James Irish, son of A. B. and Mary Clarine Coon Stillman, was born April 5, 1899, in Nortonville, Kan., and died at Methodist Hospital, Houston, Tex., Nov. 20, 1962.
He became a member of the Nortonville Seventh Day Baptist Church at the age of 14 and transferred membership to Milton soon after. On July 17, 1924, he was united in marriage with Catherine Shaw. For thirty-six years he was a resident of Houston, Tex., where he and his son George were partners in a structural engineering firm. He was preceded in death by four brothers and a sister.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Catharine Shaw Stillman, and daughter Mrs. Robert S. Hanna, both of Houston, two sons: George S. of Houston, and James I. of Riverside, Calif.; one sister, Rose, Milton, Wis.; and seven grandchildren.
Funeral services were conducted by his pastor, the Rev. Marion C. Van Horn, at the chapel of George H. Lewis & Sons in Houston and burial was in Memorial Oaks Cemetery just outside the city. M. C. V. H.
