From the November 24, 1997 issue of The Country Chronicle
Canaan, NH–Louise Irish Tobyne, 73, died peacefully on November 15, 1997, at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH.
She was born on August 17, 1924, in Wolfeboro, the dauhter of Col. Robert Jasper and Miriam (Furber) Irish.
She was raised in Wolfeboro and had spent 35 years as a resident of Meredith before moving back to Wolfeboro in 1992. She was a graduate of Brewster Academy and an amunma of the University of NH. She had worked as a secretary for various businesses and was formerly employed by Annalee Dolls.
She was a member of the Meredith Congregational Church. She was a past matron of Ellacoya Chapter 43, O.E.S., Meredith, and a former member of the Warren Chapter 20, O.E.S., Wolfeboro. She had also been a member of the Phi Mu Sorority of UNH and a member of the Winnipesaukee Chapter of D.A.R. She had served on the Meredith Bicentennial Committee and was a member of the Wolfeboro Historical Society.
She was a World War II Army Veteran, having served in the Pentagon.
She had been living in Canaan with her daughter’s family, Chris and John Dow, and with her son’s family David and Sylvia Detcher of Meredith for the past four months.
Family members include her husband Max H. Tobyne of Leeds, MA; two sons, David E. Detscher of Meredith, NH, and Dwight I. Detscher of Las Vegas, NV; two daughters, Chris D. Dow of Canaan and Lynn D. Boyle of Centreville, VA; eight grandchildren, a great-grandchild, Madison C. Dow, who was one of Louise’s family members with whom she joyfully spent her last evening; a brother, Dr. Edwin F. Irish of Germantown, MD; two sisters, Catherine I. Dillon of Lewiston, ID and Janet I. Noland of Meredith.
Calling hours were held in the Mayhew Funeral Home, Meredith. Funeral services were held in the Meredith Congregational Church on Wednesday, November 19th, at 11:00 a.m. The Rev. James Bolin officiated. A spring burial will be held at Lakeview Cemetery, Wolfeboro. Memorial donations may be made to the Wolfeboro Historical Society, Box 106C, Wolfeboro, NH 03894.