Anna Frances Walsh

11th of 13 children of MATTHEW SYLVESTER CLEMENS & BARBARA NIGON Born: on the family farm in Cascade Township just outside Rochester, Olmsted Co., Minnesota Died: at age 84; heart attack Occupation: Hospital purchasing department, accountant for advertising company Married: Jun 17, 1933, FRANCIS SYLVESTER "FRANK" WALSH, Rochester, Olmsted Co., Minnesota Three children: 1. James Lawrence "Jim" WALSH (twin) 1934 - 1987 2. Joseph Matthew "Joe" WALSH (twin) 1934 - 1977 3. Leonard Francis "Len" WALSH 1936 - 2009 =========== Jun 17, 1995, Mason City Globe Gazette : Anna F. Walsh, Rochester, Minn. Anna F. Walsh, 84, of 1601 14th St. N.W., Rochester, formerly of Mason City, Iowa, died Wednesday [Jun 14, 1995] at St. Mary's Hospital following a brief illness. A funeral Mass will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at the St. Pius X Catholic Church in Rochester, with the Rev. John Wilmot officiating. Burial will be in the Calvary Cemetery in Rochester. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at Macken Funeral Home, 1105 12th St. S.E., Rochester, with a 7 p.m. prayer service. Anna F. Walsh was born Jan. 9, 1911, at Rochester, Minn., where she was raised. She was united in marriage to Francis S. Walsh on June 17, 1933. She and her husband continued to live in Rochester until moving to Mason City in 1951. She worked in the purchasing department at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Mason City from 1951 until 1966. She moved back to Rochester in 1966, a year after her husband's death and worked in the purchasing department of St. Mary's Hospital until 1976. She then began working at Davies Printing as part of the office staff where she continued to work until she was 80. She was an active member of the Rochester Senior Citizens Center and an avid bridge player. She was a member of St. Pius X Catholic Church. She is survived by one son, Leonard F. Walsh, of North Oaks, Minn.; 11 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren; three sisters, Elizabeth Clemens of Rochester, Minn., Sister Ann Clemens (Franciscan nun), of Rochester, and Agnes Hauser, of Seal Beach, Calif.; and one brother, Joseph Clemens, of Rochester, Minn. She was preceded in death by her husband, Francis, in 1965, and two sons, James Walsh and Joseph Walsh. ===========