Moses Joseph

Walsh

Moses Joseph Walsh, son of Ryan and Emily (Bartlett) Walsh, died suddenly and unexpectedly in utero on September 5, 2024, mere weeks from his due date and in the thirty-seventh week of pregnancy. His mother had noticed a drop-off in typical movement in the womb and, when she went to be seen, learned that no heartbeat could be detected. This was quickly confirmed at Meriter Hospital in Madison, where labor was induced, and around three o'clock the next morning, Moses' beautiful body—to be reunited with his soul in Heaven at the resurrection of the dead—was delivered. His umbilical cord was found wrapped tightly around his neck three times and, in a separate place, knotted.

Moses' parents and seven siblings are grateful for the more than 250 days that they spent with "MoJo," as they called him. Even now in their saddest moments, they are graced with joy and peace. Early in the pregnancy, his parents dedicated Moses to the Lord, praying that he, like his namesake, would lead many souls to Paradise. That prayer, his parents still believe, will be answered. But Providence has revealed that their Moses will be doing his work stationed in the very Land that was Promised, where he, with all the saints, worships at the feet of the True Israel.

Moses was named not only after the prophet and lawgiver but also in honor of St. Moses the Strong, who converted to the faith from a life of crime in fourth-century Egypt. His middle name Joseph, which is also his father's middle name, is a tribute to his father's father, Joseph Brian Walsh, a man of great humility and kindness.

Moses is survived by his siblings Lawrence, Lucy, George, Anne, Patrick, Monica, and Mary; his grandparents Joseph and Rebecca Walsh and James and Elinor Bartlett; and his great grandmother Mary Brennan.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, September 21, 2024, at St. Bernard's Catholic Church in Watertown, followed by lunch.

Visitation will begin at 9:30 a.m.

A private family burial will be at the St. Bernard's Catholic Cemetery.

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