Posted on: Stanislaus County Obituaries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ca/StanislausObits/10990 Surname: WELCH, YORK, BIRAM, WILSON, MCDONALD, WELCH, JOHNSON, ELKINS ------------------------- Obituary from the Modesto Bee, Tuesday, April 10, 1973 pB7 JOHN E. WELCH A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday in the Jaroch Family Mortuary for John E. W4elch, who died Saturday in a local hospital following a long illness. Welch, 85, a native of Missouri and a resident of the Modesto area for 27 years, was a retired custodian for the Ceres Unified School District. Survivors include his widow, Effie, of Ceres, children Ruby York, Josephine York, Cecil, Biram and Geneva Wilson, all of Missouri; Myrtle McDonald of San Jose; Claude Welch of Fullerton; Georgie Johnson and Earl Welch of Oregon; a brother, Sam Welch of Ceres, and a sister, Clara Elkins of Waterford. Transcribed by Judy Ewbank