OBIT: Rev. Gerald WELSH, 1977, native of Somerset County, PA
  
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  WELSH
  
  The Rev. Gerald Welsh, 42, of Mansfield, Ohio, formerly of Somerset
  County, died March 13, 1977, in the Mansfield General Hospital.  He
  was born Dec. 1, 1934, in Somerset, a son of Ray and Melvern Howard
  Welsh.  He is survived by his wife, Lois Baer Welsh, of Mansfield;
  three sons, Gerald, Jammie and Danny, and one daughter, Teri, all at
  home; two brothers, Ray of Listie and Fred of Rockwood; four sisters,
  Mrs. Charles Nicholson of Cumberland, Md.; Mrs. Jean Patselevas of
  Pittsburgh; Mrs. Orville Kregar of Somerset and Mrs. James Hay of
  Cleveland, Ohio; also by his mother-in-law and father-in-law, Mr. and
  Mrs. Byron Barr of Rockwood RD 1.  He was pastor of Westwod Christian
  Missionary Alliance Church of Mansfield for the past six months.  His
  other pastorships included: the Jamesville, Wis. Christian Missionary
  Alliance Church (CMAC); the Wabash, Ind. CMAC, the Windham, Ohio CMAC
  and the Frankfurt, Ind. CMAC.  He was a graduate of Ft. Wayne, Ind.
  Bible College and was ordained in 1965 at Tioga Falls, Ohio.  Friends
  will he received in the William J. Wood Funeral Home from 2-4 and 7-9
  p.m. Tuesday and until 11 a.m. Wednesday; when the remains will be
  removed to the Christian Missionary Alliance Church in Somerset to
  lie in state until 1:30 p.m., the time of services with the Rev. N.
  E. Fye, the Rev. James Hay and the Rev. Chester (Jack) Hay
  officiating.  Interment, Rockwood IOOF Cemetery.
  
  Daily American, March 14, 1977
  
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