Welch, Genevieve MECHANICVILLE Genevieve "Genna" Welch, 93, lifelong resident of Mechanicville died Tuesday, November 15, 2016, after a brief illness. A city native, born on July 3, 1923, daughter of the late Louis and Mary D'Ambro, Genna was a homemaker, who during World War II, worked with other women at the Boston and Maine Railroad yard in Mechanicville. Genna was a member of the local Home Bureau Association, a longtime member of the Junior Dante Club, an excellent bocci player at the Italian Fraternal Society and a long time women's bowling league member. Genna also enjoyed traveling around the country. She loved her family, grandkids and great-grandkids, spending time with her large D'Ambro siblings and families, and always had a great attitude and outlook on life. She was a communicant of Assumption-St. Paul Church. She was sadly predeceased by her husband, Joseph "Shamrock" Welch in 1993; and her daughter, Katherine Welch Corbi in 2009. Survivors include her three daughters, Helene Welch and husband, Joseph Izzo of Malta, Patricia and husband, Gary Phelan and Joann and husband, Bill Lyons both of Clifton Park; Grandchildren and their children, Joseph (Beth) Corbi and daughter, Peyton, David (Janet) Corbi and children, Kaitlin, David and Hannah, Jennifer (Patrick) Kane and daughters, Katherine and Megan, Cailin and Aaron Peek, Rachael Phelan (Joe), Rebecca Phelan (Brendan), Jessica Lyons (Anthony Tessari) and son, James, Jillian and William Lyons; Genna's longtime companion, Alfred Perrotta of Mechanicville, along with many nieces, nephews and their families. In addition to her husband and daughter, Genna was also predeceased by brothers, Louis, John and Michael D'Ambro; and sisters, Mary Esposito, Connie Piccarelli and Anna Wallace. A funeral Mass will be celebrated on Monday at 10 a.m. in All Saints on the Hudson South Church (St. Paul's) 121 North Main St., Mechanicville, with entombment in St. Paul's Mausoleum. Calling hours at the DeVito-Salvadore Funeral Home, 39 S. Main St., Mechanicville on Sunday from 2-5 p.m. Remembrances may be made to or N.Y.O.H. Community Cancer Foundation, 449 Rte 146 Suite 101, Clifton Park, 12065, in loving memory of Genevieve Welch. To leave condolences and for directions visit
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