Clyde Wellen

1924 - 2022

Clyde Wellen
01/30/1924 - 10/22/2022
Clyde William (Bill) Wellen, Jr. passed peacefully on October 22, 2022. He was preceded in death by his beautiful and loving wife of sixty-two years Lois Margaret (Redford) Wellen. Together they had four children Constance Ann, Karolyn Margaret (Gontarek), Stephen Robert and Gregory Richard. He is survived by ten grandchildren, sixteen great grandchildren and three great-great grandchildren. Bill was born January 30, 1924 in Morgantown, WV to Clyde William Wellen, Sr. and Josephine Elrina (Lehner) Wellen. He attended several colleges, due to his father being active in the military, and after World War II he graduated from West Virginia University with a Political Science Degree. Bill served in the Army during World War II, followed by Navy service both active and in the reserves. He had many harrowing experiences during this time which produced many stories over the years. In 1946 he married Lois in Ashland, Oregon. They moved to back to Morgantown, WV where Bill received his law degree graduating first in his class at West Virginia Law School, taking advantage of the GI Bill. Wanting to specialize in tax law he graduated with his LLM from Harvard University. In 1949 he moved his family to Houston, TX and became part of the original law school faculty at the University of Houston teaching tax law to third year law students. That same year they joined Chapelwood Methodist Church. He was extremely active in his church and also served on planning commission boards in Hunters Creek Village. In the early 1950s he joined the law firm of Fulbright, Crooker, Freeman, Bates and Jaworski. He headed the tax department until he retired in 1986. Prior to his retirement he helped create the Clayton Medical Research Foundation and later acted as a trustee and president until he finally retired in 2019. All of those knowing Bill will miss him deeply as he was a smart, kind, generous gentleman and a wonderful Dad.