Yes, she seemed very private, even at the end as her obituary was brief. But it says she passed away peacefully. Her husband died 5 months after; his obit from the San Francisco Chronicle follows:
A memorial service will be held Saturday for Metro Welles of Fairfax, a former Broadway actor and teacher. Mr. Welles died March 27 at a convalescent home in Tiburon of complications related to emphysema. He was 82.
Born in Schuylkill, Pa., Mr. Welles was raised on his family's 400-acre farm.
During World War II, Mr. Welles served in the Army Air Forces. After the war, he attended Penn State University, where he studied theater and liked it so much that he married one of his teachers. After graduation, he and his wife, Violet, moved to New York, where he became an actor and she became a press agent, television writer and production associate for Broadway shows.
In the 1950s and '60s, Mr. Welles was a touring actor with Broadway shows, including "Mr. Roberts," a story about men on a small Navy supply ship combating the sailor's deadliest enemies: boredom and monotony.
When his wife developed a heart condition, he quit theater to be closer to her. Mr. Welles then became a high school science teacher in New York, impressing his students with his magnetism.
"He enjoyed teaching and was great with kids," said his niece Aquilina Lewellen. "He had such a sardonic, satirical wit."
The couple moved to San Francisco in 1974, where Mr. Welles assisted his wife with her career as a theater press agent. She died in October.
Mr. Welles is survived by a sister, Helen Morgan of Campbell.
The memorial service will be held from 2 to 6 p.m. Saturday at his home at 303 Forrest Ave., in Fairfax.
