Alexandra V. Welc

1923 - 2016

Alexandra V. "Alice" Welc, 92, of Mt. Pleasant, passed away Tuesday, June 14, 2016, at RNC of Greater Pittsburgh, Greensburg. Alice was born Sept. 27, 1923, in Mt. Pleasant, the daughter of the late Joseph and Mary Shea Witek. Alice was a member of the former Transfiguration Roman Catholic Church and St. Pius X Church, Mt. Pleasant. Surviving are her three sons, Edward Welc and wife, Gloria, of Greensburg, Daniel Welc and wife, Paula, and Allen Welc and wife, Sherri, of Mt. Pleasant; grandchildren, Dr. Christina Welc, Dr. Michael Welc and wife, Dr. Jillian, Melanie Welc, Stephanie Welc, Jonathan Welc, Noah Welc, Chris Ansell, Travis Welc and wife, Casey, and Brandon Welc; great-grandchildren, Michael, Madeline, Meredith, Maura, Kairi, Kearsten and Travis Jr.; siblings, Helen Witek, of Mt. Pleasant, Josephine Cernuska and husband, John, of Southwest, Walter Witek and wife, Agnes, of Mt. Pleasant, Edward Witek and wife, Leona, of Irwin: sisters-in-law, Adeline Welc, of Michigan, Margaret Zufall, of Ohio, Betty Kendi and husband, Eddie, of Mt. Pleasant, Josephine Cashera and husband, Remo, of Mt. Pleasant, Dotty Welc, of Monroeville, Paula Welc Kapr, of Southwest, and brothers-in-law, Robert Welc and wife, Maryann, of Scottdale, and Jack Kaputa, of Mt. Pleasant; and also many great-nephews and nieces. In addition to her parents, Alice was preceded in death by her husband, Edward S. "Abe" Welc, in 1994; and siblings, Joseph (Teabury) Witek and Joann Kaputa.
Family and friends are invited from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday to SALOOM-REGA FUNERAL SERVICE, 730 W. Main St., Mt. Pleasant, 724-547-2122, where a blessing service will be held at 12:30 p.m. Friday followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 1 p.m. in the St. Pius X Church, Mt. Pleasant, with the Rev. Richard J. Kosisko as celebrant. Interment will follow in the Transfiguration Cemetery, Mt. Pleasant. A parish wake service will be held at 3:30 p.m. and the Transfiguration Rosary Society will recite the rosary at 6 p.m. Thursday in the funeral home.
The family wishes to thank the passionate friends that cared for Alice at the Rehabilitation and Nursing Center of Greater Pittsburgh in Greensburg. Please visit Alice's online memorial at www.saloom-rega.com. to sign the condolence guestbook. Richard Rega, funeral director.