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Zilla Z. Walsh

Zilla Zoe Walsh, 86, of LaFontaine, IN, died Wednesday, May 20, 2015, at 6:17 p.m. at Marion General Hospital, in Marion.

Mrs. Welsh, a graduate of LaFontaine High School, retired from United Tech. She was a member of the LaFontaine United Methodist Church, LaFontaine Order of Eastern Star, Liberty Bells Extension Homemaker Club and Frances Slocum Home Extension Club.

She was born Nov. 21, 1928, in LaFontaine to Milo and Lucy White Gruwell. She married Clifford Welsh, who preceded her in death in 1978.

Survivors include two sons, Bruce Eugene Welsh, of Warsaw, and Sam Gruwell Welsh, of LaFontaine; a daughter-in-law, Karen Welsh, of LaFontaine; and a granddaughter, Tonya Adele (Phil) Douglas, of Warsaw.

Calling is Monday, May 25, 2015, from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m., with an Eastern Star service at 5:30 p.m., at McDonald Funeral Home, LaFontaine Chapel, 104 S. Main St., LaFontaine. A service will be held at the funeral home on Tuesday, May 26, 2015, at 10 a.m., with Rev. Crystal Jacobson officiating.

Memorial gifts may be made to the LaFontaine Eastern Star or the LaFontaine United Methodist Church.

Online condolences may be made at www.mcdonaldfunerals.com.