MENTONE – Erlene Ida Irwin, 84, formerly of Rochester and Talma, died at 4:50 p.m. June 3, 2012, in Hickory Creek, Rochester, where she resided.
She was born June 12, 1927, in Washington Island, Wis., to Chris and Edna Tortenson Demmin. On June 23, 1945, in Sturgeon Bay, Wis., she married Dale Irwin, who died April 23, 2006.
She was a homemaker and formerly worked at Rochester Telephone Co. and United Telephone Co., Plymouth and Warsaw. She attended Riverview Community Church, Rochester, and in more recent years, United Pentecostal Church, Bourbon.
Surviving are two daughters, Peggy Kubley (and companion Mitchell Bolen) Rochester, and Nancy (and spouse Bill) Murphy, New Bedford, Mass.; three sons: Donald (and spouse Shirley) Irwin, Rochester; Richard (and spouse Libby) Irwin, Etna Green; and Keith (and spouse Janet) Irwin, Peru; 18 grandchildren; 26 great-grandchildren; three sisters: Jocelyn Vertz, Kansas City, Kan.; Joanell Otis, Sturgeon Bay, Wis.; and Kerrin Rae, Menasha, Wis.; and a brother, Chris Demmin, Sturgeon Bay. She was preceded in death by three grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, two sisters and three brothers.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at King Memorial Home, Mentone, with Pastor Mark Cottrill officiating. Burial will be in Richland Center Cemetery, Rochester.
Calling is from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. ***** Memorials may be made to Riley Children’s Foundation, 30 S. Meridian St., Suite 200, Indianapolis, IN 46204-3509; the Lupus Foundation of America Inc. National Office, 2000 L. St., N.W., Suite 410, Washington, D.C. 20036; or Graves’ Disease, P.O. Box 2793, Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92067.
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