Gloria Jean Welch of Bennington, Okla., passed away on Sept. 27, 2019, Gloria was 77.
Gloria was born east of Bennington on the family farm to Earl and Virginia Percell on April 15, 1942. She went to high school at Bennington and graduated from Southeastern State University in the Spring of 1962. She met and married Clabe Welch in 1962.
She was an elementary teacher for 30 years. She taught at Hitchcock, Lumberton, and White Settlement, Texas. She continued to advance her education and earned a master’s degree from the University of North Texas while teaching and raising a family. She enjoyed golf and competing where she won the Horseshoe Bend Club Championship 10 years in a row.
Gloria was preceded in death by her parents Earl and Virginia Percell.
Gloria is survived by her husband of 57 years Clabe Welch, son, Clete and wife Myka Welch, son, Chance and wife Leslie Welch, grandchildren, Jackson, Cale, Cylie, and Andrew.
Visitation will be held at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 2, with funeral services following at 2 p.m. at the Holmes~Coffey~Murray Funeral Home in Durant, Okla., burial will follow at Bennington Cemetery.
Services are under the direction of Holmes~Coffey~Murray Funeral Home in Durant.