The New York Times-20080126-Paid Notice- Deaths WALSH- JANE- -Paid Death Notice-
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Paid Notice: Deaths WALSH, JANE; [Paid Death Notice]
WALSH--Jane . Harvard Law School mourns the death of Jane Walsh, who with her husband William Walsh, was a constant and generous friend to our institution. Our thoughts are with the entire Walsh family at this difficult time. We are forever grateful for her kindness and devotion. Dean Elena Kagan WALSH--Mary Jane Gordon. March 11, 1929-January 18, 2008. Mary Jane Walsh, a resident of Atherton, CA since 1969, died at home on Friday, January 18, at the age of 78. Born Mary Jane Gordon in Queens, New York on March 11, 1929. Known to her friends and family as Jane, she married William Desmond Walsh, of New Haven, Connecticut in 1951 and after various residences in New York and Connecticut, moved to California in 1967. After moving to the Bay area, Jane was continuously active on behalf of many philanthropic institutions including The American Ireland Fund, Parents' Hospital Association-Sonoma Developmental Center, The Peninsula Center for the Blind, whose annual fundraiser, the Vintage Affair, took place at her home for many years, the Neurosciences Research Institute of La Jolla, California and the Hoover Institute at Stanford University. In addition to raising her six children, Jane enjoyed vacationing with family and friends, playing bridge and spending time at her family vacation home in Lake Tahoe, CA. Jane was preceded in death by her father John Gordon, her mother Gertrude Gordon and her sister, Peggy Battenberg. Jane will be dearly missed by her husband of 57 years, William; her children, Deborah Hirsch (Peter); Caroline Walsh; Michael Walsh (Barbara); Suzanne Tinsley (Ken); Tara Jane Arnold (Mark) and Peter Walsh, her sister Dorothy Zografi and her 11 grandchildren: Timothy and Rebecca Hirsch, Patrick, Riley, Kevin, Brian, Megan, Sean, and Molly Tinsley, Spencer and Maxwell Arnold. A memorial service will be held on Friday, January 25th at 11am at St. Raymond Catholic Church; 1100 Santa Cruz Avenue; Menlo Park, CA 94025. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in Jane's memory to the Parents' Hospital Association - Sonoma Develop mental Center, PO Box 122, Eldridge, CA 95431-0122.
