RINGELSPACH, Irene Lucille 1899-1983

RINGELSPACH, RIVEY, DOWNS, JOHNSON

Posted By: Richard K Thompson (email)
Date: 8/16/2010 at 15:53:59

Fairfield Ledger
Monday May 23, 1983

Mrs. RINGELSPACH

Irene Lucille RINGELSPACH, 84, 202 S. Second St., died Sunday at 8:25 a.m. at the Jefferson County Hospital. She had been a patient there since May 9.

Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. at the First Lutheran Church with the Rev. Keith Lingwall officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery.

The family will receive friends Monday from 2 to 4 p.m. and from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Raymond Funeral Home. Memorials have been established to the First Lutheran Church, Lord's Cupboard or the Cancer Fund.

Mrs. RINGELSPACH was born Jan. 31, 1899 in Denver, Colo., the daughter of John and Josephine RIVEY DOWNS. She was reared and educated in the Lockridge community. She was a Jefferson County rural teacher for several years. She was married June 22, 1910 to Harry RINGELSPACH and the farmed in the Richwoods community until his death De. 22, 1961.

Mrs. RINGELSPACH was a member of the First Lutheran Church, Richwoods Willing Workers, Keep Young Club and the Esther Group of her church.

She is survived by two daughters, Doris Johnson and Ruth Johnson, both of Fairfield; seven grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. One grandchild is deceased.

*Transcribed for genealogy purposes. I am not related to the person(s) mentioned.

Note: Buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Fairfield, Iowa. Old.P.388