• Born: 11 February 1920, Birkbeck, DeWitt County, Illinois, USA
• Marriage (1): Elda Eileen PARROTT on 8 May 1939 in Kentland, Newton County, Indiana, USA ¹
• Died: 21 March 1967, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois, USA at age 47
• Buried: 24 March 1967, DeWitt, DeWitt County, Illinois, USA

   Other names for Lester were Lester Leo "Tom" WELCH and Tom WELCH.

  Burial Notes

Tom's obituary says he is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in Clinton, DeWitt County, Illinois, USA; however, there is a gravestone set for him in DeWitt Cemetery, in DeWitt, DeWitt County, Illinois, USA.

  Recorded Events in His Life

• Nickname: Tom. For most of his life, Lester went by Tom and his twin brother Chester went by Tim.

• Parents: Otis Jasper Welch and Effie May Spencer.

• He has conflicting birth information of 11 February 1920 and Clinton, DeWitt County, Illinois, USA.

• Another obituary for Lester was published on page 41 of The Pantagraph on 22 March 1967 in Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois, USA.
  
  Lester Welch
     CLINTON (PNS) — Lester Leo Welch, 47, R.R. 1, Dewitt, died at the Veterans Hospital, Danville, Tuesday afternoon.
     He was taken to Herington-Calvert Funeral Home.
     Mr. Welch was born at Clinton, Feb. 8, 1920, the son of Otis Jasper Welch and Elsa May Jasper Welch. He married Elda Eileen Parrott May 5, 1937, in Indiana.
     He is survivied by his wife; one son, Thomas L. Welch, Dewitt; two daughters, Mrs. George Troyer, Heyworth; ----- ----- Welch, at home; a half brother, Harrison L. Walters, Dewitt; a brother, Edward Welch, Weldon; James Welch, Wapella, Chester C. Welch, Calhoun; a sister, Mrs. Laverne Haste, Canton, Ind.; and two grandchildren.
     He was a veteran of World War II.

• His obituary was published on page 17 of the Decatur Herald on 22 March 1967 in Decatur, Macon County, Illinois, USA.
  
     WELCH, Lester Leo, 47, rural Dewitt, died Tuesday afternoon, Danville Veterans Hospital, Danville; leaves wife, Elda Eileen; son, Thomas, rural Dewitt; daughters, Mrs. George Troyer, Hayworth; -----, at home; brothers, Edward, Weldon; James, Wapella; Chester, Calhoun; half brother, Harrison L. Walters, Dewitt; sister, Mrs. Laverne Haste, Canton, Ind.; arrangements incomplete. Herington-Calvert Funeral Home, Clinton.

• His funeral notice was published on page 31 of the Decatur Daily Review on 23 March 1967 in Decatur, Macon County, Illinois, USA.
  
     WELCH, Lester Leo, 47, rural Dewitt, died Tuesday, Veterans Hospital, Danville; services, 3 p.m. Friday, Herington-Calvert Funeral Home, Clinton; burial, Woodlawn Cemetery; call after 3 p.m. Thursday.

• He was buried at the DeWitt Cemetery in DeWitt, DeWitt County, Illinois, USA on 24 March 1967.
  
  Tom's obituary says he is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in Clinton, DeWitt County, Illinois, USA; however, there is a gravestone set for him in DeWitt Cemetery, in DeWitt, DeWitt County, Illinois, USA.

Lester married Elda Eileen PARROTT on 8 May 1939 in Kentland, Newton County, Indiana, USA.¹ (Elda Eileen PARROTT was born on 9 February 1921 in Birkbeck, DeWitt County, Illinois, USA,¹ died on 11 October 2000 in Clinton, DeWitt County, Illinois, USA and was buried on 14 October 2000 in DeWitt, DeWitt County, Illinois, USA.)

  Recorded Events about their Marriage

• Gallery: Marriage License and Return, on 8 May 1939, in Kentland, Newton County, Indiana, USA.

• Gallery: Marriage Application, on 8 May 1939, in Newton County, Indiana, USA.