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James Vincent Welsh,84, of Williamsburg, passed away Sunday, July 24, 2011, surrounded by his children, from kidney failure at Marengo Memorial Hospital. He had been ill for several months.Funeral mass will be held at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Williamsburg at 10 a.m. Thursday, July 28, with burial following at St. Michael’s Cemetery in Holbrook. Visitation will be held at the Powell Funeral Home in Williamsburg, from 3 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, with a VFW service to be at 7 p.m., followed by a prayer service.Jim (Jimmy) was born on August 25. 1926, at the family farm east of Williamsburg, son of Thomas J. And Florence A. (Welsh) Welsh. He attended country school, York #6 (rural Williamsburg) through eighth grade and graduated from Cosgrove High School in 1944. At age 17, he entered the Army 9th Air Corps, serving from 1944 to 1946, earning the rank of Corporal. He attended airplane and engine mechanics school at Keesler Field, Miss., and was stationed in Germany near the end of World War II.Upon his return to Iowa, Jim farmed proudly in Iowa County, east of Williams-
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Cedar Rapids Gazette
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, US
Tue, Jul 26, 2011
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