Submitted by: Dan Rich

Evelyn Walsh

Sept. 1, 1923 - June 11, 2006

South Bend Tribune 6/14/2006

Evelyn (Black) Walsh, 82, was born Sept. 1, 1923, in Rockford, Ill., to William F and Loretta (Mailander) Black. She passed away after an illness at 5:15 p.m. on Sunday afternoon, June 11, in Hospice House of South Bend. On May 18, 1946, she married Joseph A. Walsh, and to this union were born Mike (Jan), William Thomas (deceased) (widow Ellen), Gerald William and Kathleen Huys.

She is survived by seven grandchildren, Selena Walsh, Kelley (Aaron) Berlin, Carrie Walsh, Joseph Walsh, all of Austin, Texas, Mary (Connor) Bales of Coppell, Texas, Daniel Huys of Mishawaka and Andrew (Katie) Huys of Eden Prairie, Minn. Evelyn had five great-granddaughters, Ashley, Anna and Emily Berlin, Kathryn Bales and Renee Marie Walsh. "Evie" worked for 36 years as secretary for the St. Joseph County Department of Public Welfare, from which she retired. An avid Cubs fan, she also loved to read, play bridge and & "nuts & bolts" for her bridge partners, and was the family's favorite "cookie baker," especially at Christmas time! She was preceded in death by her parents, a sister and brother, as well as her son, Thomas, 36, and two grandchildren, Timothy, 12 and Jennifer, 9.