Cynthia Ann (Hawley) Welch, born Dec. 24, 1954, passed away peacefully on the morning of Nov. 19, 2018.

She’s proceeded in death by her mother, Sarah C.(Ryan) Meteer; her father, Leonard J. Hawley; her mother in law Joyce D.(Layton) Welch; her sister, Janet S. (Hawley) Brown; great grandson Damien Wiggins; and great granddaughter Krystal Wiggins.

Surviving family members are her husband Randy D. Welch, of Wichita, Kan.; her daughters Kristine Hermanson, of Great Bend, Kan.; husband Mark Hermanson; Kara Stone, of Blackwell, Okla.; husband Jason Stone; grandsons, Jacob Wiggins, Nathan Wiggins, Kenneth Wiggins; granddaughter Sophia Hermanson; great granddaughter Lydia Wiggin;, a brother, Wesley Hawley of Bossier City, La.; and brother in law, Rick Welch of Broken Arrow, Okla.

The disciples said to Jesus, “Tell us how our end will come to pass.” Jesus said, “Then have you laid bare the beginning, so that you are seeking the end? For the end will be where the beginning is. Blessed is the person who stands at rest in the beginning. And that person will be acquainted with the end and will not taste death.”

Funeral arrangements provided by

DeVorss Flanagan-Hunt Mortuary

201 South Hydraulic 

Wichita, KS  67211

Great Bend (Kan.) Tribune, Nov. 27, 2018