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Frank X. Walsh, longtime resident of Guilford, passed away peacefully on Sept. 25 at Yale-New Haven Hospital surrounded by his loving family. Frank was born in Queens, New York on Jan. 22, 1940, son of Joseph A. Walsh and Frances (Gambino) Walsh. He was predeceased by his parents, his son-in-law John J. Dombrowski, and his granddaughter Katherine M. Dombrowski.

Frank is survived by his dear wife of 18 years, Ingela Helgesson. Frank is also survived by his children Kathleen Dombrowski of Waterford, Kevin and Tika Walsh of Wilmette, Illinois, and Sara and Jim O’Neill of Hingham, Massachusetts. He leaves Ingela’s daughters Kristin and Lee Ryder of Denver Colorado, and Tanya and Todd Brylinsky of Duxbury, Massachusetts. He is also survived by his grandchildren, who gave him tremendous joy, Tanner, Reilly, and Cameron Walsh, Jack Dombrowski, Aerin and George O’Neill, Burke and Teo Ryder, and Inga and Lucia Brylinsky; his brother Joseph D. Walsh of Jackson Heights, New York; good friend Nancy S. Walsh of Old Saybrook; as well as many cousins and many dear friends.

Frank graduated from Power Memorial Academy in 1957, received his BA in economics from Iona College in 1962, served in the US Marine Corps Reserves for 6 years, and was honorably discharged with the rank of lance corporal in 1965. He furthered his education and earned his MBA. in 1973 from the University Of New Haven. Frank had a long career as a systems analyst working for ABB Combustion Engineering, Philips Medical Systems, Echlin Manufacturing, and Condec.

In 1994, Frank received his respiratory therapist accreditation from Quinnipiac College and began a new career that he found highly rewarding as a respiratory therapist working in home health care, at Yale-New Haven Hospital, and Yale School of Medicine before his semi-retirement in 2019.

Frank had a lifelong love of learning and was a true “renaissance man.” He loved sailing, skiing, tennis, photography, reading, hiking, camping, cooking, and music ranging from T. Rex to classical. Frank rebuilt three homes, made furniture, was a small motor wizard, and made eggplant parmesan like no other. To his family, there seemed to be nothing he couldn’t accomplish. Frank truly loved the natural world and all of the beauty it had to offer. Over the course of several years he and Ingela set out in their Scamp camper and visited the majority of America’s beautiful national parks. In the summer of 2016 he hiked to the top of Mt. Washington with his son Kevin, and grandsons Tanner, Reilly, Cam, and Jack. Frank loved an adventure.

Frank’s smile and sense of humor will be dearly missed.

Frank was very active in the Rotary Club, Shoreline Indivisible, the Men’s Group, Habitat for Humanity, Raise The Roof, and the North Madison Congregational Church.

Frank believed in basic human kindness, that we all need a helping hand on life’s journey, and felt it was an honor to help others. In that very spirit the family requests, in lieu of flowers, you consider a memorial donation to the organizations he held dear, Raise the Roof, PO Box 916, Madison, CT 06443, www.raisetheroofct.org; or the North Madison Congregational Church, 1271 Durham Rd., Madison, CT 06443, www.northmadisoncc.org.

A Celebration of Life is planned for summer 2021. Arrangements in the care of the Guilford Funeral Home, 115 Church St., Guilford. To share a memory or leave condolences, visit www.guilfordfuneralhome.com.