Obituary for Gladys Walsh
Gladys Marie Tracey Walsh, 89, of Hampstead, entered the gates of Heaven on February 4th, 2023.
Born May 25, 1933 in Owings Mills, she was the daughter of the late George Edward Tracey and Frankie Marie Naylor Tracey. She was the devoted wife of the late Sterling E. Walsh, Sr., who passed in 2014.
Gladys was raised on the family farm and learned the value of hard work and simple pleasures along with her five siblings. She was a 1951 graduate of Hampstead High School. She was then employed by Hampstead Bank and was eventually named Assistant Treasurer. In 1958, she and her husband founded and operated Greenmount Fuel Company for ten years. On the same day that they went into business, they also became parents. Gladys continued to faithfully support Sterling in future business operations and accomplishments while raising their two children.
In the latter half of her life, Gladys enjoyed her favorite role as homemaker, gardener and Mommom to six grandkids and eleven great-grandkids and counting. She and Sterling shared a love of the land and restored an 1850’s era farmhouse and property which was their home of the last 40 years. There they hosted numerous family gatherings, neighborhood breakfasts in the woods, holidays, and antique and classic car national tours.
Gladys was a member of Shiloh United Methodist Church where she taught 5th & 6th grade Sunday school classes for many years. She was an avid follower of world events and Biblical prophecy.
In addition to her parents and husband, Gladys was predeceased by sister and brother-in-law Doris and Lawrence Cooper; brother Vernon Tracey; and son-in-law Bruce Woodring.
She is survived by daughter Celeste Walsh Woodring, of Upperco; son Sterling E. Walsh, Jr. and wife Janet, of Dover, PA; grandchildren Sterling Walsh, III of York, Pa, Kristen Haegerich of Hampstead, Jordan Haegerich and wife Alyssa of Hampstead; Esther Gaskill and husband Brandon of South Burlington, VT; Hannah Jaggard and husband Steven of Brooklyn, Oh; and Nathan Walsh and wife Samantha of York, Pa; and great-grandchildren Juliet, Joanna, Alice, Silas, Oliver, Henry, Ivy, Jasper, Scarlet, Levi, Blake and at least one more on the way.
Gladys is also survived by brothers George Tracey and wife Mary of Hampstead; and Charles Tracey and Denise of Hampstead, sister Judy Wilhelm and husband Richard of Hampstead; and sisters-in-law Marie Treadway of Georgia and Julia Walsh Gouge of Hampstead.
Born May 25, 1933 in Owings Mills, she was the daughter of the late George Edward Tracey and Frankie Marie Naylor Tracey. She was the devoted wife of the late Sterling E. Walsh, Sr., who passed in 2014.
Gladys was raised on the family farm and learned the value of hard work and simple pleasures along with her five siblings. She was a 1951 graduate of Hampstead High School. She was then employed by Hampstead Bank and was eventually named Assistant Treasurer. In 1958, she and her husband founded and operated Greenmount Fuel Company for ten years. On the same day that they went into business, they also became parents. Gladys continued to faithfully support Sterling in future business operations and accomplishments while raising their two children.
In the latter half of her life, Gladys enjoyed her favorite role as homemaker, gardener and Mommom to six grandkids and eleven great-grandkids and counting. She and Sterling shared a love of the land and restored an 1850’s era farmhouse and property which was their home of the last 40 years. There they hosted numerous family gatherings, neighborhood breakfasts in the woods, holidays, and antique and classic car national tours.
Gladys was a member of Shiloh United Methodist Church where she taught 5th & 6th grade Sunday school classes for many years. She was an avid follower of world events and Biblical prophecy.
In addition to her parents and husband, Gladys was predeceased by sister and brother-in-law Doris and Lawrence Cooper; brother Vernon Tracey; and son-in-law Bruce Woodring.
She is survived by daughter Celeste Walsh Woodring, of Upperco; son Sterling E. Walsh, Jr. and wife Janet, of Dover, PA; grandchildren Sterling Walsh, III of York, Pa, Kristen Haegerich of Hampstead, Jordan Haegerich and wife Alyssa of Hampstead; Esther Gaskill and husband Brandon of South Burlington, VT; Hannah Jaggard and husband Steven of Brooklyn, Oh; and Nathan Walsh and wife Samantha of York, Pa; and great-grandchildren Juliet, Joanna, Alice, Silas, Oliver, Henry, Ivy, Jasper, Scarlet, Levi, Blake and at least one more on the way.
Gladys is also survived by brothers George Tracey and wife Mary of Hampstead; and Charles Tracey and Denise of Hampstead, sister Judy Wilhelm and husband Richard of Hampstead; and sisters-in-law Marie Treadway of Georgia and Julia Walsh Gouge of Hampstead.