Welter Funeral Home was founded by William “Billy” Welter in 1933. His original funeral home was located at 232 Third Street SW, approximately 2½ blocks west of Dakota Avenue (main street). He operated from this facility until 1948, when he purchased the present-day building, which originally was the Richard and Grace Richards mansion.

The present funeral home was built in 1907 and the Richards family lived here until 1929. From then until 1948, when it became the Welter Funeral Home, it was used temporarily as a hospital (while the main hospital was being repaired after a fire), as a hunting lodge, and as a lodging-house for young men who came to the Huron area to work.

Billy Welter retired in 1955, at which time the funeral home was purchased as a partnership by Bob and Emily Entwisle, and Ken and Helen Loe. Ken and Helen sold their interest in the business to Bob and Emily in 1959. Bob and Emily, both licensed funeral directors, owned and operated the funeral home until their retirement in 1997.

In 1970 Mel Radke began working at the firm, Jim Murtha in 1998. Mel retired July 1, 2007, after 40 years in funeral service. Tim Bishop, a licensed funeral director/embalmer joined Welter Funeral Home January 1, 2008, and had been licensed for 10 years in Iowa.

The elegance of the funeral home is highlighted by the oak woodwork which adorns a large portion of the interior. Except for later additions on the north and west side, the funeral home, to this day, structurally looks much like it did when it was constructed. The spaciousness of the interior rooms and Chapel offer a sense of peacefulness and quiet dignity to the families we are proud to serve.

During the summer and fall months of 2008, the entire main floor was remodeled with new carpeting, drapes, furniture, wall coverings, pictures, and painted walls, with all of the design plans and most of the work being done by the funeral home's office manager, Peg Murtha.