Irene
Irene Wood
d. April 29, 2006
Irene Wood, age 86, of Mt. Carroll, Illinois, died Saturday, April 29, 2006 at Good Samaritan Nursing Home in Mt. Carroll, Illinois. Funeral Services will be held 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 2, 2006 at the Frank-Law-Jones Funeral Home, Mt. Carroll, Illinois with Reverend Robert Ziebarth of the First Baptist Church in Mount Carroll officiating. Interment will take place in the Oak Hill Cemetery, Mount Carroll, Illinois. Friends may call from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Monday, May 1, 2006 at the funeral home. A general memorial fund has been established in Irene’s memory.
Irene was born September 27, 1919, the daughter of George and Fannie (Hartman) Knoess, at home in Fairhaven Township. She graduated in 1936 from Chadwick High School and then from the Shimer Junior College in 1938. Irene married Kenneth Wood on May 17, 1941 in Fairhaven Township. She taught at the Fairhaven Center School for three years and at the Woodland School for seven years. Irene was a first grade teacher in Mount Carroll for twenty-two years. Irene was a longtime member of the First Baptist Church in Mount Carroll and the Carroll County Retired Teachers Association. She enjoyed reading, crosswords, gardening, bird watching and walking, but most of all she loved working with children.
Irene will be deeply missed by her loving husband, Kenneth Wood of Mt. Carroll; one sister, Viola (Joe) Rath of Lanark, Illinois and many nieces and nephews.
Irene is preceded in death by her parents and two sisters, Helen Becker and Hilda Knoess.
Irene was born September 27, 1919, the daughter of George and Fannie (Hartman) Knoess, at home in Fairhaven Township. She graduated in 1936 from Chadwick High School and then from the Shimer Junior College in 1938. Irene married Kenneth Wood on May 17, 1941 in Fairhaven Township. She taught at the Fairhaven Center School for three years and at the Woodland School for seven years. Irene was a first grade teacher in Mount Carroll for twenty-two years. Irene was a longtime member of the First Baptist Church in Mount Carroll and the Carroll County Retired Teachers Association. She enjoyed reading, crosswords, gardening, bird watching and walking, but most of all she loved working with children.
Irene will be deeply missed by her loving husband, Kenneth Wood of Mt. Carroll; one sister, Viola (Joe) Rath of Lanark, Illinois and many nieces and nephews.
Irene is preceded in death by her parents and two sisters, Helen Becker and Hilda Knoess.
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