Mary J. Walls

1922 - 2015

BORN

1922

DIED

2015

Mary Walls Obituary

1922-2015

Mary J. Walls, 93, died Thursday, 31 December 2015, at Rush County Memorial Hospital - Long Term

Care, in La Crosse, KS.

Mary was bom 20 March 1922, in Cumberland, RI; daughter of John Jarosz and Catherine (Pruchnick)

Jarosz. She was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers, Ted and Leo Jarosz, and two sisters

Joan Wood and A. Sally Preator. She was a widow, her husband Virgil Walls died in 1965, they were

married 15 years.

She is survived by numerous nieces and nephews.

Mary was a WW II Army Veteran; serving her country as an Army Nurse. Nursing and the Health Care

Industry were her occupation until retirement. Mary lived and worked for almost 60 years in Durango,

CO and the surrounding 4 Corners area. She loved being outdoors and hunting mushrooms in the

Colorado high country.

Cremation has taken place. There will be no services at this time. A future service will be held in

Wakeeney, KS: at the "Wakeeney Veterans Memorial Cemetery".

Condolences or remembrances may be left at: www.charterfunerals.com/locations/janouseklacrosse.

php. Memorials are suggested to: "Rush County Food Bank" c/o Janousek Funeral Home:

719 Pine St. P.O. Box 550 La Crosse, KS 67548: (785-222-2517).

Published by The Durango Herald on Jan. 5, 2016.
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Farewell to one of my mom's best friends.

January 8, 2016

Aunt Mary was such a sweet and loving person, always happy and fun to be around ! My sister Bodie and I just loved being around her. She would take us swimming and ice skating on the Animas River and made it the best of times. She would take us to hunt for arrow heads out on the Mesa and we went with her to gather pinion nuts with her too.. We just loved Aunt Mary as little children and as we all grew older.
When Uncle Sonny died, she gave me his horse Bonnie. I was so honored and loved that horse so much. Aunt Mary always looked so pretty with her short hair,silver ear rings and simple yet stylish clothing.
She never said a negative word, alway so positive! Every moment spent with Aunt Mary was a good one:)
One of the last times I got to see her she had picked cherries off her tree for us to make a pie and before we parted, she held our hands and prayed together. I love you Aunt Mary❤

Becky Todeschi-Seymore

January 7, 2016

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