president of the BYU Cougar Club) from 1962 to 1972, and second and then first counselor to the Stake President of the Salt Lake Hillside Stake from 1972 to 1987. Upon retirement, Neil and Carolyn accepted two mission calls: the first to England - Leeds from 1989 to 1991, and the second to Scotland - Edinburgh from 1996 to 1997.
Neil is survived by Carolyn, daughters Claudia Bailey (Carl), Kristen Beckstead (Robert), Anne Deaver (Thomas), Janice Rampton (Vincent), and Jennifer Hunter (Matthew). At his passing, Neil and Carolyn are blessed by 29 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren, with two more in production. His parents, his brother, Adam and his sister, Beth Callaway preceded him in death.
His memory as wise and devoted husband, selfless patriarch, patient teacher, and loving father will be cherished always.
Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, July 18, 2009 in the Colonial Hills Ward Chapel, 1455 South 1700 East, Salt Lake City, Utah, commencing at 12:00 p.m. Friends are invited to visit prior to the services between 10:00 and 11:30 a.m.
Interment will be in the Farmington City Cemetery.
Published in the Deseret News from 7/16/2009 - 7/17/2009.
Neil Welling was called home on Sunday morning, July 12, 2009.
Horace Neil Welling was born May 21, 1923 to parents Horace Welling and Annie Josephine Nielsen in Salt Lake City, the youngest of three siblings.
His family soon relocated to Garland, and then Farmington, Utah, where, during his formative years, his values were forged in rural Davis County during the Great Depression. Neil enrolled as a freshman at Brigham Young University in 1941, earning his undergraduate degree in accounting and winning national notoriety as guard on the BYU basketball team.
With graduation in 1945 came acceptance at both the Harvard School of Business and dental school at the University of Oregon; typical of Neil's eagerness to be moving forward, he chose dentistry primarily because the program at the University of Oregon started a few weeks before Harvard. He completed his graduate studies in 1948, earning a Doctorate of Medical Dentistry.
World War II interrupted Neil's academic and career plans only briefly, with his planned service in the Marine Air Corps cut short by physical disqualification. During the Korean conflict, however, he was called up in a medical draft as a dentist in the Army, serving at Camp Chaffee in Fort Smith, Arkansas from 1953 to 1955 before receiving an honorable discharge.
On October 30, 1946, Neil wed Carolyn Olsen in the Salt Lake Temple. Their union was blessed with five daughters and (later) five grateful sons-in-law.
Neil set up private practice in the Tribune Building in Salt Lake City in 1953, where he practiced 42 years, caring for (and beloved by) his patients.
During this time, the governor named him to the Utah State Board of Dental Examiners, where he served faithfully for three terms. Neil's service to his profession and patients was exceeded only by his fierce commitment to his faith.
During his adult life, Neil served in several LDS bishoprics, was the first bishop of the University of Utah Tenth Ward (even while serving as president of the BYU Cougar Club) from 1962 to 1972, and second and then first counselor to the Stake President of the Salt Lake Hillside Stake from 1972 to 1987. Upon retirement, Neil and Carolyn accepted two mission calls: the first to England - Leeds from 1989 to 1991, and the second to Scotland - Edinburgh from 1996 to 1997.
Neil is survived by Carolyn, daughters Claudia Bailey (Carl), Kristen Beckstead (Robert), Anne Deaver (Thomas), Janice Rampton (Vincent), and Jennifer Hunter (Matthew). At his passing, Neil and Carolyn are blessed by 29 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren, with two more in production. His parents, his brother, Adam and his sister, Beth Callaway preceded him in death.
His memory as wise and devoted husband, selfless patriarch, patient teacher, and loving father will be cherished always.
Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, July 18, 2009 in the Colonial Hills Ward Chapel, 1455 South 1700 East, Salt Lake City, Utah, commencing at 12:00 p.m. Friends are invited to visit prior to the services between 10:00 and 11:30 a.m.
Interment will be in the Farmington City Cemetery.
Published in the Deseret News from 7/16/2009 - 7/17/2009.
Horace Neil Welling was born May 21, 1923 to parents Horace Welling and Annie Josephine Nielsen in Salt Lake City, the youngest of three siblings.
His family soon relocated to Garland, and then Farmington, Utah, where, during his formative years, his values were forged in rural Davis County during the Great Depression. Neil enrolled as a freshman at Brigham Young University in 1941, earning his undergraduate degree in accounting and winning national notoriety as guard on the BYU basketball team.
With graduation in 1945 came acceptance at both the Harvard School of Business and dental school at the University of Oregon; typical of Neil's eagerness to be moving forward, he chose dentistry primarily because the program at the University of Oregon started a few weeks before Harvard. He completed his graduate studies in 1948, earning a Doctorate of Medical Dentistry.
World War II interrupted Neil's academic and career plans only briefly, with his planned service in the Marine Air Corps cut short by physical disqualification. During the Korean conflict, however, he was called up in a medical draft as a dentist in the Army, serving at Camp Chaffee in Fort Smith, Arkansas from 1953 to 1955 before receiving an honorable discharge.
On October 30, 1946, Neil wed Carolyn Olsen in the Salt Lake Temple. Their union was blessed with five daughters and (later) five grateful sons-in-law.
Neil set up private practice in the Tribune Building in Salt Lake City in 1953, where he practiced 42 years, caring for (and beloved by) his patients.
During this time, the governor named him to the Utah State Board of Dental Examiners, where he served faithfully for three terms. Neil's service to his profession and patients was exceeded only by his fierce commitment to his faith.
During his adult life, Neil served in several LDS bishoprics, was the first bishop of the University of Utah Tenth Ward (even while serving as president of the BYU Cougar Club) from 1962 to 1972, and second and then first counselor to the Stake President of the Salt Lake Hillside Stake from 1972 to 1987. Upon retirement, Neil and Carolyn accepted two mission calls: the first to England - Leeds from 1989 to 1991, and the second to Scotland - Edinburgh from 1996 to 1997.
Neil is survived by Carolyn, daughters Claudia Bailey (Carl), Kristen Beckstead (Robert), Anne Deaver (Thomas), Janice Rampton (Vincent), and Jennifer Hunter (Matthew). At his passing, Neil and Carolyn are blessed by 29 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren, with two more in production. His parents, his brother, Adam and his sister, Beth Callaway preceded him in death.
His memory as wise and devoted husband, selfless patriarch, patient teacher, and loving father will be cherished always.
Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, July 18, 2009 in the Colonial Hills Ward Chapel, 1455 South 1700 East, Salt Lake City, Utah, commencing at 12:00 p.m. Friends are invited to visit prior to the services between 10:00 and 11:30 a.m.
Interment will be in the Farmington City Cemetery.
Published in the Deseret News from 7/16/2009 - 7/17/2009.
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