OBITUARY   WELCH, SHIRLEY CAILLET, 99, died Friday, March 28, 2003 at Good Samaritan Village in Denton. She was born in Dallas on July 8, 1903 to Fleury Paul and Laura Riehn Caillet and was a descendant of the Reverchon family, French settlers in the La Reunion colony in West Dallas. She attended Cochran Chapel School (located across Midway Road from the current Cochran Chapel Methodist Church) and in 1914 began attending Maple Lawn School, a combination rural elementary and high school at that time. She graduated from the College of Industrial Ads (now Texas Woman's University) in Denton in 1925 and taught elementary school in the flying field at Love Field for-five years. She married Clyde Wright Welch of Dallas on June 24. 1930. He died May 4, 1992. In 1930 she became associated with the Dallas schools and in 1934 became principal of Walnut Hill Elementary School, where she served until her retirement in 1957. She was instrumental in the naming of F. P. Caillet Elementary School for her father in 1957. In 1959 she and her husband built a home on family property on the eastern shore of Lake Dallas (now Lake Lewisville) near Little Elm, where she lived until August 2000. From 1963 to 1970 she worked as a substitute teacher and acting principal in the Little Elm schools. She was "Aunt Shirley" to family, friends and former students, many of whom she kept in touch with for more than 50 years. Her unique phrases, her unfailing good humor and her daily enjoyment of life and "a good story" endeared her to all who knew her. She is survived by sisters Marie Caillet of Little Elm and Margaret Caillet Swann of Nashville, TN; nieces Shirley Lusk of Denton, Nancy Kurrus of Argyle, Elizabeth McCullough of Morganton, NC, Susan Sutherland of Nashville, TN, and Laura Hons of Spring, TX; nephews Arthur Dieterich of Commerce, Julien Caillet of Tucson, AZ and Mark Swann of Adams, TN; and 27 great-nieces and nephews She was preceded in death by her sister, Louise Caillet Dieterich, a brother, Otto R. Caillet, M.D., niece Kay Caillet Lee, and a special nephew, Paul Caillet. Graveside services will be conducted at Restland, Dallas, on Monday at, 11:00 a.m. under the direction of DeBerry Funeral Directors, Denton. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial tributes be directed to Good Samaritan Village, 2500 Hinkle Drive, Denton, TX 76201, or to Ann's Haven VNA Hospice, 216W, Mulberry, Denton, TX 76201. A memorial service will be held Monday at 2:00 p.m. in the Health Care Chapel at the Denton Good Samaritan Village, Dr. Richard Naurse Jr. will officiate the services. Deberry Funeral Directors Denton TX 940-383-4200

 

SHIRLEY CAILLET WELCH 1903 - 2003 Restland Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas

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• Daughter of Fleury Paul Caillet & Laura (Reihn) Caillet