Kenosha County WI Archives Obituaries.....O'Hare, Owen September 17, 1928
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Kenosha Evening News, Tue 18 Sept 1928
          Owen O'Hare Dies Suddenly in New Jersey 
Former Chief of Police Was Visiting Relatives in Noristown, N.J.

     Owen O'Hare, former chief of police on the Kenosha police department, and 
one of the most widely known among the citizens of the city, died suddenly in 
Norristown, N.J., last night at the age of 69.
     Word of his death reached Kenosha by telegram. No details of his death 
were given.
     He had gone to Norristown last June to spend a short vacation with 
relatives in that city. He liked it so well that he stayed on. Only last week 
he had sent postcards home to several of his friends in Kenosha. On one of 
these cards he had written "I hope you're doing all you can for Al Smith," and 
he left a word of cheer.
          Born in Ireland
     Wherever he had gone, he left a world of friends, and during his 
administration as chief of police in Kenosha he established a reputation for 
his work that was carried throughout the state and the middle west.
     Owen O'Hare was born in County Down, Ireland, on April 6, 1869, a son of 
Patrick and Ella Craney O'Hare. The father died just before Owen was born, and 
the mother brought her little family to the United States in 1873. At that 
time Owen had a sister, Annie.
     The family home was established at Seneca Falls, N.Y. The son was 
educated in the public schools at Auburn, N.Y., and at the age of 24 came to 
Kenosha, where he entered the employ of the late E.J. English, proprietor of a 
meat market.
          Joins Police Force
     On December 31, 1892, Owen O'Hare became a patrolman on the department 
here. For two years he was a merchant policeman, and for seven years he was a 
patrolman.
     In 1898 Mayor James Gorman appointed O'Hare chief of police, and 
successive mayors renewed the appointment until the department was placed 
under civil service regulations.
     From that time until June 1, 1906, he was a patrolman again, and on that 
date he became chief of police. He held office until 1921 when he was 
succeeded by Chief Thad W. Logan when the city government changed from the 
aldermanic form to the city manager form. 
     Septermber 1, 1890, Mr. O'Hare married Miss Ella Ward, and two children 
were born to this union, George and Helen. Helen O'Hare married Frank 
Rafferty, and the two children survive him. Mrs. Owen O'Hare died three years 
ago.
          Funeral Arrangements Later
     In the last few years the health of the former police chief had been 
failing, and for a time he went away to a sanitarium where he regained his 
strength. For a long period he worked in Kenosha, later retired on his pension 
from the police department, voted him at the completion of twenty-two years of 
service.
     Mr. O'Hare and his family are members of the St. James Church in Kenosha, 
and he was identified with many fraternal organizations in Kenosha, including 
the Knights of Columbus, Order of Foresters, the Elks, Eagles, and the Modern 
Woodmen.
     No details of the funeral arrangements were definite this afternoon and 
these are expected to be completed on Wednesday.



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