BRUNSWICK — Phyllis P. Walch, age 93, of Bowker Street, died on Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015, at Mid Coast Hospital. She was born on Aug. 26, 1922, In Lewiston, the daughter of Herbert Azel and Mabel Morrison Perry. She attended Auburn schools and graduated from Edward Little High School in 1940. She attended Bliss Business College in Lewiston for two years.
On Sept. 29, 1944, she married Frank S. Walch, who died on Dec. 28, 1986.
Phyllis worked for First National Bank of Lewiston and later for Hyde Windlass Co. in Bath during WW II. She then worked as a baker for Brunswick Centralized Schools in the lunch programs of Hawthorne, Longfellow and the high school, retiring after 25 years of service. She also worked at Senter’s Department Store during summer breaks and school vacations.
Phyllis was an assistant leader for the Brownie Troop at the Longfellow School. She enjoyed knitting, reading and traveling.
She is survived by her sons, Stephen P. Walch and his wife Laura of Freemont, CA, and Dennis A. Walch and his wife Theresa of Westbrook, ME, a daughter Martha P. Davis and her husband Richard E. of Brunswick, grandchildren, Michael Walch, Kimberly Walch, Jennnifer Walch- Bouvier and her husband Joseph, Brian Walch and his wife Jeannine, Libby Walch, Kevin Davis and his wife Kristy, and Timothy Davis and his wife Heather, greatgrandchildren, Alllison and Jenna Walch, Miles Bouvier, and Brady, Isabelle and Joshua Davis.
Besides her husband, she is predeceased by a daughter Ellen V. Walch and a sister Virginia Souza.
Visiting hours will be held Thursday, Sept. 24 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Stetson’s Funeral Home, 12 Federal St., Brunswick, where a funeral service will be held Friday, Sept. 25 at 10 a.m. with the Rev. Tom Tuck officiating. Burial will follow the service in Varney Cemetery in Brunswick.
Donations in her memory may be made to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation-Northern New England, 114 Perimeter Road, Nashua, NH 03063.
Memorial condolences may be expressed at stetsonsfuneralhome.com.
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