Harry Arthur Wellings, Jr. of West Chester, Pennsylvania, died peacefully at home on Saturday, August 29, 2026. He was 85.

Born in Philadelphia, Harry was the son of the late Harry Arthur Wellings, Sr. and Mary Genevieve Wojciak Wellings. Harry was the beloved brother of Ronald Joseph Wellings, Donna Marie Wellings, and the late Janice Arlene Wellings Festa.

Harry spent most of his youth and adult life in Bucks County, first at his family’s home in Feasterville, then after his father died, at his sister’s family home in Churchville, for close to 20 years.

While in Bucks County, Harry had a long career with Century Pioneer kitchens, retiring at the age of 65. He was a dedicated bicyclist and traveler, enjoying vacations and cruises to Alaska, Hawaii, Florida, and the Pocono Mountains, with his lifelong friend, Alfred J. Linn. For many years, they participated in the American Cancer bikeathon to the New Jersey shore, a tradition of which Harry was very proud. He had fond memories of hosting Monday Night Football gatherings at the family house in Feasterville, in which his Beer meister kegerator featured prominently. Another of Harry’s favorite memories was catching the final out while playing right field for the James Glass softball team in the Lower Bucks slow pitch league.

Harry was a diehard Philadelphia Flyers fan. He frequently displayed his treasured picture of himself with Hockey Hall of Famer Bernie Parent, and always maintained that no contemporary players or team could compete with Philadelphia’s “Broad Street Bullies,” including the feared Russian national team. He often repeated the popular slogan, “Only God saves more than Bernie Parent.”

In 2020, Harry moved to West Chester to live with his brother, Ronald, and sister-in-law, Carol. There, he loved sitting on the back deck in the summer months, with the family’s chocolate lab, Simon, doing his daily Word Search puzzles, and surveying the yard and surrounding woods. He also enjoyed annual vacations to Ocean City, New Jersey, where he would explore the boardwalk on his electric scooter and view the weekly Mummers performance on the boards.

A huge fan of the Three Stooges vaudeville and comedy troupe, Harry never missed reruns of their TV programs on Saturday nights. From anywhere in the house, you could hear unbridled laughter emanating from his Flyers man-cave.

Friends and family will always recall Harry’s enthusiasm for life and his ability to smile and put a smile on others' faces. Some say he was the happiest and kindest person they’ve ever known. Harry had a way of making everyone around him smile, and his joy for life was contagious.

Others describe Harry as the strongest and the best of all of us, who walked the path life chose for him with acceptance, strength, and determination and loved all of us deeply and unconditionally. All agreed that he was a positive force in a universe that could use a whole lot more of that. He was a good man, a good friend, a good brother, and a hard worker who excelled well beyond what those experts early in his life projected for him. He encountered innumerable obstacles in his life, brushing them aside and never letting anything stop him from living life to the fullest. He found joy in the simplest things, loved fiercely, and had a kindness that was unmatched. Of Harry’s mother, Mary Wellings, who rescued him from a lifetime in an institution, a friend remarked that her courage, love and tenacity gave her son a chance to lead his wonderful and bountiful existence.

Harry will be greatly missed but eternally loved and remembered as a loving and generous brother, uncle, and friend. In addition to his siblings, Ronald and Donna, Harry is survived by three nieces, Laura Marie Pillard, Carrie Ann Stein, and Amy Wellings Dougherty, three nephews, Robert Smith, Jim Stein, and Mike Wellings, and many great-nieces and great-nephews.

To love Harry was to be loved. We are so grateful that we got to love him.

Harry will be interred privately at Sunset Memorial Park, Huntingdon Valley