[COG email blast] Pam Walsh (secretary to the Mayor of Bloomfield) died on Saturday

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All,

Many of you may or may not know that Pam Walsh a friend of anyone who ever
had the pleasure or meeting her, died Saturday.  Anytime the BPCOG needed
something from the mayor's office she did everything she could to help us
out. She was a friend of mine and she will be missed.  Thank you to all
who put her in your prayers.  Please continue to pray for her family.  I
have attached the obituary from the Star Ledger.

Marlene

Pamela Walsh, 47, passed away on Saturday, April 16, 2011, at home
surrounded by her loving family. Relatives and friends are invited to
attend the funeral from the O'Boyle Funeral Home, 309 Broad St.,
Bloomfield, N.J., on Tuesday at 9 a.m. The Funeral Mass will be offered at
St. Thomas the Apostle Church in Bloomfield at 10 a.m. Interment will be
in Rosedale Cemetery. Visitation will be on Monday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9
p.m. Please extend condolences at www.oboylefuneralhome.com. Born in Glen
Ridge, N.J., Pam was the fourth generation to live in the family home in
Bloomfield, where she was regarded as one of the most giving and caring
people in town. From 1999, Pam served as secretary to Mayor John Bukowski,
Mayor John Crecco and currently Mayor Raymond McCarthy. In addition, she
was also secretary to the Bloomfield Business Advisory Board and
Bloomfield Safety Council. In 2001, she was awarded the Lifesaver Medal of
Honor for donating a kidney to her brother, Phil, who suffers from
polycystic kidney disease. Battling inoperable lung cancer and being the
eternal optimist, Pam reached out to Dr. Axel Rolle in Germany, who had
developed revolutionary laser technology. She was the wife of Allen F.
Walsh for 24 years; mother of Kelly Allyn and Megan Alyssa; daughter of
Barbara Schmidt Wurm of Bloomfield, and the late Philip; sister of Philip
Wurm and his wife, Tiffany, of Old Bridge, N.J., and aunt of Kaitlyn. For
those who wish, in lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the
Polycystic Kidney Foundation or Hospice.