Marian Welch; Editor for Birch Society
Marian Welch, 88, editor of two publications for the ultraconservative John Birch Society, which was founded by her late husband. Mrs. Welch, who graduated from Wellesley College in 1922, was editor of the society’s weekly newspapers, The New American and Review of the News. The society was founded in 1958 by 12 men, including her husband Robert Welch, and named after a young American missionary who was killed in China in 1954. The group has its headquarters in Belmont, Mass., where the Welches lived for 40 years. Robert Welch died in 1985. Tuesday in Needham, Mass.
For the record:
12:00 a.m. Nov. 30, 1988 For the Record
Los Angeles Times Wednesday November 30, 1988 Home Edition Part 1 Page 2 Column 6 Metro Desk 2 inches; 63 words Type of Material: Correction
In an obituary about Marian Welch in Sunday’s editions, The Times erroneously reported, based on an Associated Press report, that John Birch was a missionary who was killed in China in 1954. Capt. John Birch, in whose name the ultraconservative John Birch Society was founded, had worked as a missionary in China before World War II, when he served as an intelligence officer. Birch was killed by Chinese communists on Aug. 25, 1945, 10 days after V-J Day.