death of NWA Capt. Charlie Redfield Welsh, age 86
death flwnwst
~ IN MEMORY ~
Military veteran, NWA Capt. Charlie Redfield Welsh
May 17, 1939 ~ November 22, 2025
https://www.west-point.org/users/usma1961/23566/
COL Charles R. Welsh USA (Retired)
Cullum: 23566 Class: '61 Cadet Company: D1
Date of Birth: May 17, 1939 Date of Death: November 22, 2025
Dear Friends and Colleagues,
With deep regret I must inform you that our colleague Charlie Welsh died Saturday after a short bout with Pancreatic Cancer. Charlie was 86 years old and was hired by NWA on 02/03/69. He resided in Puyallup, WA.
~ Bill Day
Pilot and author….please see sites below:
https://www.amazon.ie/As-Far-I-Remember/dp/B0FYLJ51SC
PCN memorial site https://pcnflightwest.blogspot.com/2025/12/nwa-capt-charlie-redfield-welsh.html
…..widowed in April 2023….
https://pcnflightwest.blogspot.com/2023/05/nwa-fa-nansea-ann-welsh-wife-of-nwa.html
As Far As I Remember Paperback – 29 October 2025
by Charles Welsh (Author)
I had a very active life I was an Army Brat, moving 24 times and attending 10 schools. I spent 34 1/2 years in the Army, from the Pennsylvania National Guard to West Point to Artillery Officer to Pilot. I resigned from active duty and joined Northwest Airlines when I retired in 1999. I also remained in the Army Reserve where I retired in 1961 as a Colonel. My first wife, Nicolet DePree, felt she couldn't make me happy and we divorced in 1983. However 2 years later she introduced me to Nancy Potts, who changed her name to NanSea Welsh. Nicky knew we shared many interests including tennis, skiing and traveling. For the next 38 years we had a marvelous life. We skied in most of the resorts in the us and many in Europe. We vacationed in 50 US states and two provinces in Canada. We traveled to 63 countries throughout the world and cruised on river and ocean ship for more than 400 days. .
https://www.usma1961.org/61WelshC.htm
Charles R. Welsh
“Charlie”
NanSea A. Welsh, formerly Nancy Schleining
Children: Jennifer Anderson 1964
Katie Zeelen 1970
Jenifer Riser 1972
Address: 15713 138th Ave. E., Puyallup, WA 98374-9654
Vita: After two tours in VN, I resigned in March 1969 to get out of S. Alabama, S. Georgia, and S. Vietnam. We moved to the South Puget Sound Area and lived there since. Went to work part-time (through numerous strikes) for Northwest Airlines. The Army Reserve kept food on the table until 1979. During the next twenty years, I flew the B-727, B-707, DC-10, and B-747 for Northwest Airlines. I retired from the Army Reserve in 1991 as a colonel, and in 1999 as a captain on the 747. I’d rather be a captain with a chicken in my lap than a colonel with an eagle on my shoulder. Since then, NanSea and I have spent our time playing tennis, skiing, and traveling. Tennis ended in 2009, but still sking and traveling.