DALTON, Mass. — Virginia P. Walsh, 92, formerly of 60 Dalton Division Road, Dalton, died Thursday, April 7, 2016, at Craneville Place surrounded by her loving family. 

Born in Pittsfield on April 26, 1923, the daughter of Harold G. Oles Sr. and Sarah Benson Oles, she was a 1941 graduate of Dalton High School and attended St. Margaret Nursing School in Albany. Mrs. Walsh had been a nurse at the former Pittsfield General Hospital (now Berkshire Medical Center) and had also worked for The Crane Family of Dalton. Her nursing personality extended to caring for many other people, as she did door-to-door collecting for organizations, such as the American Heart Association. 

She loved to cook and enjoyed her desserts, especially ice cream and lemon meringue pie. She had an amazing memory, was a crackerjack rummy 500 player, and enjoyed playing pitch and checkers, as well. She was an avid reader of murder mysteries. She also had a love for animals. 

Her husband of 42 years, Robert E. Walsh, whom she married in St. Agnes Church, died November 16, 1995. 

Mrs. Walsh is survived by a daughter, Virginia C. Caulk of Dalton, and her son, Tom E. Caulk of Dalton and grandson Toby E. Simone of Ohio; a son, Robert E. Walsh and his wife, Kathleen, of Dalton; a son, Michael G. Walsh Sr., and his wife, Pamela, of Dalton and their children, Michael G. Walsh Jr., and his wife, Melinda, and their son, Finlay, Joshua T. Walsh, and his wife, Moira, and their children Wyatt and Willa, Travis R. Walsh and his wife, Emily; a daughter, Jean M. Plankey and her husband, Marty, of Pittsfield and his children Mindi Ennis and her husband Dan and Brian Plankey; her loving sister, June Munson and her husband Dave of Enfield, Conn., and their daughter, Julie Fleck and her husband Louis; and many nieces, nephews and cousins. 

She was predeceased by her brother Harold G. Oles Jr. 

Funeral notice: Funeral services for Virginia P. Walsh will be held on Monday, April 11, at 10 a.m. at the Dery-Foley Funeral Home, 890 E. Main St., Dalton, celebrated by the Rev. Christopher A. Malatesta, pastor of St. Agnes Church. There are no calling hours. Burial will follow in the family plot at St. Joseph Cemetery. In lieu of flowers memorial donations in Virginia's memory can be made to Hospicecare in the Berkshires in care of the funeral home.