Huntoon, Irene Van Engen (1925-2001)

HUNTOON, VAN ENGEN, VANDER VELDE, KORTRIGHT, LEVEKE, NADEN, BOYD

Posted By: Debbie Greenfield (email)
Date: 10/29/2021 at 14:24:09

Daily Freeman Journal, Webster City, Iowa, Tuesday, August 21, 2001

Irene Huntoon, 75, Des Moines, died Sunday, August 19, 2001 at Calvin Community in Des Moines. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 10:30 a.m. at the First Christian Church in Des Moines. Burial will be in Resthaven Cemetery, West Des Moines. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday at the Westover Funeral Home, 6337 Hickman Road, Des Moines.

Irene Van Engen was born October 23, 1925 in Webster City, the daughter of Everett and Dora Jane Vander Velde Van Engen. She was a graduate of Iowa State Teachers College. Early in her career, she taught school. After she was married, she was a homemaker and also was an apartment manager. She had lived in Des Moines for 50 years.

Mrs. Huntoon was a member of First Christian Church in Des Moines and had taught Sunday school for 15 years. As her family was growing up, she was active in PTA and scouts. In her spare time, she enjoyed gardening.

Survivors are her husband, Donald Huntoon of Des Moines; two sons, Lawrence Huntoon, Jamestown, NY., David Huntoon, Lincoln, Neb.; two daughters, Sheryl Kortright, Orinda, Calif., Anita Leveke, Des Moines; three sisters, Lela Naden, Webster City; Phyllis Van Engen, Denver, Colo., Shirley Boyd, Belin, NM.; one brother, Everett Van Engen, Colorado Springs, Colo.; seven grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents.

Memorials may be made to the First Christian Church or the Parkinson's Foundation.