Obituary: Kathleen Walsh Drake
FALMOUTH - Kathleen Walsh Drake, 71, of Falmouth and Bonita Springs, Fla., passed peacefully at Gosnell Hospice in Scarborough, on Jan. .
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Kathleen Walsh Drake
FALMOUTH – Kathleen Walsh Drake, 71, of Falmouth and Bonita Springs, Fla., passed peacefully at Gosnell Hospice in Scarborough, on Jan. 4, 2021, after a long and courageous battle with breast cancer. Kathy was born on Dec. 16, 1949, in Hamden, Conn., as one of six children to John and Phyllis Walsh.
She was predeceased by her parents, her stepmother, Loretto Fitzgerald Walsh; her younger brother, Brian and her infant sister, Mary.
After graduating from Hamden High School, Kathy ventured north to Green Mountain Junior College, Vt., then transferred to Sweet Briar College, Virginia, graduating in 1972. Living in Boston, she worked for Cahners Publishing before moving to Washington, D.C., where she worked for The Congressional Quarterly. She met her future husband, David, through her r