| Walter John Walsh |
Friday, July 2, 2010
Walter J. "Ted" Walsh, 88, a retired contracting officer with the Navy
Department and a football referee for high schools and colleges from the
1950s through the 1990s, died June 2 of congestive heart failure at
Friends House Retirement Community in Sandy Spring. He was a Silver
Spring resident.
Mr. Walsh worked for the Navy Department from the late 1940s until his
retirement in 1974.
He officiated high school football games in the Washington area before
becoming a head linesman for the Eastern College Athletic Conference.
During the 1970s, he was a commissioner of the Washington District
Football Officials Association and later was a member of Eastern
Association of Intercollegiate Football Officials.
Walter John Walsh, a native of Philadelphia, grew up in Washington and
was a graduate of Eastern High School. He was a machinist at the
Naval Gun Factory at the Washington Navy Yard before serving in the
Army during World War II. His decorations include the Bronze Star.
He was an avid golfer and a member of the Maryland Interclub Seniors
Golf Association and Montgomery Country Club in Gaithersburg.
Survivors include his wife of 64 years, Emily Thour Walsh of Sandy
Spring; four daughters, Kathleen Clark of Coronado, Calif., Karen
Railton of Great Falls, Christine Sweeney of Rockville and Carolyn
Walsh of Gaithersburg; seven grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
-- Lauren Wiseman
Walter J. "Ted" Walsh, 88, a retired contracting officer with the Navy
Department and a football referee for high schools and colleges from the
1950s through the 1990s, died June 2 of congestive heart failure at
Friends House Retirement Community in Sandy Spring. He was a Silver
Spring resident.
Mr. Walsh worked for the Navy Department from the late 1940s until his
retirement in 1974.
He officiated high school football games in the Washington area before
becoming a head linesman for the Eastern College Athletic Conference.
During the 1970s, he was a commissioner of the Washington District
Football Officials Association and later was a member of Eastern
Association of Intercollegiate Football Officials.
Walter John Walsh, a native of Philadelphia, grew up in Washington and
was a graduate of Eastern High School. He was a machinist at the
Naval Gun Factory at the Washington Navy Yard before serving in the
Army during World War II. His decorations include the Bronze Star.
He was an avid golfer and a member of the Maryland Interclub Seniors
Golf Association and Montgomery Country Club in Gaithersburg.
Survivors include his wife of 64 years, Emily Thour Walsh of Sandy
Spring; four daughters, Kathleen Clark of Coronado, Calif., Karen
Railton of Great Falls, Christine Sweeney of Rockville and Carolyn
Walsh of Gaithersburg; seven grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
-- Lauren Wiseman