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Not Listed - 2016
David O. Welch, 82, lifelong resident of Ashland, passed away Saturday, Oct. 29, 2016, in King's Daughters Medical Center in Ashland. He was born Sept. 5, 1934, in Ashland, one of eight children of the late John Leslie Welch and Mary Elizabeth Hammond Welch. David was a graduate of Ashland High School, Berea College and Harvard Law School. He practiced law for 58 years. David was a longtime member of the Board of Trustees of Berea College and currently served as an Honorary Trustee. He served as Corporation Counsel for the city of Ashland and then went on to serve as Mayor from 1976 to 1980. He was a founding member of the Ashland Human Rights Commission. He served as chair and was a longtime member of the Kentucky Commission on Human Rights and was later inducted into the inaugural class of the Kentucky Commission on Human Rights Hall of Fame. He was a current member of the Committee of Equal Opportunities of the Kentucky Council on Post-Secondary Education. He is survived by his loving wife of 61 years, Joyce Ann Loy Welch of Ashland; two sons, Scott Welch and wife Laura of Charleston, W.Va., and Kevin Welch of Frankfort; a daughter, Cathy Welch Culbertson and husband Robert of Georgetown; five grandchildren, Cam Culbertson (Serena), Will Culbertson (Katherine), Cate Culbertson Mart (Matthew), John Culbertson; and four great-grandchildren. A time of remembrance will be at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 3, 2016, at Steen Funeral Home Central Avenue Chapel in Ashland. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in David's Memory to Berea College, CPO 2203, Berea, KY 40404. Condolences may be sent to steenfuneralhome.com.
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