Pauline M. "Pat" Walsh, died on Friday, October 3, 2008 at Parkview Noble Hospital in Kendallville, IN. She had lived at Provena Sacred Heart Home in Avilla, IN for the past year and a half. She was born in Coldwater, MI to John D. and Mary A. (Thrasher) Bretz. She married Thomas A. Walsh on December 9, 1944 and he died in January of 1993. The funeral service will be held on Tuesday, October 7, 2008 at 11 a.m. at Thomas Funeral Home, with calling 1 hour prior. Burial will follow in Ray Cemetery. Memorials are to ARC of Allen County or the Garrett United Methodist Church. She is survived by her sister, Mary L. Etheridge of Huntertown, IN. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, 1 brother and 1 sister.