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Irene Winterrowd
Irene Winterrowd, age 92 of Greenville, Ohio, passed away at 1:03 A.M.
on Tuesday, August 30, 2011 at the Brethren Retirement Center
Greenville, Ohio. Irene was born February 2, 1919 in Gettysburg,
Ohio and the daughter of the late Cara & Mollie (Gilbert) Brewer.
Irene was a Nutrition Aid with the Darke County Extension Office and in
1983 was honored by the Ohio Extension Office as “Woman of the Year”
for her service. She was also a Certificate Recipient from The
Ohio House of Representatives, presented by Honorable Mr. Jim
Buchy.
Irene was a lifelong member of the First United Methodist Church of
Greenville and a former Sunday School Teacher at the church. She was
instrumental in starting the Shelter for Battered Women in Darke
County, a long-term member of the Farm Bureau Board, Republican Women’s
Club, League of Women Voters, and a leader of Merrie Wanna Kitchen Band
having played for numerous community organizations in and around Darke
County. Irene was honored for her Humanitarian Work by the
Greenville Sertoma Club and the Greenville V.F.W.
In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband
Donald Winterrowd in 1990; son Billy Winterrowd at birth in 1943;
daughter in law Cindy (Spencer) Winterrowd in 2010; brothers Emmert
Brewer, Homer Brewer, Merlin Brewer, Ralph Brewer, Galen Brewer and
Clarence Brewer; sisters Ruth Miller, Laura Root, Mildred Bosserman and
Bess Null.
Irene is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Jean & Lamar
Noble of Xenia, Ohio; son and daughter-in-law, Ted & Irene
Winterrowd of Ft. Myers, Fl.; grandchildren, Carmen (Winterrowd)
Beasley, Troy Winterrowd, Shelley (Noble) Clifford and Eric Noble; ten
great grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.
A funeral service will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Thursday, September 1,
2011 at Zechar Bailey Funeral Home Greenville, Ohio, with Rev. Joe
Payne officiating. Burial will follow in the Teegarden
Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Thursday from 9:00
to 11:00 A.M. at the funeral home.
It is the wishes of the family that Memorial Contributions be given to
the Darke County Shelter from Violence Inc.
Condolences for the family may be expressed through www.zecharbailey.com
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