Patricia Walsh

Middletown, RI - Patricia L. Sullivan Walsh, 77, of the John Clarke Retirement Center, Middletown, RI, formerly of Eustis Avenue, Newport, died on Tuesday, April 29, 2008 at the retirement center. She was the wife of the late Peter A. Walsh, former owner of Walsh Brothers Furniture Store. Born in Queens, NY on October 30, 1930, she was the daughter of the late Charles Patrick and Dorothea Stuart Sullivan.Mrs. Walsh was a graduate of House of Pines High School in Taunton, MA and a 1952 graduate of Salve Regina College. She owned and operated the Patique Shop for 15 years on Memorial Boulevard and was also a CDC for Court 110. Pat was involved with the 1st Bookmobile of the Newport Public Library, helped feed the homeless at the McKinney Shelter every holiday with her family, was on the former board of Cluny School and modeled for Fashion Shows for charities. She is survived by her children, Peter Walsh and his wife, Kitty; and Patrick Walsh and his wife, Annie, all of Maui, Hawaii; Patricia Walsh Haskell and her husband, Todd, of Cardiff, CA; Kathleen Beaumarchais and her husband, Don, of Carlsbad, CA; Maureen Mimi Carrellas and her husband, Dr. Robert Carrellas, and Erin Hebel and her husband, Dr. Glen Hebel, all of Middletown, RI; Colleen Calabrese and her husband Michael, of Tallahassee, FL; and Jennifer Gigi Smith and her husband, Brad, of Sarasota, FL. She is also survived by her brother Shaun S. Sullivan and his wife, Bonnie, of New Haven, CT; her sister Maureen DeAngelo and her husband, Larry of Norfolk, VA; her grandchildren, Ian, Luke, Dennis, Shaun, Nathan and Dylan Walsh, all of Maui, Hawaii, Jake and Andy Beaumarchais of Carlsbad, CA, Nicholas, Madeline, Julia and Peter Carrellas of Middletown, RI, Ryan, Emily, Kenleigh and Jonathon Hebel of Middletown, RI, Stephen and Patrick Calabrese of Tallahassee, FL and McKenzie and Addison Smith of Sarasota, FL, and many nieces and nephews. Her funeral will be held on Tuesday, May 6, 2008 at 8:00am from the Memorial Funeral Home, 375 Broadway, Newport, with a Mass of Christian Burial at 9:00am in St. Lucys Church, 909 West Main Road, Middletown. Burial will be in St. Columbas Cemetery in Middletown.Calling hours will be held on Monday, May 5, 2008 from 4-8 pm in the funeral home. Donations in her memory may be made to Visiting Nurse Services of Newport and Bristol Counties, Hospice Care, 1184 East Main Road, Portsmouth, RI 02871.