Josephine M. Nash

Josephine M. Nash, 79, of Milwaukee, Wisc. and recent resident of Mt. Pleasant passed away Saturday, August 24, 2002 at Country Place Senior Center in Mt. Pleasant. A memorial mass will take place at St. Patrick Church in Milwaukee on ? at ? a.m. with Father ? officiating. Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Central Michigan. Envelopes are available at Lux Funeral Home. Josephine was born January 11, 1923, in Dublin, Ireland, the daughter of William and Josephine (Larkin) Byrne. She married Christopher John Nash on August 1, 1943 in Dublin. She was very active in the Irish community in Milwaukee. She was the founding member of the Shamrock Club in Milwaukee which honored her in 1997 as the Irish Rose . After her husbands death in 2000, the Kit and Josie Nash Irish Choral Music Collection was developed in order to house Irish music archives. Josie is survived by her daughter, Nina Nash-Robertson (John Robertson) of Mt. Pleasant; her son, Kieran (Julie) Nash of Milwaukee; two grandchildren, Jennifer Nash Robertson and Conor Nash; and two sisters, Anne (Jack) Goral of Milwaukee and Phyllis Wearen of Dublin.