Eleanor Rae Welsh, 86

MILFORD - Eleanor Rae Welsh, of Milford, passed away Sunday, Sept. 28, 2008, at home surrounded by her family. She was 86. Mrs. Welsh was born on Aug. 20, 1922, in Milford, daughter of the late George P. and LaVina S. (Warren) Maloney. She was employed for several years in retail sales working at different times for Dixon's Jewelers, Coopersmith's and Singer Sewing Center, retiring in 1964 to become a full time homemaker. Mrs. Welsh enjoyed reading and crocheting and loved to watch baseball taking special interest in televised games of the Philadelphia Phillies and Baltimore Orioles. She was a member of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority, the Rebecca Chapter and the Pocahontas Lodge. Mrs. Welsh was a life long member of the Calvary United Methodist Church in Milford. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Richard E. Welsh in 1993. She is survived by a son, George R. Welsh and his wife Kay of Milford; two daughters, Patricia R. Lynch and her husband Richard of Lehigh Acres, Fla., and Fran Bradley and her husband Phillip of Milford; two grandchildren, Valerie B. Seymour and her husband Jim of Denton, Md., and Phillip "Rick" Bradley and his wife Eileen of Lewes; and four great-grandchildren, Kristin Seymour, Lindsey Seymour, Greg Seymour and Abigail Bradley. Services were held in Rogers Funeral Home, 301 Lakeview Avenue, Milford. Burial was held in the Milford Community Cemetery, Milford.