Editing Lawrence Welk (section)

==Personal life and death==
Welk was married for 61 years, until his death in 1992, to Fern Renner (August 26, 1903 – February 13, 2002), with whom he had two daughters and a son. His son, Lawrence Welk Jr., married and divorced fellow ''Lawrence Welk Show'' performer [[Tanya Falan Welk|Tanya Falan]]. Welk was survived by 10 grandchildren and a great-grandchild.<ref name="obit-LAT"/> His grandson Lawrence Welk III is a helicopter pilot who worked with [[Zoey Tur]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Goldstein |first=Gary |date=August 6, 2021 |title=Review: Documentary reveals Zoey Tur as a news pioneer — and toxic male — before her transition |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2021-08-06/whirlybird-review-zoey-tur-trans-toxic-male-news-chopper-pioneer |access-date=July 1, 2024 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref>

A devout [[Roman Catholic]], Welk was a daily [[communicant]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Welk|first=Lawrence|title=Wunnerful, Wunnerful!: The Autobiography of Lawrence Welk|year=1973|publisher=Bantam Books|isbn=0-553-07466-0}}</ref> He was a noted member of [[Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks|The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks]].<ref name="Centennial Anniversary of Elkdom">{{cite book |title=Congressional Record | year=1968 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iD0keoZvrp0C&dq=%22order+of+elks%22&pg=PA3727 |access-date=August 30, 2022 |pages=3726| publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office }}</ref>

He died of [[pneumonia]] on May 17, 1992, at age 89, at his Santa Monica home, surrounded by his family.<ref name="obit-LAT">{{cite news |last1=Gorman |first1=Tom |title=From the Archives: Lawrence Welk, Popular TV Bandleader, Dies at 89 |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-lawrence-welk-19920519-20160516-snap-story.html |access-date=December 25, 2022 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=May 19, 1992}}</ref><ref name="obit-WP">{{cite news |last1=Weil |first1=Martin |title=Bandleader Lawrence Welk Dies |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1992/05/19/bandleader-lawrence-welk-dies/3dc92db6-334e-4530-9b91-9a36fd8f686e/ |access-date=December 25, 2022 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=May 19, 1992}}</ref> He was buried in [[Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City|Holy Cross Cemetery]] in [[Culver City, California]].