Myra Hayacinth Sealy Welch was born September 2, 1916 in Barbados, West Indies, to Henry and Blanche Sealy. At age 18 months, her parents left her in the care of her grandmother and great-grandmother to pursue opportunities for a better future in Boston, MA. Her mother succumbed to a flu epidemic shortly after and father moved to New York City. Myra's father remarried when she was 13 and she then joined her father and second mother that year. After graduating from high school, Myra married Oliver Welch. They worked together and had a motto of "love one another". To their union they had four children: Joan, Robert, Blanche and Irving, seven grandchildren: Sharon, Lacretia, Robert, Michelle, Nicole, Edmund and Tamika, and ten great-grandchildren. Myra was very active in church, involved in the alter guild and various women's organizations. Myra was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Oliver and her daughter, Blanche She is survived by her children Joan Bowen, Robert Welch and Irbing Welch; son-in-law Hank Bowen and daughter-in-law, Maria Welch. Many other relatives and friends. She will be dearly missed by all her family and friends.