obit here from san diego paper
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/signonsandiego/obituary.aspx?n=fred-gerlach&pid=138241160
here is hisw web site with pix from 80 years old
http://friendsloveyou.com/
he was born in 1925
http://www.tributes.com/show/Fred-Gerlach-87468525