A Celebration of Life in memory of Richard (Dick) Welsbacher will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, July 25, in Wilner Auditorium, followed by a luncheon at Mosley Street Melodrama, 234 N. Mosley Street, at 1 p.m. Welsbacher, professor emeritus and director of theatre at Wichita State for 30 years, died Tuesday, July 14, following a series of complications. He was 89. The Dick Welsbacher Memorial for WSU Performing Arts Angels has been established. The fund's name reflects the name of a loyal group of "angels" who helped fund the WSU Summer Theatre program in its early years, and today funds students in a variety of theatre, music theatre and dance endeavors. Donations may be sent to Dick Welsbacher Memorial for WSU Performing Arts Angels, WSU Foundation.
