Area Obituaries
			     Helen Walsh



VAIL, Iowa -- Helen Walsh, 94, of Omaha, formerly of Vail, died
Sunday, Oct. 26, 2003, at Nebraska Skilled Nursing Rehab in Omaha.
Services will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. Ann Catholic Church in
Vail. Burial will be in St. Ann's Catholic Cemetery. Visitation will
be after 3 p.m. today, with a Legion of Mary rosary at 4 p.m. and a
wake service at 7:30 p.m., at Huebner Funeral Home in Denison, Iowa.

Survivors include four sons, Denis Walsh and his wife, Marian of
Omaha, the Rev. Patrick Walsh of Sioux City, Tom Walsh and his wife,
Barbara of Lone Tree, Colo., and John Walsh and his wife, Diane of
Vail; 18 grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and a brother,
Robert Lawler and his wife, Tess of Omaha.

Sioux City Journal
Tuesday, October 28, 2003
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	       Services are held for businessman Walsh

Funeral services were held Monday for insurance and real estate broker
Raphael E. Walsh, 75, of Vail who died Friday at Bergan Mercy Hospital
at Omaha, Nebr. Services were held at St. Ann's Catholic Church in
Vail with burial at St. Ann's Cemetery.  Funeral arrangements were by
the Huebner Funeral Home.

Walsh was owner of Walsh Real Estate and Insurance in Vail at the
time of his death.

He was born Sept. 1, 1911, in Vail, the son of John T. and Alice
(Coughlin) Walsh.  He married Helen Lawler of Westside on Sept. 18,
1939, in Vail.

Walsh was educated at St. Ann's Catholic School.  His occupations
included farm work, working for the Farm Credit Administration and
farming in the Vail area.  He was the manager of the Vail lumber yard
from 1948 until 1960 when he started the insurance and real estate
business.  He was a longtime member of St. Ann's Church and a member
of the Knights of Columbus.

He is survived by his wife; four sons, Denis of Omaha, the
Rev. Patrick Walsh of Fort Dodge, John of Vail and Tom of Omaha; 17
grandchildren; and one sister, Mercedes (Mrs. John) Dolan of Cedar
Rapids.

Sept. 1, 1987
Denison Review