Mari Anna Wood Welch Obituary

With heavy hearts, we announce the death of Mari Anna Wood Welch in Louisville, Kentucky, who passed away on July 4, 2020 at the age of 78. Family and friends are welcome to leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family.

She was predeceased by : her parents, Garland Wood and Mayme Lee Wood; her sisters, Betty Wood and Marcella Wood Sanders; her brothers-in-law, Murl Sanders and James Mitchell; her grandson Alexander Hoffmann; her niece Janice Sanders Boyd; and her nephews, James Wood and Bruce Sanders.

She is survived by : her siblings, Wanda Rose Wood Mitchell (James), Nancy Wood Cates and Bobby Wood (Patsy); her children, Carmela Welch Hoffmann and James Welch; her grandchildren, Damian Hoffmann and Matthias Hoffmann; her nieces and nephews, Endie Wood Haney (Terry), Cindy Sanders Laxton (Bob), John Wood (Susanne) and William Wood (Heather); and her great-nieces and great-nephews, Bryce Laxton (Caitlin), Colby Laxton, Dalton Haney, Isabelle Laxton, Joy Laxton, Addison Wood and Alexis Wood.

Please honor her memory with acts of kindness and charity and by supporting education and the arts.