ALAMOSA, Co - Varetta Baker Wharton Welcher, 80, of South Fork Co., died Sunday, May 28, 1995 at the Evergreen Nursing Home.

Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Del Norte Church of Christ.

Burial will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Westlawn Cemetery in Borger, Texas by Butler-Showalter Chapel of Alamosa, Co.

A homemaker, and a native of Wetumpka [sic], Okla., Mrs. Welcher was a former resident of Borger, Texas. She was a member of the Church of Christ.

Mrs. Welcher was preceded in death by two husbands, Jack Baker on Jan. 28, 1970 and Marion A. "Tud" Wharton in April of 1978; three brothers, four sisters and her parents.

Survivors include her husband, Frank Welcher, of the home; a son, Billy Baker of Euless, Texas, two daughters, Rosetta Dunigan of Amarillo, Texas, Betty Steelman of Canyon, Texas; a brother, Vernon Kelly of Davis, Okla.; seven grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.

Friends who wish may call Tuesday from 2-8 p.m. at Butler-Showalter Chapel in Alamosa, which is in care of the local arrangements.

(Published in Borger News-Herald, Tuesday, May 30, 1995)
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ALAMOSA, Colo. - Funeral services for Varetta Baker Wharton Welcher, 80, South Fork Colo., were at 10 a.m. today at the Del Norte Church of Christ.

Arrangements were by Butler-Showlter [sic] Funeral Directors of Alamosa.

Burial will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Borger, by Minton-Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger.

Mrs. Welcher died Sunday, May 28, 1995 at the Evergreen Nursing Home.

She was born May 6, 1915 in Wetumpka [sic], Okla., and was a former Borger resident. She was a homaker [sic] and a member of the Church of Christ.

Mrs. Welcher was preceded in death by two husbands, Jack Baker on Jan. 28, 1970 and Marion A. "Tud" Wharton in April of 1978; three brothers, four sisters and her parents.

Survivors include her husband, Frank Welcher, of the home; a son, Billy Baker of Euless, Texas, two daughters, Rosetta Dunigan of Amarillo, Texas, Betty Steelman of Canyon, Texas; a brother, Vernon Kelly of Davis, Okla.; 7 grand children and 15 great-grandchildren.

(Published in Borger News-Herald, Wednesday, May 31, 1995)
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Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995
Name: Varetta Kelly
Gender: Female
Age: 18
Birth Date: abt 1915
Marriage Date: 23 Jan 1933
Marriage Place: Hughes, Oklahoma, USA
Spouse: Bernice Owen Baker
Film Number: 002203793

Texas, Marriage Index, 1824-2014
Name: Varetta Kelly
Gender: Female
Age: 63
Birth Year: abt 1916
Marriage Date: 5 May 1979
Marriage Place: Moore, Texas, USA
Spouse: Frank H Welcher
Spouse Gender: Male
Spouse Age: 61

U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: Varetta K. Welcher
Last Residence:
81132 Del Norte, Rio Grande, Colorado, USA
BORN: 6 May 1915
Died: 28 May 1995

U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Varetta Kelly Baker
[Varetta Wharton]
[Varetta Welcher]
[Varetta Kelly Kelly]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Date: 6 May 1915
Birth Place: Wetumka Hugh, Oklahoma
[Wetumka, Oklahoma]
Death Date: 28 May 1995
Father: Thomas E Kelly
Mother: Rosetta Ducan [sic]
Death Certificate Number: SSA721
Notes: Nov 1940: Name listed as VARETTA KELLY BAKER; 20 Jan 1975: Name listed as VARETTA WHARTON; 11 Aug 1975: Name listed as VARETTA KELLY WHARTON; 13 Feb 1984: Name listed as VARETTA WELCHER; 16 Jun 1995: Name listed as VARETTA K WELCHER