Teresa K. Walsh

TUPPER LAKE - Teresa K. Walsh, 85, of Tupper Lake, died Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2008 at Adirondack Medical Center in Saranac Lake.

Born in Tupper Lake on March 22, 1923, she was the daughter of Frank and Mabel (LaDue) Henry. She married Wilson Walsh on Aug. 14, 1943 at the Holy Name Church.

Mrs. Walsh had been a life-long resident of Tupper Lake. She was a devoted wife, mother and homemaker. After her children were grown, she worked for 4-H in Malone, ARC Sheltered Workshop in Tupper Lake and for Franklin County Cooperative Extension in Malone for several years. Walsh is a past member of St. Ann Society at Holy Name Church. She was a fabulous cook and loved to work with all kinds of crafts including knitting, sewing and dried flowers.

She is survived by seven children: Virginia Carrow and her husband Ronald of Lake Placid, Rosemary Godin and her husband Francis, of Tupper Lake, Michael Walsh of Roswell, Ga., Patrick Walsh of Cadillac, Mich., Thomas Walsh and his wife Geraldine of Tupper Lake, Timothy Walsh and his fiance Eileen McCabe of Rochester, and Amelia Palmer and her husband Paul of Beekmantown; 15 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Wilson on May 3, 1981; one daughter, Kathleen Scott; one son, Kevin Walsh; three sisters Violet Gagnier, Margaret Blaikie, and Della Tromblay; and one brother Leland Henry.

Calling hours will take place at the Stuart-Fortune-Keough Funeral Home on Saturday, Aug. 30, 2008 from 10 a.m. to noon. A Mass of Christian Burial will follow at 1 p.m. on Saturday Aug. 30, 2008 at Holy Name Church, with the Rev. Kris Luzon officiating. Burial will follow at Holy Name Cemetery in Tupper Lake.

Friends wishing to remember Teresa K. Walsh may make memorial contributions to High Peaks Hospice or AMC-Uihlein Mercy Center in care of the funeral home.