Thomas Walsh

Obituary of Thomas E. Walsh

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THOMAS E. WALSH Mr. Thomas E. Walsh, 86, died peacefully at the residence of his daughter on Wednesday evening September 16, 2008, under the care of Hospice. Thomas was the son of the late Edward G. Walsh and the late Marie A. Reed Walsh. He was born in Aliquippa, PA. He graduated from the Steubenville Catholic Central High School, Steubenville Ohio. He was raised in Weirton, WV and had served his country in the United States Navy as a submarine sailor on the USS Drum-SS228, during WWII, he married Margaret Mary Donnelly in 1950. He worked for the Weirton Steel Company for thirty years. He and Margaret had lived in Myrtle Beach, SC before moving to Aiken in 1995. He was a communicant of the Saint Mary Help of Christians Catholic Church and a member of the Knights of Columbus Msgr. George Lewis Smith Council 3684 and Assembly 1074. Mr. Walsh is survived by his two daughters ; Mary Michelle Westcott and Mary Diane Walsh-Pierpoint and her husband John Pierpoint. He is also survived by a grandson; Patrick Walsh Westcott of Greenwood, SC. Visitation will be at George Funeral Home and Cremation Center, 211 Park Ave. SW Aiken on Thursday Sept. 18, 2008 from 6-8pm and the Funeral Mass will be held on Friday Sept. 19, 2008 at 11:00 am at St. Mary Help of Christians Catholic Church, Aiken SC. Interment will follow in the Calvary Cemetery. Memorial Donations may be made to Faith Home, Inc. PO Box 39 Greenwood, SC 29648 or the USS Drum Restoration Fund. PO Box 190756 Mobile AL 36619-0756.
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