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1 of 1977 Frank Staar Obituary 1940

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Name	Staar, Frank
Born	1858
Deceased	10/1940
Deceased where	East Hollywood, CA
Spouse	Minnie Staar
Children	Minna aka Minne Kersten Ida Lambert Mary Lustig Frank Staar Jr. Rudolph Staar Hans Staar Henry Staar
Places of residence	Chicago, IL

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1. A series of news clippings documenting the Staar family's time at their seasonal cottage on the Rest Lake island near the channel. - Frank and Minnie Staar (Chicago) owned the island and a small mainland parcel since approx 1905. By the fall of 1910, Judge George Kersten was listed as "visiting" and the island was referred to as the Staar and Kersten cottage. Daughter Minna marries Judge George Kersten in 1912. The island was later referred to as "Kersten's Island".

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2. Rest Lake island at the mouth of the channel from Stone Lake. ca 1900s - Originally owned by Frank Staar (ca 1905) of Chicago who had a seasonal cottage there. In 1910 it was referred to as the Staar and Kersten Cottage. Daughter Minnie (Minna) married Judge George Kersten in 1912. The island is often called Judge Kersten's Island. Kersten died in 1934 and Minna and brother Henry Staar owned the property until 1955 when it was sold to John Langum. In the 1970s and 1980s the island property was in disrepair and fell victim to vandals as it was mostly uninhabited. Rich & Sue Clack purchased the island in 1997. This land was not always an island. It was part of the peninsula on the north side of the channel. It possibly was separated in 1901-02 when a new dam was built for a massive 1902 log drive. Kersten built an inlet to an interior pond. Note the landing made of logs and the height of the log stumps on the left in image #3.

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