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Iris May Cooney, 29 Mar 1931 - 03 Mar 2017

COONEY, SCHAFBUCH, GLEASON, EICHORN, UTHHOFF-SCHNABEL, SCHLABACH, SLOCKETT, SIMONSEN, UTHOFF, ROBERTS, NORMAN, THORMAN, UNGLENK

Posted By: Sandy Ficken (email)
Date: 3/15/2017 at 16:52:02

Iris May Schafbuch Cooney, 85, Williamsburg, died Friday, March 3, 2017, at Highland Ridge Nursing Home, Williamsburg.

Private family services will be held at a later date. Burial will be in the Calvary Cemetery, Marengo.

A memorial fund has been established.

Kloster Funeral Home, Marengo, is in charge of arrangements. Online condolences may be left at www.klosterfuneralhome.com .

Iris May Gleason was born March 28, 1931, in Marengo, the daughter of John Henry and Anna Louis Eichorn Gleason. She graduated from Marengo High School in 1950.

Iris married Ray L. Schafbuch Nov. 17, 1951, in Marengo.

She later married James R. Cooney Jan. 10,1976, in San Diego, Calif. She was a beautician at the Cardinal Salon in Marengo for several years and thereafter an apartment manager in San Diego from 1976-2001. Following her retirement in 2001, she returned to Marengo to be near her children and grandchildren. Her hobbies included birdwatching, needlepoint making each of her grandchildren baby quilts; reading and most of all enjoyed her grandchildren, great-grandchildren and her grand-dogs. She certainly loved all the dog visits.

The family would like to extend a sincere and heartfelt thank you to the staff at the Highland Ridge Nursing Home and Essence of Life Hospice for the care of Iris.

Cooney is survived by a son, Don (Vicki) Schafbuch, Marengo; three daughters, Catherine Uthoff-Schnabel, Blue Grass; Christy (Blake) Steinford, Marengo, and LuAnn (Steve) Allar, Fairfax; nine grandchildren, Travis (Allison) Schlabach, Shannon (Luke) Slockett, Tiffany (Jeff) Simonsen, Bradley (Stephanie) Uthoff, Jill Uthoff, Alex Uthoff, Brook (Cody) Roberts, Cami Steinford, and Katy (Mike) Norman; 11 great-grandchildren, Ashlea and Austin Schlabach, Brynlee and Bryar Slockett, Simonsen twins on the way; Aksel Uthoff; Preston and Bryer Uthoff and Hayden and Lane Norman.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husbands, Ray Schafbuch and James Cooney; brothers, Kenneth, Orrin, and Edward, and sisters, Helen Thorman and Joyce Unglenk; and a grandson, Darin Schlabach.

Williamsburg Journal Tribune, 08 Mar 2017 pg 5
The Gazette, 04 Mar 2017 10a


 

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