Aikman, Irene Erma Marie (Petersen) (1919 - 2020)

AIKMAN, PETERSEN, CHRISTENSEN, MADSEN, JANSSEN, STARNS, MCGRATH, POWELL, JARMAN, KRAAN, LEWELLYN, KOLLN

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 5/20/2020 at 07:41:42

Name of deceased: Irene Erma Marie Aikman (nee Petersen)

Aged: 100 yrs, 6 mo, 21 days

Residence: Manning, Carroll County, IA

Born: Oct. 4, 1919; rural Kimballton, Shelby County, IA)

Died: April 25, 2020; Manning, Carroll County, IA

Funeral services: Private Family Funeral Service: Wednesday, April 29, 2020; Pauley Jones Pfannebecker Funeral Home, Denison, IA; burial was in the Lincoln Township Cemetery, Gray, IA

Survived by: Son, Kenneth Aikman (spouse, Beth) of Quitman, TX; daughter, Joanne Madsen (spouse, Dale) of Clarksburg, WV; honorary daughter-in-law, Charlyn Aikman of Lewisville, TX; grandchildren, Debra Janssen (spouse, Curt), Terri Starns, Kristy McGrath (spouse, Mike), Kevin Aikman (spouse, Ronda), Tammy Powell (spouse, Mike), Troy Aikman (spouse, Capa), Allison Irene Jarman (spouse, Todd), Jason Kraan (spouse, Pamela), and Joshua Kraan (spouse, Sherah); 22 great-grandchildren; 19 great-great-grandchildren; other family members and friends

Predeceased by: Parents, Miller and Margaret (nee Christensen) Petersen; husband, Myron (deceased Oct. 1985); son, Gene Aikman, and his wife, Shirley; son-in-law, Stanley Kraan; granddaughter, Kimberly Lewellyn; brother, Wayne Petersen; sister, Rose Kolln

Education: Attended grade school in Kimballton, IA; after her father’s death when she was 12, Irene and family went to live with her grandparents in Audubon, and she graduated from high school there.

Religious affiliation: np information provided

Military service: n/a

Marriage: Myron Aikman; 1936; location not provided

Employment: Farmer’s wife, helping with outside chores and gardening besides raising their children

Hobbies/Interests: enjoyed her gardens; loved playing horsehshoes with Myron; mostly, she enjoyed time spent with family

Sources: findagrave.com; pauleyjones.com