Sonya T. Welsh

Sonya Rae Triplett Welsh passed away at home on Monday, March 21, 2022. Sonya and her twin sister Sandra Mae were born as fifth and sixth children to parents Myrtha and Ernest Triplett in Glyndon, Maryland on January 11, 1939. Their elder siblings were Ernest Earl, Eleanor, Marian and William Triplett. Not long after the twins were born, their mother Myrtha passed away, and the twins were sent to live with different families. Sonya went to live with the Kagle family (parents Alice and Jesse), where she grew up with siblings Jesse Jr., Robert (Bob) and Elizabeth (Betty) on a farm in Glyndon, and then later in Upperco, Maryland. Sandra went to live with the Brown (Edith and Joe) family, with sister Louise.

Sonya was a 1956 graduate of Franklin High School in Reisterstown Maryland, and was known for her musical talent, singing Alto in "The Crazy Trio" with fellow students Joyce Fowble and Phyllis Cockey. Shortly after graduation, Sonya went to work at the Prudential Insurance Company. During this time she met and fell in love with Walter David Welsh, and the two were married in June 1959. Sonya became an accomplished homemaker and mother to children Kevin, Kelly and Sherry, delighting her children with music, engaging their minds with books, cultivating their hearts with Bible readings and lessons, and opening their eyes to Earth's beauty with walks in the woods to pick water cress and raspberries.

Sonya is survived by her husband Walter (Gus), children Kevin, Kelly Sweatman, and Sherry Welsh Burns; son-in-law Alan Sweatman, M.D.; grandchildren Molly, Hannah and PFC Henry Burns; and her sister and brother in law Elizabeth (Betty) and Ernie Herrera of Bakersfield, California.

A memorial gathering will be held on Saturday, March 26, 2022 from 10 am – 2 pm at the ECKHARDT FUNERAL CHAPEL, P.A., 11605 Reisterstown Road, Owings Mills, MD 21117.

Interment will be private.