Anthony R Welch

Anthony R. Welch was 19 years old when his life was taken on May 15, 2010. Though the publicly available record about his life is limited, what is clear from contemporary reports is that Anthony was one of many young people whose lives were woven into the neighborhoods of Chicago's South Side.

At an age when many are making plans for work, study, friendships, and family, Anthony’s death cut short those possibilities. Local news coverage at the time records that he died in a shooting that also injured another person; his passing was noted in brief reports that underscore how gun violence has visited far too many Chicago families. Memorial sites maintained by loved ones and community members remember him as a 19-year-old lost on that May day in 2010.

Because formal obituary notices matching his name and the exact date of death were not located in major funeral-home or newspaper archives, there are fewer publicly recorded personal details — such as schooling, employment, or family tributes — available to build a fuller public portrait. That absence in the record does not diminish his personhood: Anthony was someone’s son, friend, and neighbor, and his life mattered to those who knew him.

This page honors Anthony by placing his life, not only the manner of his death, at the center. He is remembered as a young man whose future was full of potential, and whose passing is one among many losses that continue to ripple through communities. May his memory be held with compassion by those who loved him, and may the quiet wish for safer neighborhoods and more opportunities for young people like Anthony inspire continued work and care.