JOHN PATRICK WALSH DIED PEACEFULLY ON APRIL 3, 2014. JOHN WAS BORN TO JOHN MERTH AND CATHERINE MARIE WALSH ON MARCH 17, 1925. HE WAS RAISED IN ANTIGO, WI. AND GRADUATED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN WITH A M.S. IN GEOLOGY. HIS SEARCH FOR OIL TOOK HIM TO BOGOTA, COLUMBIA, TRIPOLI, LIBYA AND SUMATRA, INDONESIA. HE RETIRED FROM ASHLAND OIL AND LIVED IN EDGERTON, WI. BEFORE HE MOVED TO THE TAMPA FLORIDA AREA. JOHN WAS BLESSED WITH MANY LIFELONG FRIENDS AND WILL BE TRULY MISSED BY HIS ONLY SURVIVING SISTER, ROSEMARIE WALSH, HIS ADOPTED SISTER, HAZEL L. HOGAN AND HIS WONDERFUL FRIEND, SUE TIANSKY AND HER FAMILY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA. HE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY HIS NIECES AND NEPHEWS OF WASHINGTON STATE WHO LOVED THEIR UNCLE JOHN. HE WAS PREDECEASED BY HIS TWO OLDER SISTERS, DR. MARGARET FENN AND ANASTASIA EICKHOFF OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON. HE WAS A U.S. NAVY VETERAN IN WWII.

INURNMENT WITH MILITARY HONORS WILL TAKE PLACE 10:30 A.M. FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 2014 IN FLORIDA NATIONAL CEMETERY, BUSHNELL, FLORIDA.

ALLEN J. HARDEN FUNERAL HOME, 1800 NORTH DONNELLY STREET, MOUNT DORA, FLORIDA IN CHARGE OF ARRANGEMENTS.