Irene Agnes Wishart, of Issaquah passed away Dec. 7, 2010 at Overlake Hospital. Mrs. Wishart was born June 17, 1926 in Raloo, Larne, Northern Ireland to William and Elizabeth Hall. She married Jack Wishart in 1957 in Belfast, where they began a family and made their home. The family immigrated to the United States in 1965. They briefly lived in West Seattle, and made Issaquah their permanent home for the last 40 years.

She worked at the former Providence Point Conference Center and the Hi-Low Super Market in Issaquah. After retirement, she remained active in the community.

She is survived by her husband, Jack of Sammamish; daughter Karen (BJ) Martin of Washington, D.C., and son Neil Wishart of Fall City; four sisters: Charlotte (Alan) Ford of Poulsbo; Vina (Horace) Hood of Richmond, B.C., Canada; Florence Campbell of Belfast, Northern Ireland; Jean Fowler of Nottingham, England. She is also survived by her brothers and sisters-in–law Betty Wishart of Bellevue; Bill and Kathleen Cunningham of Agoura Hills, Calif.; Harry and Betty Wishart of Bradford-on-Avon, England, and numerous nieces and nephews.

Friends are invited to join the family at their home in Sammamish on Sunday, Dec. 12, 2010 at 1 p.m. The family that donations be made in Mrs. Wishart’s memory to a charity of their choice.