OBIT: Frank KERCH, Sr., 1979, Boswell, Somerset County, PA
  
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  KERCH
  
  Frank Kerch, Sr., 87, of 213 Juniata St., Boswell, died March 23, 1979, at
  Somerset Community Hospital.  Born March 2, 1892, in Austria-Hungary, son
  of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kerch.  Preceded in death by parents and wife, the
  former Mary M. Hudak, who died April 1, 1976, and two infant sons. 
  Survived by these children: John, Eckhart Mines, Md.; Mrs. Mary Fego, New
  Rochelle, N.Y.; Frank Jr., Somerset RD 2; George, Mrs. Anna Yadvish and
  Mrs. Helen Baca, all of Boswell; Michael, Boswell RD 1; Paul, Bronx, N.Y.;
  and Charles, Amherst, Ohio; 16 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren. 
  Member of SS Peter and Paul's Russian Orthodox Church, Boswell, and
  Johnstown Local 1040, UMW of A.  Friends received from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday
  and until 9 p.m. Sunday at the Joseph G. Hoffman Funeral Home, 409 Main St.,
  Boswell, where Parastas, will be sung at 7:30 p.m. Sunday.  Prayer service
  at 8:30 a.m. Monday at funeral home followed by funeral mass at 9 a.m. at
  SS Peter and Paul's Church with the Rev. John W. Govrusik officiating. 
  Interment, St. Stanislaus Cemetery, Boswell.
  
  Daily American, March 24, 1979
  
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