Donald A. Walsh

Donald A. Walsh, age 86, of Potosi, died on Sunday, May 30, 2010, at Orchard Manor Nursing Home in Lancaster. He was born on June 15, 1923, in Tennyson, the son of Joseph and Anna (Wallenhorst) Walsh. Don graduated from St. Andrew Catholic High School and attended college at Marquette University in Milwaukee. He served in the United States Army from 1942 until 1946. Don was united in marriage to Helen M. Mulholland on January 21, 1947, at St. John the Baptist Church in Muscoda. Together they owned and operated Walsh Stores with locations in Tennyson, Prairie du Chien, Galena, IL and Maquoketa, IA. Don was a lifelong member of St. Andrew Catholic Church and the Catholic Knights No. 42. He was also a member of the American Legion Post No. 473 for over sixty years. Don served on the Tennyson Village Board and played third base for the Tennyson Athletic Club ball team. He was an appointed member for Grant Co. Estate Appraisers. Don loved spending time with his family and their activities as well as playing Crazy Eight with his friends at the Road House.

Survivors include his wife of sixty-three years, Helen Walsh, Potosi; two sons, Michael (Peg) Walsh, Potosi; Richard (Pat) Walsh, Galena, IL; two daughters, Victoria (Mac) McLaughlin, Maquoketa, IA; Jacklyn (Larry) Curtis, Potosi; thirteen grandchildren: Chad (Angele) and Scott (Anniina) Walsh, Misty, DJ, and Casey McLaughlin, Bekki, Brad, and Bobbi Walsh, Bridget, Brent, Brady, Lindsay, and Lacey Curtis; a sister, Patricia Langmeier, Prairie du Chien; a foster brother, Marvin (Dot) David, Potosi; five great-grandchildren:  Aspen, Kaden, Irelyn, and Jasper Walsh, and Macklyn McLaughlin; a sister-in-law, Isabele Walsh, Dubuque, IA.

In addition to his parents, Don was preceded in death by three brothers, Clifford, Robert (Jeanette) and Parnell (Julia) Walsh, his sister, Sr. Patricia Ann Walsh, and a foster brother, Walter (Erma) David, and a brother-in-law, Ben Langmeier.

Funeral services were held on Thursday, June 3, 2010, at 10:30 a.m. at St. Andrew Catholic Church in Tennyson with Father Richard Leffler officiating. Burial with military honors was in St. Andrew Cemetery, Tennyson. Family and friends called on Wednesday, June 2, 2010, at St. Andrew Catholic Church from 4:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. A rosary was held at 3:30 p.m. at the church. In lieu of plants and flowers, a Donald A. Walsh memorial fund has been established. Martin Funeral Home in Potosi is serving the family.