Irene Bahr, 16 July 1917 - 2 Nov 2007

BAHR, KOPF, HEAGER

Posted By: Netha M Meyer (email)
Date: 11/5/2007 at 21:48:18

Irene T. Bahr, age 90 of Middle Amana, formerly of Evergreen Estates in Cedar Rapids, died Friday, November 2, 2007 at Colonial Manor of Amana following an extended illness. Funeral Services: 10:00 A.M. Monday, November 5, 2007, Kloster Funeral Home, Marengo, IA with Rev. Paul Scheidt officiating. Burial will be in Hala Cemetery, rural Amana. Friends may call from 4 to 7 P.M. Sunday, November 4, 2007 at Kloster Funeral Home, Marengo. A memorial fund has been established.

She is survived by her son Orville Bahr and wife Pat of Swisher; four grandchildren, Ricky Bahr and wife Karen of Cedar Rapids, Randy Bahr and wife Michael, Kevin and friend Sherri, and Vicki Bahr, all of Swisher; five great-grandchildren, Kenneth, Andrew, Christian, Isaac and Gracie Bahr; and four sisters, Mayme Cechura of Cedar Rapids, Agnes Klein of Marion, Alice Barker and husband William of Cedar Rapids, and Ann Binley of Marion. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Dale in 1995, three sisters, Helen Bine, Ruth Kopf, and Blanche Parvin, two brothers, George and Walter Kopf and a step-brother, Fred Puegner.

Irene Tracey Kopf was born July 16, 1917 in Iowa County, Iowa the daughter of William and Anna Heager Kopf. She attended the Iowa County schools and married Dale Bahr on July 20, 1938 in Marengo, Iowa. Irene was a homemaker, and enjoyed cooking and baking for her family and friends. She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Cedar Rapids.

Cedar Rapids Gazette, Nov 4, 2007, 4b
Kloster Funeral Home, Marengo