Leonard Welsch

Leonard (Len) Welsch, age 74, passed away peacefully at the University of Alabama at Birmington Hospital on Thursday February 27, 2025 in Birmingham, Alabama. Len was born in 1950, to Frank Bernard and Josephine Welsch in Baltimore, Maryland. After graduating from Edgewood High School, he enlisted in the United States Navy in 1969 and served aboard the US Navy aircraft carrier USS Enterprise during the Vietnam War. After honorably completing his military service in 1974, Len settled in Birmingham, Alabama and joined the Birmingham police department. While serving as a police officer, Len attended college and joined the Alabama Army National Guard. He attended Officer Candidate School, was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant and served honorable retiring at the rank of Major. After 30 years of faithful law enforcement service he retired from the Birmingham police department. During his high school years Len's musical talents as a teen led to the creation of his successful band "The Dynatones". But it was his service in the Navy and Army National Guard, along with his service as a police officer, which provided him with the satisfaction and gratification of service to others. While he enjoyed sports cars, he preferred jumping on his Harley for long multistate motorcycle trips with his close friend Steve Hearon and others whenever he could.

Len is survived by his four children Michael, Melanie, Michelle and Mathew and three grandchildren; Len is also survived by his Fiancee, Judy Molt; granddaughter, Nora Molt; sisters, Jo Macek, Donna Serkin, Darlene Welsch, and Patty Gillespie; brother, Frank Welsch.

A Graveside service will be held on Wednesday March 5, 2025 at 1:15PM from the Alabama National Cemetery in Montevallo, Alabama.