Miss Welker, 17, died from injuries suffered in an automobile accident Saturday night on Highway 94 North in St. Charles County. She was taken to St. Joseph Hospital in St. Charles.
Surviving are her parents, Omar and Marion Welker of Portage Des Siouxl; a brother Gary, of St. Charles; two sisters, Shirley Skinner of Portage and Karen Simpkins of St. Charles.
Miss Welker was a senior at Orchard Farm High School and was employed part time at the Steak N Shake restaurant in St. Charles. She was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church in St. Charles and of the Junior Achievement organization in high school.
Memorials may be made to the Immanuel Lutheran building fund, or improvement fund of Trinity Lutheran Church, near Orchard Farm. Visitation will be after 6 p.m. today at the Baue Funeral Home, 620 Jefferson Street, St. Charles.
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St Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, Missouri, Monday, October 9, 1978
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