MORETZ, Irene V. 1934-2011

MORETZ

Posted By: Karon Velau (email)
Date: 2/22/2023 at 11:23:14

Irene Vera Moretz
(October 15, 1934 - October 22, 2011)

Northwood Anchor, Northwood, Iowa, Wed., Oct 26, 2011, p.9
Irene Vera Moretz, 77, Hanlontown, died Saturday, Oct. 22, 2011, at her home.
A funeral service for Irene will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2011, at the Elk Creek Lutheran Church, 4108 Killdeer Ave., Kensett, with Pastor Tom Martin officiating. Burial will be in the Elk Creek Lutheran Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Conner Colonial Chapel, 1008 First Ave. S., Northwood. Visitation will also be held one hour prior to service time on Wednesday at the church.
Irene Vera (McMann) Moretz was born on Oct. 15, 1934, in Mason City, the daughter of Charles and Ocea (Ford) McMann. Irene was orphaned as a teenager and went to live with Clarence and Mabel Hubacher, close family friends. Irene was baptized and reaffirmed the faith of her baptism through confirmation in a Methodist church in Mason City. Irene attended the Mason City community school system, graduating from Mason City High School in 1952. After graduation, Irene worked at the Standard Oil in Mason City and was a waitress at the Hanford Hotel. Irene was united in marriage to Russell Moretz on April 6, 1955, at the chapel at the Larson Air Force base in Washington, and to this union four sons were born, Glen, Paul, Dan and Patrick. After Russell's discharge from the Air Force, they moved to rural Northwood and later to rural Hanlontown, where they were engaged in farming for many years. Irene loved being a homemaker raising her sons and later working as a certified nursing assistant for 12 years at the Lutheran Retirement Home in Northwood until her retirement. After retiring from the nursing home, Irene and Russ made lefse for friends and family and mowed lawns. In July of 2011, they moved to a home in Hanlontown. Those left to cherish her memory is her husband of 56 years, Russell Moretz of Hanlontown; her children, Glen and Sandy Moretz of Lake Mills, Paul and Connie Moretz of Manly, Dan and Jan Moretz of Hanlontown and Patrick and Jody Moretz of Hanlontown; 12 grandchildren, Kelly (Chad) Heuton, Ben, Mike, Natalie, Andrea, Stefanie, Matthew, John, Steve and Jodi, Tim, Bradley and Ryan Moretz; four great-grandchildren, Sydney, Carly, Jenna and Sawyer Heuton; her sister, Florence Merrifield of Ajijlic, Mexico; foster brother and sisters, John and Esther Hubacher, Bonnie Olson, Art Wagner and Karen Hubacher; brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, Art and Sharon Moretz, Allen Moretz, Anna and Dan Clayton, Lil Eskildsen, Marge and Rick Low, Wayne and Cindy Moretz, Sandy Moretz and Joanne Moretz; special niece and nephew, Charles and Cindy Strait; as well as many other special nieces and nephews and many other extended family members and friends. Irene was preceded in death by her parents; foster parents; sisters, Erma Horak and Marybelle McMann; foster brothers and sisters, Charles and Mary Hubacher, Floyd Hubacher, and Florence Wagner; and three brothers-in-law, Glen Eskildsen, Donald Moretz, and Richard Moretz.