After being discharged from the military, Gordon met and married Inez O. Ruhl (in Marion, Ohio). They moved to Hale Center, Texas and opened a family clothing store. They had one son (our brother): William Gordon Wealch born September 1950 in Plainview, Tx. Bill couldn't remember his father, who left when he was about two years old. Bill died at age 26 of Hodgkins Disease. (Gordon Wealch was our step father.)
Bill's parents were: Gordon L. Wealch (Michigan) and Inez O. Ruhl (Ohio). He had two sisters, Ina Rae and Sherlyn Kay. He lived in Hale Center, Texas, Richwood, Ohio and Ft Worth, Texas. Bill attended Steven F. Austin College and worked for Tandy Corporation. He had a photographic memory, loved music, loved to travel, played three dimensional chess, read constantly and had a dry sense of humor.
Portrait photographs and paintings of our loved ones and ancestors.
Before photos we had paintings of family members - most usually these were reserved for the well off. The era of modern photography began with the daguerreotype, in 1839. Since the advent of photogr...