Irene Katrina Alvine (Schwarting) Martinson 1904-1987

MARTINSON, SCHWARTING, LORENZ, SANDERSFELD, BURGY, VERCANDE, HUEDEPOHL

Posted By: Ava Simmons (email)
Date: 2/27/2005 at 18:02:20

OBITUARY, Cedar Rapids Gazette (date unknown):

Irene was born on April 30, 1904, at Conroy, Iowa, daughter of Charles Schwarting and Mary Lorenz. She was baptized and confirmed at Immanuel Lutheran Church, rural Williamsburg, She attended country schools in York Township through the eighth grade.

On August 22, 1927, Irene was united in marriage to Frank Martinson at the home of her parents in York Township, Iowa County, Iowa. After their marriage they lived on a farm west of Williamsburg and later on a farm near Millersburg, and in about 1933 moved to their farm in Hilton Township north of Conroy.

Irene was a homemaker and also worked as a cook and baker at the Ox Yoke Inn for many years and later at the Colony Village Restaurant. She was a member of the First Lutheran Church and also a member of the American Lutheran Church Women's organization.

Irene had been in failing health the last several months and most recently had been a patient at the extended care unit at Marengo Memorial Hospital. It was here that she died on Tuesday afternoon, November 24, 1987. She had reached the age of 83 years 5 months and 25 days.

She was survived by her husband, Frank; her two sons - Harold and his wife, Lorraine, of Marengo, and Edwin and his wife, Shirley, of Shell Knob, Missouri; her two daughters - Mary Ellen and her husband, Russell Sandersfeld of Amana, and Gloria Burgy of Coralville, Iowa; her thirteen grandchildren; and her nine great grandchildren. She was also survived by one brother, Anton Schwarting of Williamsburg; and two sisters - Martha (Mrs. Cloyd) Vercande of North English, and Olga (Mrs. Lothar) Huedepohl of Williamsburg. Irene was preceded in death by her parents and by two great-grandsons, Todd & Jeffrey Simmons.

The most important things in Irene's life were her family and her faith. Daily Bible readings gave her comfort in the times of hardship.