Matthew J. Walsh Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Matthew J. Walsh, 52, of 460 East Street, died Monday afternoon at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 19, 1960, the son of Arthur E. and Sheila Martin Walsh, he was raised in Lenox Dale and was a 1979 graduate of Lenox Memorial High School. Matt had been most recently been employed at Meridian Associates in Pittsfield as a Job Coach and counselor and previously had worked at the former Diesel Dan's in Lee. He had been a communicant of St. Vincent de Paul Church in Lenox Dale. He enjoyed reading, fishing, and visiting with his friends. He and his wife, Marion Maxim Montleon Walsh, were married June 4, 2011. Besides his wife of Pittsfield, Matt is survived by his sister, Maureen W. Salvatore, and husband, Lawrence, of Lee; one brother, Michael M. Walsh, and wife, Maryellen, of Lee; his sister-in-law, Joanne M. Walsh of Lee; nephews, Adam O. and Brendan M. Walsh and Luke S. Salvatore, and nieces, Alicia M. Hackney and Amy L. Koscielniak. He was predeceased by his brother, Malachy O. Walsh, in 2010. FUNERAL NOTICE: A Liturgy of Christian Burial for Matthew J. Walsh of Pittsfield will be celebrated Friday, Aug. 2, 2013, at 11 a.m. at St. Vincent de Paul Church in Lenox Dale. Burial will follow in St. Ann's Cemetery in Lenox. There will be no calling hours. In lieu of flowers, donations in his memory may be made to Louison House and Family Life Support Center, 395 Old Columbia Street, Adams, MA 01220, or in care of Roche Funeral Home, 120 Main Street, Lenox, MA 01240.

Matthew J. Walsh

July 29, 1961 - July 29, 2013