Mary Jane Walsh, 63, died Jan. 16 at her home in St. Margarets following a long battle with pancreatic cancer.

Born Mary Jane Morris on Aug. 29, 1941, in Waterbury, Conn., Mrs. Walsh graduated from St. Mary's Hospital School of Nursing in Waterbury and earned a bachelor's degree in nursing from Boston College.

She was a nurse in the Washington, D.C., area and for many years was a public health nurse and coordinated the flu vaccine program in Bergen County, N.J.

She is survived by her husband of 39 years, John P. Walsh; her children, John P. Walsh Jr. of San Francisco, Calif., Deirdre Walsh of Arlington, Va., and James Walsh of Rockville; a grandson, Colin Walsh of Rockville; and a sister, Margaret Hartley of Odenton.

Visitation will be from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. today at Barranco and Sons Severna Park Funeral Home, 495 Ritchie Highway. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow at St. Andrew by the Bay Catholic Church, 701 College Parkway, near Cape St. Claire. Burial will be in Maryland Veterans Cemetery in Crownsville.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be sent to Save the Children, 2000 M St. NW, Washington, DC 20036.

As Published in the Capital newspaper Annapolis Maryland on 1/18/2005