Submitted by: Dan Rich

Beverly Ann Walsh

May 25, 1943 - Nov. 12, 2001

South Bend Tribune 11/14/2001

Beverly Ann Walsh, 58, passed away on Monday, Nov. 12, in her home. Mrs. Walsh was born May 25, 1943, in South Bend, Ind., and was raised by her stepfather, Matt Rachwalski, and her mother, Anne Birtz. A lifelong resident of South Bend, Beverly was a 1961 graduate of St. Joseph High School.

On Sept. 19, 1970, she married Paul J. Walsh, who survives. She is also survived by her two children, a son, Mark (Rosalie) Walsh, and a daughter, Laura (Tyler) Burton, both of South Bend; two sisters, Kathleen Karczewski of South Bend and Patricia Starker of Phoenix, Ariz.; a half brother, Michael Rachwalski of Las Vegas, Nev.; and by two grandchildren, Maguire Burton and Katherine Walsh. Mrs. Walsh will be remembered as an avid reader, a person who loved to travel with her husband Paul, and who loved to work in her flower garden.

Visitation for Mrs. Walsh will be from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. today with a Rosary service at 3:30 p.m. in the Guisinger Colonial Chapel Funeral Home, 3718 South Michigan Street. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday in St. Jude Catholic Church, 19704 Johnson Road. Burial will follow at Southlawn Cemetery. Memorials in Beverly's name may be made to St. Joseph County Hospice or to the American Cancer Society.