"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 133, No 26, p 452, Dec. 28, 1942.
Hattie Estelle Irish was born in Alfred, N. Y., September 4, 1865, and died at Bethesda Hospital, Hornell, on June 25, 1942. She was the daughter of Edmund and Eliza (Hadley) Burdick.
She was married to William Arthur Irish on June 5, 1897, and to them were born three children: Mrs. John Oman of Hempstead, L. I.; Mrs. Myron Burrows of Friendship; and William A. Irish, Jr., of Alfred.
On June 24, 1880, she was baptized and joined the First Alfred Seventh Day Baptist Church. She was faithful to her church and to the Sabbath through all her years.
Farewell services were conducted by Pastor Everett T. Harris, and interment was in Alfred Rural Cemetery. E. T. H.

"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 139, No 21, p 382, Nov. 19, 1945.
William Arthur Irish, son of Amy Elizabeth Potter and William Babcock Irish (of Potter Hill, R. I.), was born in Farina, Ill., March 23, 1870, and died October 1, 1945, at Bethesda Hospital, Hornell, N. Y., after a brief illness.
Mr. Irish came to Alfred from Farina in 1893 and has been a farmer in this vicinity during the past fifty-two years. He was an active member of the First Alfred Seventh Day Baptist Church, joining by letter from Farina. He married Hattie Estelle Burdick of Alfred on June 5, 1897, who preceded him in death June 25, 1942.
Survivors are two daughters, Mrs. John E. Oman and Mrs. Myron A. Burrows, a son, William Arthur, and a foster son, James Anderson.
Farewell services were conducted at the church by his pastor, Rev. E. T. Harris. The Alfred Grange assisted at the grave. Burial was in Alfred Rural Cemetery. E. T. H.