Irene Katrina Alvine Schwarting 
Irene Katrina Alvine was born on April 30th, 1904 in Conroy, Iowa Co., IA. Irene Katrina Alvine's father was Charles F. Schwarting and her mother was Mary Lorenz. Her paternal grandparents were John Schwarting and Alvina Spreen; her maternal grandparents were Jacob Lorenz and Katherine Ehlen. She had a brother and two sisters, named Anton Jacob, Martha and Olga Ida. She was the oldest of the four children. She died at the age of 83 on November 24th, 1987 in Marengo, Iowa Co., IA. She was buried on November 28th, 1987 in First Lutheran Cemetery, Hilton Twp., Iowa County.1 General Notes
Cause of Death:<CAUS> Old age & complications of diabetes
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Irene was born on April 30, 1904, at Conroy, Iowa, daughter of Charles
Schwarting and Mary Lorenz. She was baptized and confirmed at Immanuel
Lutheran Church, rural Williamsburg, She attended country schools in
York Township through the eighth grade.
On August 22, 1927, Irene was united in marriage to Frank Martinson at
the home of her parents in York Township, Iowa County, Iowa. After their
marriage they lived on a farm west of Williamsburg and later on a farm
near Millersburg, and in about 1933 moved to their farm in Hilton
Township north of Conroy.
Irene was a homemaker and also worked as a cook and baker at the Ox Yoke
Inn for many years and later at the Colony Village Restaurant. She was a
member of the First Lutheran Church and also a member of the American
Lutheran Church Women's organization.
Irene had been in failing health the last several months and most
recently had been a patient at the extended care unit at Marengo Memorial
Hospital. It was here that she died on Tuesday afternoon, November 24,
1987. She had reached the age of 83 years 5 months and 25 days.
She was survived by her husband, Frank; her two sons - Harold and his
wife, Lorraine, of Marengo, and Edwin and his wife, Shirley, of Shell
Knob, Missouri; her two daughters - Mary Ellen and her husband, Russell
Sandersfeld of Amana, and Gloria Burgy of Coralville, Iowa; her thirteen
grandchildren; and her nine great grandchildren. She was also survived
by one brother, Anton Schwarting of Williamsburg; and two sisters -
Martha (Mrs. Cloyd) Vercande of North English, and Olga (Mrs. Lothar)
Huedepohl of Williamsburg. Irene was preceded in death by her parents
and by two great-grandsons, Todd & Jeffrey Simmons.
The most important things in Irene's life were her family and her faith.
Daily Bible readings gave her comfort in the times of hardship.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 1854 in Germany d.09 Feb 1932 in Hilton Township, Iowa Co., IA
- b.1878 d.27 May 1932 in Iowa Co., IA
- b.~ 1856 in Germany d.18 Apr 1931 in Troy Twp., Iowa Co., IA
- b.30 Apr 1904 in Conroy, Iowa Co., IA d.24 Nov 1987 in Marengo, Iowa Co., IA
- b.24 Apr 1884 d.08 Jul 1964 in Iowa Co., IA
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