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IT IS WITH HEARTFELT SORROW THAT WE SHARE THE NEWS OF THE PASSING OF MRS MARY ATHENIA WALSH nee THOMAS OF GIRAUDEL. PEACEFULLY DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON FRIDAY, 29TH AUGUST 2025
A WOMAN OF STRENGTH, KINDNESS, AND GRACE- A BELOVED MOTHER, GRAND MOTHER, SISTER, AUNT AND FRIEND. A PILLAR OF LOVE IN HER FAMILY.
SHE IS SURVIVED BY FOUR CHILDREN:
DAWN CLARISA ETIENNE, PROPRIETRESS OF DIVAS ROADSIDE BAR IN GIRAUDEL, CURLYSIA WALSH AND COURTNEY WALSH PROPRIETOR/MANAGER OF WALSH REFRIGERATION & AIR CONDITIONING SERVICES AND RAPID RESPONSE RECOVERY SERVICES AND CURT ETIENNE IN THE UNITED STATES
TREASURED GRANDCHILDREN
CURN AND KAIJEL WALSH AND KIRVIN JNO BAPTISTE IN DOMINICA.
AURORA, ATHENA, SHIANNE AND MARKAI ETIENNE IN THE USA.
BONUS FAMILY
KIMON, JUNIOR, TERRY, DELBERT, GLEN AND HAZEL WALSH AND THEIR FAMILIES
SISTERS
JOAN JOSEPH, RUTH DORIVAL, RUTHINE FRANCIS, MAGDALENE THOMAS, MERINA PAUL, JERINE ETIENNE, EUTHELIE PIERRE AND LINDA ABBOTT IN ANTIGUA.
BROTHERS
RANDY, BERNARD AND ANDREW THOMAS IN DOMINICA,
AVAN THOMAS IN ANTIGUA AND JULIAN THOMAS IN ANGUILLA
ADOPTED SISTER: JULIETTE LLOYD IN CASTLE BRUCE
AUNT: JUSTINA BENJAMIN IN MARTINIQUE
NIECES AND NEPHEWS:
ITON DORIVAL, IRWIN DORIVAL, DENIS AND AGNES PIERRE, DWAINE GIRAUDEL, TESSA VIDAL, RONALD, YANNICK, YANNICIA AND JANICE THOMAS AND JOHN ‘SOCAJOHNNY’ DAVID IN DOMINICA
BRIAN AND CURT MITCHEL IN GUADELOUPE
FIONA PAUL IN CANADA.
KIMANI DESIREE, ANNE MARIE ETIENNE, DEBORAH FRONZA, ISRAEL AND ESTHER FRANCIS, SARAH JOHNSON, MIGUEL AND JOSEPH TOULON, EUTHELIE AND SABRINA CHRISTMAS, CALVIN AND KYLE PAUL, ANIAH, SHEMIAH, ANDREA, DRU-ANN, JOEL THOMAS, SHANA MITCHEL AND DONNA LAZARE ALL IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
KESLAR, KENNY AND KASEY THOMAS IN ANGUILLA. JADA ABBOTT, NICK AND NICOLE THOMAS IN ANTIGUA. SERGEANT BRANDON THOMAS OF THE ROYAL ANTIGUA POLICE FORCE.
CARLA THOMAS HENDERSON IN ST THOMAS
GODCHILDREN
JOSEPH TOULON, CALVIN PAUL, MERVIN EUSTACE JR (MJ) AND SHERQUAN BARRY
GRAND NIECES AND NEPHEWS INCLUDING:
JEWELLE BRUNO, SHYVONNE POND AND NYEEMA HENDERSON IN ST THOMAS, DOMINIC AND KAYDIN TOULON, XANIA AND MARQUIS JOHNSON, EMILIO FRONZA, YAZMINDA AND CHIARA FRANCIS,
GABRIELLE, KHIA AND KHLOE ASTAPHAN, RONALDA THOMAS; KHADIM, CYANNE, KAYJUAN AND KEYLON GIRAUDEL; DHAKIA PIERRE, ASHTON BUNCHE, DEXTER JNO BAPTISTE, EHRMARYCK MATTHEW, IRMAYAH AND IRAJEEV DORIVAL, MICAH VIDAL, AND TRACY-ANN BRUNO – EMPLOYEE OF THE NATIONAL BANK OF DOMINICA.
IN-LAWS:
IRWIN ‘SHOOKTY’ DORIVAL, MARTIN PIERRE, MICHEL FRANCIS AND CLIFFORD PAUL, KESTER AND JANET LABAD AND FAMILY, AULT VIDAL, HANNAH PETER DORIVAL, KAREN GIRAUDEL AND MARCELLA THOMAS IN ANGUILLA; DARYL LABAD AND FAMILY, MERVIN WALSH AND FAMILY, KENDRA CHARLES.
COUSINS INCLUDING:
SONIA, ROSEMARY, MONA, MARILYN AND JOSEPHINE LETANG, ANDRINA HECTOR, CHRISTIANA, JULIETTA, DOROTHY AND MARY BENJAMIN AND CYNTHIA ROMAIN; JOSEPH AND THOMAS BENJAMIN; CLYDE HECTOR, ROY JULIEN, URSULINE HARVE, FELIX AND FRANCIS MITCHEL AND THEIR FAMILIES, DESMOND AUGUSTINE, ERA ROLLE, KELVIN FRANCIS AND FAMILY, THERESA AND VERDAN PETERS AND NATASHA JERVIER
BEST FRIEND
SONIA JULIEN
CHERISHED CIRCLE/ADOPTED FAMILY IN HEART
EHRMARYCK MATTHEW, CYNTHIA AND JULIA DE JEAN, FRANCINE JEAN JACQUES, KENRICK JNO BAPTISTE, GABRIELLE DIDIER, KELISHA GEORGE, DORA AND SERENA PREVOST, SHANIA & KELSEY WALSH & LISA NELSON.
CLOSE FRIENDS AND NEIGHBOURS: GERALDINE AND SAMUEL ALEXANDER AND FAMILY, THEONA, ALEXCINA AND RENICK JNO BAPTISTE AND FAMILY; ROSE NELSON AND FAMILY, JODY JNO BAPTISTE, GARY JNO ROSE, MYRTLE CAESAR, THE ALFRED FAMILY OF GIRAUDEL, ANN AND VIRGINIA GIRAUDEL AND THEIR FAMILIES; SIMON PATRICE IN TEXAS, EARL’BOYEE’ LAUDAT, NATHALIE SIMON, DEBORAH CHARLES, AJAHNI SHILLINGFORD, CLINT AND DENISE PEMBERTON, GERARD JEAN JACQUES, SHANE DEGALLARIE, NIKITA CHASEAU, LEONA JOHN, YASHMA THEOPHILLE, SHAWN WALSH, JANE & DANNY HARVE, SERALLIE ALEXANDER, RALPH DEFOE TOWING, KITTY HAWK TOWING AND STAFF OF WALSH REFRIGERATION AND RAPID RESPONSE RECOVERY
NURSE RENATTA TOULON AND THE COMMUNITY HEALTH TEAM, DOCTORS AND NURSES AT THE GLOVER WARD AND INTENSIVE CARE UNIT AT THE DCFH
MANAGEMENT AND STAFF OF MEDICUS DIAGNOSTICS
DR. IRVING MCTINTYRE, DR. SHANE MCINTYRE, DR. MARIE COGNETTE
PARISH PRIEST FATHER FRANCIS, MEMBERS OF THE GIRAUDEL/EGGLESTON CATHOLIC CHURCH CHOIR.
THE ENTIRE COMMUNITIES OF GIRAUDEL, EGGLESTON AND NEWTOWN.
SHE WILL BE REMEMBERED AS A DEVOTED MOTHER WHO POURED HER HEART INTO HER CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN, A LOVING SISTER WHOSE BOND WAS UNBREAKABLE, A CHERISHED AUNT WHOSE KINDNESS TOUCHED THE LIVES OF HER NIECES & NEPHEWS, AND FAITHFUL FRIEND TO MANY. HER LOVE, WISDOM AND GENEROSITY WILL CONTINUE TO LIVE ON IN THE HEARTS OF ALL WHO KNEW HER. THE FUNERAL MASS WILL TAKE PLACE ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12TH, 2025 AT 3:00 PM AT THE FATIMA PARISH CHURCH IN NEWTOWN. VIEWING WILL COMMENCE AT 2:30 PM. SHE WILL BE INTERRED AT THE ROSEAU ROMAN CATHOLIC CEMETERY.
IT IS WITH HEARTFELT SORROW THAT WE SHARE THE NEWS OF THE PASSING OF MRS MARY ATHENIA WALSH nee THOMAS OF GIRAUDEL. PEACEFULLY DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON FRIDAY, 29TH AUGUST 2025
A WOMAN OF STRENGTH, KINDNESS, AND GRACE- A BELOVED MOTHER, GRAND MOTHER, SISTER, AUNT AND FRIEND. A PILLAR OF LOVE IN HER FAMILY.
SHE IS SURVIVED BY FOUR CHILDREN:
DAWN CLARISA ETIENNE, PROPRIETRESS OF DIVAS ROADSIDE BAR IN GIRAUDEL, CURLYSIA WALSH AND COURTNEY WALSH PROPRIETOR/MANAGER OF WALSH REFRIGERATION & AIR CONDITIONING SERVICES AND RAPID RESPONSE RECOVERY SERVICES AND CURT ETIENNE IN THE UNITED STATES
TREASURED GRANDCHILDREN
CURN AND KAIJEL WALSH AND KIRVIN JNO BAPTISTE IN DOMINICA.
AURORA, ATHENA, SHIANNE AND MARKAI ETIENNE IN THE USA.
BONUS FAMILY
KIMON, JUNIOR, TERRY, DELBERT, GLEN AND HAZEL WALSH AND THEIR FAMILIES
SISTERS
JOAN JOSEPH, RUTH DORIVAL, RUTHINE FRANCIS, MAGDALENE THOMAS, MERINA PAUL, JERINE ETIENNE, EUTHELIE PIERRE AND LINDA ABBOTT IN ANTIGUA.
BROTHERS
RANDY, BERNARD AND ANDREW THOMAS IN DOMINICA,
AVAN THOMAS IN ANTIGUA AND JULIAN THOMAS IN ANGUILLA
ADOPTED SISTER: JULIETTE LLOYD IN CASTLE BRUCE
AUNT: JUSTINA BENJAMIN IN MARTINIQUE
NIECES AND NEPHEWS:
ITON DORIVAL, IRWIN DORIVAL, DENIS AND AGNES PIERRE, DWAINE GIRAUDEL, TESSA VIDAL, RONALD, YANNICK, YANNICIA AND JANICE THOMAS AND JOHN ‘SOCAJOHNNY’ DAVID IN DOMINICA
BRIAN AND CURT MITCHEL IN GUADELOUPE
FIONA PAUL IN CANADA.
KIMANI DESIREE, ANNE MARIE ETIENNE, DEBORAH FRONZA, ISRAEL AND ESTHER FRANCIS, SARAH JOHNSON, MIGUEL AND JOSEPH TOULON, EUTHELIE AND SABRINA CHRISTMAS, CALVIN AND KYLE PAUL, ANIAH, SHEMIAH, ANDREA, DRU-ANN, JOEL THOMAS, SHANA MITCHEL AND DONNA LAZARE ALL IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
KESLAR, KENNY AND KASEY THOMAS IN ANGUILLA. JADA ABBOTT, NICK AND NICOLE THOMAS IN ANTIGUA. SERGEANT BRANDON THOMAS OF THE ROYAL ANTIGUA POLICE FORCE.
CARLA THOMAS HENDERSON IN ST THOMAS
GODCHILDREN
JOSEPH TOULON, CALVIN PAUL, MERVIN EUSTACE JR (MJ) AND SHERQUAN BARRY
GRAND NIECES AND NEPHEWS INCLUDING:
JEWELLE BRUNO, SHYVONNE POND AND NYEEMA HENDERSON IN ST THOMAS, DOMINIC AND KAYDIN TOULON, XANIA AND MARQUIS JOHNSON, EMILIO FRONZA, YAZMINDA AND CHIARA FRANCIS,
GABRIELLE, KHIA AND KHLOE ASTAPHAN, RONALDA THOMAS; KHADIM, CYANNE, KAYJUAN AND KEYLON GIRAUDEL; DHAKIA PIERRE, ASHTON BUNCHE, DEXTER JNO BAPTISTE, EHRMARYCK MATTHEW, IRMAYAH AND IRAJEEV DORIVAL, MICAH VIDAL, AND TRACY-ANN BRUNO – EMPLOYEE OF THE NATIONAL BANK OF DOMINICA.
IN-LAWS:
IRWIN ‘SHOOKTY’ DORIVAL, MARTIN PIERRE, MICHEL FRANCIS AND CLIFFORD PAUL, KESTER AND JANET LABAD AND FAMILY, AULT VIDAL, HANNAH PETER DORIVAL, KAREN GIRAUDEL AND MARCELLA THOMAS IN ANGUILLA; DARYL LABAD AND FAMILY, MERVIN WALSH AND FAMILY, KENDRA CHARLES.
COUSINS INCLUDING:
SONIA, ROSEMARY, MONA, MARILYN AND JOSEPHINE LETANG, ANDRINA HECTOR, CHRISTIANA, JULIETTA, DOROTHY AND MARY BENJAMIN AND CYNTHIA ROMAIN; JOSEPH AND THOMAS BENJAMIN; CLYDE HECTOR, ROY JULIEN, URSULINE HARVE, FELIX AND FRANCIS MITCHEL AND THEIR FAMILIES, DESMOND AUGUSTINE, ERA ROLLE, KELVIN FRANCIS AND FAMILY, THERESA AND VERDAN PETERS AND NATASHA JERVIER
BEST FRIEND
SONIA JULIEN
CHERISHED CIRCLE/ADOPTED FAMILY IN HEART
EHRMARYCK MATTHEW, CYNTHIA AND JULIA DE JEAN, FRANCINE JEAN JACQUES, KENRICK JNO BAPTISTE, GABRIELLE DIDIER, KELISHA GEORGE, DORA AND SERENA PREVOST, SHANIA & KELSEY WALSH & LISA NELSON.
CLOSE FRIENDS AND NEIGHBOURS: GERALDINE AND SAMUEL ALEXANDER AND FAMILY, THEONA, ALEXCINA AND RENICK JNO BAPTISTE AND FAMILY; ROSE NELSON AND FAMILY, JODY JNO BAPTISTE, GARY JNO ROSE, MYRTLE CAESAR, THE ALFRED FAMILY OF GIRAUDEL, ANN AND VIRGINIA GIRAUDEL AND THEIR FAMILIES; SIMON PATRICE IN TEXAS, EARL’BOYEE’ LAUDAT, NATHALIE SIMON, DEBORAH CHARLES, AJAHNI SHILLINGFORD, CLINT AND DENISE PEMBERTON, GERARD JEAN JACQUES, SHANE DEGALLARIE, NIKITA CHASEAU, LEONA JOHN, YASHMA THEOPHILLE, SHAWN WALSH, JANE & DANNY HARVE, SERALLIE ALEXANDER, RALPH DEFOE TOWING, KITTY HAWK TOWING AND STAFF OF WALSH REFRIGERATION AND RAPID RESPONSE RECOVERY
NURSE RENATTA TOULON AND THE COMMUNITY HEALTH TEAM, DOCTORS AND NURSES AT THE GLOVER WARD AND INTENSIVE CARE UNIT AT THE DCFH
MANAGEMENT AND STAFF OF MEDICUS DIAGNOSTICS
DR. IRVING MCTINTYRE, DR. SHANE MCINTYRE, DR. MARIE COGNETTE
PARISH PRIEST FATHER FRANCIS, MEMBERS OF THE GIRAUDEL/EGGLESTON CATHOLIC CHURCH CHOIR.
THE ENTIRE COMMUNITIES OF GIRAUDEL, EGGLESTON AND NEWTOWN.
SHE WILL BE REMEMBERED AS A DEVOTED MOTHER WHO POURED HER HEART INTO HER CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN, A LOVING SISTER WHOSE BOND WAS UNBREAKABLE, A CHERISHED AUNT WHOSE KINDNESS TOUCHED THE LIVES OF HER NIECES & NEPHEWS, AND FAITHFUL FRIEND TO MANY. HER LOVE, WISDOM AND GENEROSITY WILL CONTINUE TO LIVE ON IN THE HEARTS OF ALL WHO KNEW HER. THE FUNERAL MASS WILL TAKE PLACE ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12TH, 2025 AT 3:00 PM AT THE FATIMA PARISH CHURCH IN NEWTOWN. VIEWING WILL COMMENCE AT 2:30 PM. SHE WILL BE INTERRED AT THE ROSEAU ROMAN CATHOLIC CEMETERY.
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