Merced County CA Archives Biographies.....Welch, Chester E. 1886 - 
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Author: John Outcalt (1925)

CHESTER E. WELCH

   Not only is Chester E. Welch well-known and highly respected, but he is among
the most prominent business men of Merced. As the senior member of the firm of
Welch & Griffin, undertakers, he has become well-known as a man of broad
sympathies and kindly nature. The firm occupies the entire lower floor of the
Masonic building and is thoroughly equipped to handle their business in the most
modern way and with up-to-date methods.

   Chester E. Welch was born on a farm in Kansas, July 9, 1886, a son of C. R.
and Flora (Winches) Welch. The family came West when our subject was a child of
two years and located in Salem, Ore., where they lived for fourteen years, then
removed to Medford, Ore., and from there to Baker City and thence to Portland.
During all these years the father, C. R. Welch, was engaged in the furniture and
undertaking business. He sold his business in Portland, Ore., and removed, with
his family, to Oakland, Cal., where he successfully conducted a furniture and
undertaking business until his retirement; he still has large interests in this
line of business in Oakland and there makes his home.

   Chester E. Welch received a grammar and high school education in the schools
of Oregon and from the time he was sixteen years old was associated with his
father in business, learning the. undertaking business in a thorough manner. Mr.
Welch located in Merced in 1915, when he bought the undertaking business then
operated by Mr. Nordgren and the firm became known as Welch & Company; later he
sold an interest in the business to W. M. Griffin, who died in 1924, and was
succeeded by his widow Mrs. Lulu Griffin. The firm still conducts business under
the name of Welch & Griffin. Some few years ago Mr. Welch became interested in
agriculture and has invested considerable money in farming land adjacent to the
city of Merced.

   The marriage of Mr. Welch united him with Miss Josephine Reuder, a native
daughter of Merced. Mr. Welch has been deputy county coroner for many years and
is now serving as county coroner and public administrator. He is a Republican in
politics and fraternally is associated with the Elks and the Moose, and he is an
active member of the Chamber of Commerce.


Additional Comments:
From:

HISTORY OF
MERCED COUNTY
CALIFORNIA
WITH A
Biographical Review
OF
The Leading Men and Women of the County Who Have Been
Identified with Its Growth and Development
from the Early Days to the Present

HISTORY BY
JOHN OUTCALT

ILLUSTRATED COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME
HISTORIC RECORD COMPANY
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
1925


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