Born in Walthamstow, England, Anthony F. Walsh was 9 when enemy bombs fell on his homeland. World War II had broken out and many parents sent their children away for safety. But Walsh stuck with his family. He didn't leave England until he was 26. Looking for better opportunities, Walsh, who served as a lab technician in the Royal Army Medical Corps, boarded a ship and crossed the Atlantic Ocean to answer a job advertisement from a Massachusetts hospital.
"He was enthusiastic and excited. He was bittersweet about leaving his family, but he felt it was an opportunity he needed to take," his daughter, Anne Reynolds, 47, said.
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Achieve your goal of pursuing your Doctorate degree. Get started now. Phoenix.eduHe worked for three years in the hospital's lab, where he met his wife of 53 years, Mamie Rae Walsh, who was a medical technologist. The couple, who liked to "talk germs" at the dinner table, later moved to Orlando. A clinical microbiologist, he spent four decades at Orlando Health. He left the hospital in April after a stroke. Walsh, 79, died Wednesday.
Walsh, who eventually became a naturalized U.S. citizen, received his bachelor's, master's and doctorate degrees from the University of Florida. His doctorate had been in microbiology, but he had a bachelor's degree in agriculture and worked in veterinary science. "He's got the most tremendous work ethic," Reynolds said. He juggled several jobs. He worked at Orlando Health during the day and in the late afternoons he taught microbiology at the University of Central Florida College of Health and Public Affairs. He also was a consultant for two dialysis labs.
Despite all the work, his family was his priority. He found time to go to his grandchildren's' baseball games and school band concerts. The scientist also was a devoted Roman Catholic. Walsh, who had been an altar boy in England, was a lector and Eucharist minister at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church in Winter Park. For a decade, he traveled with the Catholic Diocese of Orlando to the poorest villages in the Dominican Republic. On the weeklong missions, he conducted lab tests and helped doctors diagnose parasites and infectious diseases.
"He loved helping the people who were so appreciative. They would come from miles to get the treatment," Reynolds said. The trips inspired him to learn Spanish. He went on similar mission trips to the Ukraine. Walsh did more to help people than just work in a lab. He prayed for everyone, even if he didn't know them, his daughter said. "He was the biggest prayer warrior that I have ever known," she said. "I didn't have to worry about my dad praying for me."
Survivors also include his daughter Clare Walsh of Gainesville; brother Peter Walsh of London; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
"He was enthusiastic and excited. He was bittersweet about leaving his family, but he felt it was an opportunity he needed to take," his daughter, Anne Reynolds, 47, said.
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Achieve your goal of pursuing your Doctorate degree. Get started now. Phoenix.eduHe worked for three years in the hospital's lab, where he met his wife of 53 years, Mamie Rae Walsh, who was a medical technologist. The couple, who liked to "talk germs" at the dinner table, later moved to Orlando. A clinical microbiologist, he spent four decades at Orlando Health. He left the hospital in April after a stroke. Walsh, 79, died Wednesday.
Walsh, who eventually became a naturalized U.S. citizen, received his bachelor's, master's and doctorate degrees from the University of Florida. His doctorate had been in microbiology, but he had a bachelor's degree in agriculture and worked in veterinary science. "He's got the most tremendous work ethic," Reynolds said. He juggled several jobs. He worked at Orlando Health during the day and in the late afternoons he taught microbiology at the University of Central Florida College of Health and Public Affairs. He also was a consultant for two dialysis labs.
Despite all the work, his family was his priority. He found time to go to his grandchildren's' baseball games and school band concerts. The scientist also was a devoted Roman Catholic. Walsh, who had been an altar boy in England, was a lector and Eucharist minister at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church in Winter Park. For a decade, he traveled with the Catholic Diocese of Orlando to the poorest villages in the Dominican Republic. On the weeklong missions, he conducted lab tests and helped doctors diagnose parasites and infectious diseases.
"He loved helping the people who were so appreciative. They would come from miles to get the treatment," Reynolds said. The trips inspired him to learn Spanish. He went on similar mission trips to the Ukraine. Walsh did more to help people than just work in a lab. He prayed for everyone, even if he didn't know them, his daughter said. "He was the biggest prayer warrior that I have ever known," she said. "I didn't have to worry about my dad praying for me."
Survivors also include his daughter Clare Walsh of Gainesville; brother Peter Walsh of London; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Born in Walthamstow, England, Anthony F. Walsh was 9 when enemy bombs fell on his homeland. World War II had broken out and many parents sent their children away for safety. But Walsh stuck with his family. He didn't leave England until he was 26. Looking for better opportunities, Walsh, who served as a lab technician in the Royal Army Medical Corps, boarded a ship and crossed the Atlantic Ocean to answer a job advertisement from a Massachusetts hospital.
"He was enthusiastic and excited. He was bittersweet about leaving his family, but he felt it was an opportunity he needed to take," his daughter, Anne Reynolds, 47, said.
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Achieve your goal of pursuing your Doctorate degree. Get started now. Phoenix.eduHe worked for three years in the hospital's lab, where he met his wife of 53 years, Mamie Rae Walsh, who was a medical technologist. The couple, who liked to "talk germs" at the dinner table, later moved to Orlando. A clinical microbiologist, he spent four decades at Orlando Health. He left the hospital in April after a stroke. Walsh, 79, died Wednesday.
Walsh, who eventually became a naturalized U.S. citizen, received his bachelor's, master's and doctorate degrees from the University of Florida. His doctorate had been in microbiology, but he had a bachelor's degree in agriculture and worked in veterinary science. "He's got the most tremendous work ethic," Reynolds said. He juggled several jobs. He worked at Orlando Health during the day and in the late afternoons he taught microbiology at the University of Central Florida College of Health and Public Affairs. He also was a consultant for two dialysis labs.
Despite all the work, his family was his priority. He found time to go to his grandchildren's' baseball games and school band concerts. The scientist also was a devoted Roman Catholic. Walsh, who had been an altar boy in England, was a lector and Eucharist minister at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church in Winter Park. For a decade, he traveled with the Catholic Diocese of Orlando to the poorest villages in the Dominican Republic. On the weeklong missions, he conducted lab tests and helped doctors diagnose parasites and infectious diseases.
"He loved helping the people who were so appreciative. They would come from miles to get the treatment," Reynolds said. The trips inspired him to learn Spanish. He went on similar mission trips to the Ukraine. Walsh did more to help people than just work in a lab. He prayed for everyone, even if he didn't know them, his daughter said. "He was the biggest prayer warrior that I have ever known," she said. "I didn't have to worry about my dad praying for me."
Survivors also include his daughter Clare Walsh of Gainesville; brother Peter Walsh of London; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
"He was enthusiastic and excited. He was bittersweet about leaving his family, but he felt it was an opportunity he needed to take," his daughter, Anne Reynolds, 47, said.
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Achieve your goal of pursuing your Doctorate degree. Get started now. Phoenix.eduHe worked for three years in the hospital's lab, where he met his wife of 53 years, Mamie Rae Walsh, who was a medical technologist. The couple, who liked to "talk germs" at the dinner table, later moved to Orlando. A clinical microbiologist, he spent four decades at Orlando Health. He left the hospital in April after a stroke. Walsh, 79, died Wednesday.
Walsh, who eventually became a naturalized U.S. citizen, received his bachelor's, master's and doctorate degrees from the University of Florida. His doctorate had been in microbiology, but he had a bachelor's degree in agriculture and worked in veterinary science. "He's got the most tremendous work ethic," Reynolds said. He juggled several jobs. He worked at Orlando Health during the day and in the late afternoons he taught microbiology at the University of Central Florida College of Health and Public Affairs. He also was a consultant for two dialysis labs.
Despite all the work, his family was his priority. He found time to go to his grandchildren's' baseball games and school band concerts. The scientist also was a devoted Roman Catholic. Walsh, who had been an altar boy in England, was a lector and Eucharist minister at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church in Winter Park. For a decade, he traveled with the Catholic Diocese of Orlando to the poorest villages in the Dominican Republic. On the weeklong missions, he conducted lab tests and helped doctors diagnose parasites and infectious diseases.
"He loved helping the people who were so appreciative. They would come from miles to get the treatment," Reynolds said. The trips inspired him to learn Spanish. He went on similar mission trips to the Ukraine. Walsh did more to help people than just work in a lab. He prayed for everyone, even if he didn't know them, his daughter said. "He was the biggest prayer warrior that I have ever known," she said. "I didn't have to worry about my dad praying for me."
Survivors also include his daughter Clare Walsh of Gainesville; brother Peter Walsh of London; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
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