Erick Welker
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Life Story for Erick L. Welker

Erick L.  Welker
Nashville - Erick Leroy Welker, 76, of 408 Reed St, died peacefully at home next to his loving daughter.
A native of Maple Grove Township,
Welker was a free spirit, loved nature and sports, fixing any machines he could put paws on, enjoyed learning and talking about history, science, politics, new technologies, space exploration, and was fascinated with the unexplainable. He was an explorer of America, he took many adventures across this great land and spent many years with his Native American brothers and sisters. As a young man he worked for GM and before retirement in 2002 he worked at Airway as a machinist.
Erick had a great sense of humor, perfectly witty, and was just loved by everyone that had a chance to meet him. He may have been shy at times or quiet but he truly was a charmer, had a zest for life and could give you one hell of a belly laugh. His stubbornness and strong mind is what kept him alive and as the oldest son in the Welker clan - he was the last one to pass to the other side. If one ever had the chance to meet him and truly get to know him one would have loved him.
He is survived by his daughter Jennifer Lee Welker-Popov of California/Illinois, son-in-law Dimitar Popov of Bulgaria/Illinois, ex-wife Lynie Duggan (still great friends), step daughter Katrina Sanford, step son Johnny Marinko, brother-in-law Dwayne Gardner, nephews Russell Gardner and Bruce Welker, nieces Karen Mallison, Becky Becktold, Andrea Stull, Teri Jo Welker, and Tammy Hall.
We have been searching for his first born daughter Ericka and if anyone knows of her location please let her know that he loved her very much; we have an extensive background history of our lineage that we would love to share with her.
We will always think of him fondly. Erick was very caring and fun. He also had a humility and vulnerability about him that added to his charm.

Graveside service were held at Kalamo Cemetery at 10am, Friday March 17th 2017 on St. Patrick's day.

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