James Michael Walsh
December 7, 2010
James Michael Walsh, 67, a resident of Scranton, died Tuesday morning in
the VNA Inpatient Hospice Unit at the Community Medical Center after a brief
illness.
He was born and raised in Scranton, the son of the late Robert J. and
Elva M. Biggs Walsh. He was a member of
Saint Patrick’s Church and was a charter member of the Father Patrick Healey
Division 6 of the Ancient Order of Hibernians and presently held the office of
Treasurer. He was on the board of
directors of the Forum Towers and a graduate Scranton Central High School.
After High School he served with the US Navy, after his service to his
country he graduated from Hunter College, New York, NY and The State University
of New York where he received a Bachelor of Science Degree.
He worked in New York, NY at the New York City Community College as an
Adjunct Professor, the New York State Institute of Mental Retardation as a
research Scientist and at various hospitals and clinics as a radiologic, CT and
nuclear technologist when he retired he returned to Scranton.
He loved life and lived it to the fullest.
He had won the first battle with cancer 23 years ago but lost the
rematch. The family would like to
thank Dr. Michael Alocci, Dr. Wayne Weston, Dr. Michael Burke, Dr. Richard
Emanuelson and the staff at Allied Rehab and Skilled Nursing.
Surviving are three brothers, Robert L. Walsh and his wife Evelyn,
Scranton, Thomas J. Walsh and his wife Maryjane, Pace, FL, David Walsh and his
wife Linda, Scranton; a sister, Patricia A. Haggerty, Gouldsboro; he had many
nieces and nephews that he loved as his own; aunts, uncles and cousins.
The funeral will be Friday at 9:30 a.m. from the Miller Bean Funeral
Home, Inc., 436 Cedar Avenue, with mass at 10 a.m. in Saint Patrick’s Church,
1403 Jackson Street. Interment will be in
the Cathedral Cemetery, Scranton.
