Mary Ellen Walsh, 88, of Peosta, Iowa, passed away peacefully Tuesday, February 20, 2018 at Mercy Medical Center in Dubuque, Iowa.

Friends and relatives of Mary Ellen may call 9 to 10:30 a.m., Saturday, February 24, 2018 at the Reiff Funeral Home in Epworth, Iowa.

Services for Mary Ellen will be held at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, February 24, 2018 at Reiff Funeral Home in Epworth, Iowa with Rev. Phillip Mensah officiating.  Burial will be held in St. Joseph's Prairie Cemetery in Zwingle, Iowa.

Mary Ellen was born December 29, 1929 in Zwingle, Iowa, daughter of William C. and Catherine F. "Rena" (Murphy) Walsh.  She received her education from the rural country schools in the Zwingle, Iowa. She worked at the Dubuque Packing Company for several years and later on retired from Sisters of Charity Mount Carmel, Dubuque.

She loved working on the farm and helping her brothers and sisters and helping with the animals. She had a love of her horses when she was younger. She thought a lot of her family, nieces and nephews and spoke highly of all of them and would do anything for them.

She was a member of New Melleray Parish.

She is survived by one sister, Anna Marie Walsh; one brother, William C. (Karen) Walsh both of Peosta, IA; nieces and nephews, Pat (Toni) Walsh of Platteville, WI, Cindy (Ryan) Yoder of Lone Tree, IA, Bill (Michelle) Walsh Jr. of Cuba City, WI, Carrie (Tyler) Schmidt of Rochester, MN; three great nephews Caleb and Wyatt Yoder and Sawyer Walsh; three great Nieces Taylor and Hanna Walsh and Emma Frain.

She is preceded in death by her parents, four brothers, Benedict, Francis, Clement and John Walsh; three sisters, Anastasia in Infancy, Catherine Walsh and Angella Walsh.

Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.reifffuneralhomeinc.com