Dec 14, 2020
AUSTINTOWN Kalynn E. Welch, 56, passed away Friday afternoon, Dec. 11, 2020, at Ohio State University Medical Center.
She was born July 14, 1964, in Youngstown, the daughter of Leroy “Mick” and Karen Podwills Collingwood.
Kalynn was a special education pre-school teacher with the Youngstown City School System for 32 years.
She was a 1982 graduate of Boardman High School and then graduated from Youngstown State University in 1986, receiving her bachelor’s degree in special education and elementary education.
Kalynn was a proud survivor of both cancer and diabetes since 2018 and also from a double kidney and pancreas transplant in 2012.
She was a member of Ohltown United Methodist Church.