Edward Chartier
From Rice Lake Chronotype, March 14, 1984
HL: Edward Chartier Dies March 11
69Edward Chartier, former member of the Rice Lake Police Department, died
Sunday at Lakeview Medical Center in Rice Lake at the age of 90. Funeral
services will be held at 10:30 a.m. this Thursday at St. Joseph's Catholic
Church in Rice Lake and burial will follow in the church cemetery. Friends
may call until 9 p.m. Wednesday at Appleyard's Home for Funerals in Rice
Lake where there will be a rosary recitation with the Knights of Columbus
at 7:30 p.m. and a Moose Memorial at 9 p.m.
Mr. Chartier was born Oct. 1, 1893 at Dobie and he lived in the Rice Lake
area all his life. On April 25, 1916, he married the former Victoria Demers
at Dobie. He worked for a number of years as a logger with the Knapp-Stout
Co., and then was employed as a brakeman for the Chicago Northwestern
Railroad. He also operated a trucking service for several years, and
later joined the Rice Lake Police Force where he worked for 22 years and
retired in July 1959. After retiring, he served as a security man for
the Barron County Fair and the Rice Lake Speedway.
He was a past governor and longtime member of the Loyal Order of the Moose,
and was also a member of the Knights of Columbus. He is survived by his
wife, two sons, DeWayne of San Leandro, Calif., and Clarence (Bud) of
Gresham, Ore.; many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.