Person:James Welker (3)

Obituary per Find A Grave

James Lee Welker, 32, of Elida Route 1, was pronounced dead at 6:10 p.m. Saturday on arrival at St. Rita's hospital, 15 minutes after his motorcycle skidded and overturned at the intersection of Route 30-S and Eastown-rd., three miles west of Lima.

Coroner Harry E. Lewis said that Welker died of a fractured skull and internal injuries.

Welker, a supervisor for the Wonder Bread Co., was a native of Delaware. He leaves his widow, Mrs. Mary Frances Welker; two children, James Richard and Dorothy Lee, both at home; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin H. Welker, 415 W. Spring-st., Lima, and one sister, Mrs. Ronald Cook, 979 1/2 W. High-st.

He was a member of the I.O.O.F. lodge at Elida and Lodge No. 205 F and A.M. which will conduct services at 8 p.m. Monday at the Davis-Miller and Son funeral home where final rites will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday.

LIMA NEWS July 14, 1946

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Welker, James Lee, in State of Ohio, Bureau of Vital Statistics. Ohio Deaths 1908-1953. (Ohio, United States: Intellectual Reserve, Inc.)
   13 Jul 1946.

   James Lee Welker, b. 18 Feb 1914, Delaware, Ohio, s/o Benj. H. Welker & Besse M. Baumgartner; h/o Mary Frances Welker; d. 13 Jul 1946, 32y 6m 25d.

2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} James Lee Welker, in Find A Grave.
3. ↑ Welker, Benjamin H., in Van Wert, Ohio, United States. 1930 U.S. Census Population Schedule
   2 Apr 1930.

   JIM WELKER, 16, b. abt 1914, living at home with parents Benjamin H. Welker b. in Ohio and Bessie H. Welker b. in Indiana; sister Betty J., 14.