Irene Emma Kahle, 03 Jan 1926 - 06 Dec 2016

KAHLE, KVETENSKY, VOLESKY, MECKLENBURG, LERCH, PICKART, LAHTROP, SCHULTE, CROWDES, SERBOUSEK, ATHERTON

Posted By: Sandy Ficken (email)
Date: 1/31/2017 at 16:40:13

WATKINS - Irene Emma Kahle, 90, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2016, at Rose Haven Nursing Home in Marengo. A Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2016, at St Patrick's Catholic Church in Watkins with Father Craig Steimel as Celebrant. Interment will be at St Patrick's Catholic Cemetery, Watkins. A rosary will be said at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday with visitation following from 4 to 7 p.m.

Irene was born on Jan. 3, 1926, on a farm south of Fairfax, to Edwin and Libbie (Volesky) Kvetensky. Irene graduated from Wilson High School in 1943 in Cedar Rapids. Irene worked for the Order of Railroad Conductors, until she married Sylvester Herman Kahle on Nov. 18, 1946, at St Michael’s Catholic Church in Norway. In December 1947, Sylvester and Irene moved to a farm near Watkins, where they farmed all their lives.

Irene was a member of St Patrick's Catholic Church in Watkins all her married life and served as president of the Altar and Rosary Society for over 40 years.

Irene is survived by daughters, Carolyn (Merrill) Mecklenburg, and Marchell Kahle; sons James (Mary) Kahle, and Robert (Marge) Kahle; 13 grandchildren, Thad Pickart, AF Lt Col Damien (Vanessa) Pickart, Rachel (Josh) Lathrop, Erin (Erik) Schulte, Michael (Sara) Mecklenburg, Melissa (Brett) Lerch, Christian (Audra) Kahle, Courtney (Zachary) Crowdes, Dustin (Sherri) Kahle, Brad, Cole, Danielle, and Savannah Kahle; 15 great-grandchildren: Caroline and Alex Pickart, Aidan and Reece Lerch, Abigail, Brodie,and Kaitlyn Mecklenburg, Emme, Max, and Mary Lathrop, Calvin and Holley Irene Schulte, Drew and Nate Kahle, and Charlotte Crowdes.

Irene was preceded in death by her husband, Sylvester, Nov. 2, 2008, and a son, Steven John Kahle, in 1949; parents, Edwin and Libbie Kvetensky; sister, Lavona Kvetensky; brothers/sisters-in-law, William and Thelma Serbousek, Letha Kahle Atherton, Raphael and Carleen Kahle, Francis and Bonnie Kahle, and many nieces and nephews.

Williamsburg Journal Tribune, 14 Dec 2016, pg 10
The Gazette, 11 Dec 2016