Forest County WI Archives Obituaries.....Irish, Chester J. July 8, 1970
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Forest County Republican
OBITUARY - CHESTER IRISH.  Funeral services for Chester John Irish, 78, a long-
time resident of Laona and former Forest County highway commissioner, were held 
Saturday at St. Leonard's Catholic church at Laona.  Rev. S.A. Stern officiated 
at the 9 a.m. rites and burial was in the Laona Cemetery.  Mr. Irish died 
Wednesday, July 8, at St. Mary's hospital in Rhinellander.  The body lay in 
state at Halverson Funeral Home, Crandon, after 2 p.m. Friday, where a Rosary 
was recited at 7:30 p.m.   Pallbearers included Dale Slimmer, Willie Karl, Ivan 
Calhoun, Herman Lang, Ernest Hoffman and Elmer Gayhart.
  
The son of Henry and  Effie (Starks) Irish was born September 3, 1891 at 
Bryant.  He came to Laona as a youth in 1899 and engaged in farming and logging 
in the area.  He served as town chairman and town assessor for Laona in past 
years in addition to serving a number of years as county highway commissioner.  
He was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago in 1952.

He married the former Mary Anna Betker October 30, 1911, and she died March 29, 
1964.  A sister also preceded him in death.  Survivors include two sons, John 
of Laona and Harold of Shawano; five grandchildren and one great-grandchild.   

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