AUGUSTA – Irving R. “Irv” Lash, 81, has fallen asleep in the blessed hope of the second coming of his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, Tuesday, July 30, 2024, at Maine Medical Center in Portland. Born in Rockland, Nov.
24, 1942, he was the son of Winfield and Barbara Fales Lash. He was educated locally, attending Friendship schools before graduating from Waldoboro High School in 1960. Following graduation Irv attended Gorham State Teachers College graduating with a bachelor’s degree in 1964.
On July 19, 1968, Irv married the love of his life, Willamae ‘Willi’ White in Massachusetts after the two met at Camp Washington, the Advent Christian Camp. Irv was a proud and devoted husband for 56 years and the couple devoted their lives and marriage to fostering and growing their deep faith in the Lord. He began his career as a teacher, teaching first in Rockland and later Nobleboro Schools.
Although he was a people person at heart, Irv found that public school teaching just wasn’t for him. Going to work for Horace Mann, Irv learned the ins and outs of the insurance industry. Later he worked for Ed Quirion before purchasing the business himself.
For many years Irv owned and operated the Quirion Insurance Company in Augusta. When not busy working, Irv loved nothing more than to be on the ocean. Whether it was sailing, fishing, or taking friends and family seal and eagle watching, Irv was happiest on the water.
His family remembered, Irv was always teaching. The treasured bo.