Welch, Susanne B. (Barrigan) Greece: Age 77. April 26, 2016. Susanne is predeceased by the love of her life, her husband, Robert Welch. Susanne is survived by her children; Barbara (Daniel) Schreiner, Bob (Molly) Welch, Dan (Julie) Welch, Sharon (Michael) Posadni, Donna (Charlie) Anderson, Nancy aka B (Scott) Hewitson; grandchildren, Dan (Jessica), Jim (Jenna) Jon (Kara) Schreiner, Dylan Drew Welch, Mike Matt Welch, Kate Abby Posadni, Gavin Isabelle Anderson, Ryan Jessica Hewitson; great-grandchildren; Jake, Logan Kenzie Schreiner; many nieces and nephews as well as brother and sister-in-laws. Susanne's visitation will be Friday from 4-7 PM at the funeral home, 1411 Vintage Lane (between 390 Long Pond Rd). Her funeral service will be celebrated on Saturday at 11:00 AM at St. Charles Borromeo Church, 3003 Dewey Avenue. Interment in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to School of the Holy Childhood, 100 Groton Pkwy, Rochester, NY 14623 in Susanne's memory. Susanne was born on September 17, 1938 in Rochester, NY, daughter to Donald Barrigan and Alma Kewley. Their family included Susanne's sister, Patricia. During her younger years, she was a Polio survivor, flute player Nazareth Academy graduate. Susanne met the love of her life, Bob Welch, in high school on a blind date. They were married at Sacred Heart Cathedral and their union lasted 50 years! They gave birth to six wonderful children -Barb, Bob, Dan, Sharon, Donna, Nancy. The second and third generation yielded six children and thirteen grandchildren - quite the large family. The older kids enjoyed camping with Mom and Dad. We often spent a week in the summer in the Thousand Islands or the Adirondacks or in a tent, trailer or rented cabin. The younger kids got to enjoy trips to Myrtle Beach!! We have great memories of the pool in our backyard and eating out on our patio. The kids would stand on the picnic bench and mom would hand us the food out the kitchen window. Mom loved to plant flowers every year. For years we had geraniums in the tire planter in the front yard along with some petunias. When the younger kids got older, Mom and Dad really enjoyed going out to dinner on Friday nights! Mom made all of our birthdays special. We always had our favorite dinner and cake on our birthday. She sang Happy Birthday to us every year. Mom had a passion for sending out cards for any occasion. She always filled the cards with card glitter that fell out when we opened her cards. It was her tradition. We eventually learned to open the cards over garbage cans! She Loved crafts and ceramics. For years, Mom took ceramics class at her friend Marie's along with Barb and Sharon. What Barb Sharon remember most is that Mom mostly went to talk with her friends. It seemed to take her forever to actually finish painting a piece. Loved spoiling grandchildren. She would make egg salad for the kids as a special treat. She always had Vienna Finger cookies in the breadbox for the grandchildren. She loved to buys the girls their dolls and the boys their trucks! Mom decorated the house for every holiday. She had Valentines, St. Patricks Day, Easter, Memorial Day, 4th of July, Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas decoration. She always made the house festive. Recently, should would decorate her walker or scooter for the holiday. Mom loved romance novels, and any book that either James Patterson, or Nicholas Sparks published. The girls always new they wouldn't have to buy the book as we could just borrow them from mom! Mom was a collector. I think we had every beanie baby there was to collect! She loved to shop. Some of her kids got the shopping gene while others did not. She knew which one of her kids would go shopping with her! It didn't matter if she needed anything, she just wanted to shop. Susanne could be described as bubbly, giggly, optimistic, creative craft lover, youthful teenage outlook even as she fought against increasing physical problem later in life. She was a collector of people. She took on all our friends as extra children. She overflowed with love and gave it freely. She was one of those people with not a lot of worldly possessions to give, but nonetheless, gave freely. Mom was caring. Even when she was at Edna Tina, she would watch out for the other residents. She would encourage them to eat if they weren't, she make sure that her friends made it to the activities they enjoyed and watched certain TV shows with some of her friends. Susanne and Bob had a wonderful 50th wedding anniversary in 2008 before he died. Theirs was a lifelong love affair and they are now together again.