Helen Talmage Walsh

Helen Walsh, a 10th-generation descendant of Thomas Talmage, one of East Hampton’s original settlers, died on Sept. 14 at the Hamptons Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing in Southampton. She was 93.

The daughter of Ferris G. Talmage and Clara M. Bell, she was born at home on Long Lane, East Hampton, on May 23, 1923. She graduated from East Hampton High School in 1940 and from Syracuse University in 1944, where she was a member of the Alpha Omicron Pi sorority.

Mrs. Walsh was married to Raymond Hamilton of Amagansett in 1945 after he returned home from World War II. They had two children, Prudence T.H. Carabine of East Hampton and David Raymond Hamilton, who does not survive. Her husband died in 1969.

She married Robert Walsh in 1974. They moved to Hampton Bays, and she taught high school English at the Bridgehampton School for 10 years during that time. Ms. Carabine said her mother, who was a life member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, East Hampton chapter, “loved researching history, especially Long Island history.” She also taught courses at Southampton College’s Center for Creative Retirement, where she was a charter member, on women in the Bible and on early musical instruments on Long Island.

Ms. Carabine also spoke of her mother’s inclusive approach to East Hamptoners of different ethnic backgrounds and religions.

Mrs. Walsh was a member of the a cappella group the Sweet Adelines and was an elder of the East Hampton Presbyterian Church, where she taught Sunday school and served as president of the Women’s Association. She was a former president also of the Olde Towne Garden Club in Southampton.

In addition to her daughter, who lives in East Hampton, Mrs. Walsh is survived by two grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, three stepdaughters, and four step-grandchildren. Her second husband predeceased her, as did her two brothers, David and Stephen Talmage, and a grandson, Sean Ferris Carabine.

Burial, at Green River Cemetery in Springs, was private. There will be a memorial service at the Presbyterian Church on Oct. 22 at 11 a.m., followed by a reception at the Session House.