Celebration of Life Services will be held on Sunday, December 15, 2024 at the Waterfall Venue in Farragut at 11:00 a.m.  Following the service their will be a time of food and fellowship.  Memorials can be directed to the family, as they are looking at purchasing a bench in Bill's memory to be placed at the Iowa State Fairgrounds.    The family requests a casual dress attire.

William "Bill" Boyd Welchans 61, passed away Monday, December 2, 2024, at his home in Farragut. He was born on December 16, 1962, at the Hand Hospital in Shenandoah.   He was the youngest son of Carl Boyd and Martha Ann (Bidwell) Welchans.  Bill was raised on a small farm between Farragut and Hamburg.  It is here that his passion for farming began.  As a toddler his persistence to help his dad and brothers with the farm work, led to his dad attaching wooden blocks to the foot pedals of a tractor so Bill could better reach them.  A lifelong farmer was born.

Bill attended Farragut Community School and graduated with the Class of 1981. He participated in many activities during his high school career including FFA, band, choir, drama, football and golf.  His favorite thing to do was to hang out with his friends.   After graduation, he moved to a farm up the road between his parents and brothers farms. When he was not farming, he helped his friends out with their farms, as well as working full-time. He worked at Bailey Oil in Hamburg, Eaton Manufacturing in Shenandoah, the alcohol plant in Hamburg, then in 1996 he drove part time for the Iowa D.O.T highway division in Sidney as a snowplow driver.   A year later he was hired full time.  He loved his job and took pride in his work. He was preparing for retirement after 27 years.

On December 19, 1992 Bill was united in marriage to  Angie Resh.  They raised their family of two children, Christan Lee and Jacob William on a farm south of Farragut for 11 years before moving to Farragut in 2003.   Bill absolutely enjoyed in life!    He loved his family and enjoyed spending time with his grandson.  Friends, farming, hunting, camping, helping with the rodeo, and attending the Iowa State Fair were passions of Bill's.

Bill is survived by his wife Angie (Resh) Welchans of Farragut; children Jacob Welchans of Farragut and Christan (Jeremiah) Ambrose of Gravity;  grandson Jackson Ambrose of Gravity; brother Kenny (Peggy) Welchans of rural Hamburg; sisters-in-law Sheryl Sanders of rural Farragut and Lynne Kinnison (Dennis Gresham) of Shenandoah; brother-in-law Bill (Renee) Resh of Clairmore, OK;  nieces Jacque Welchans of Creston, Kaylea (Devin)) Ellis of Norwalk and Michelle (Matt) Weeks of Bennington; nephews Levi (Laura) Kinnison of Red Oak, Tom (Andrea) Welchans of Bondurant, Justin Welchans of Essex, Andy (Amanda) Welchans of Clarinda, Casey (Angie) Welchans of Nebraska City, Jed Sanders of Omaha, Malichi (Andrew) Kinnison of Omaha, TJ (Blake) Kinnison of Red Oak, Elijah and Charlie Resh of Clairmore, OK, and Mike (Heather) Gresham of Texas; other relatives and a host of friends.  He was preceded in death by his parents Carl and Martha Welchans, brother Dave Welchans and niece Sarah Sanders-Woolery.