Nonegenarian Is Taken Here
Alice Irelan, of 824 Drake Avenue, died Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock following a lingering illness. She was one of the city's oldest residents and was 91 years, six months and 11 days of age at the time of her passing.
Born in Mahaska county, Iowa, November 1, 1863, she was the daughter of James and Amelia Shaw Sterner. She came to this county as a small girl and had lived practically all of her life here.
She was a widow of Willis Irelan who preceded her in death.
Mrs. Irelan was a long time member of the Christian church. She leaves two brothers Sam Sterner of Cozad, Neb., and Charles Sterner, of Galloway, Neb., besides several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. from the Johnson Funeral Home with the Rev. Thomas Polk officiating and burial will be made in Pleasant Hill cemetery at Cincinnati, Iowa.
Centerville Daily Iowegian and Citizen, Centerville, Iowa, Friday, May 13, 1955, page 1
Nonegenarian Is Taken Here
Alice Irelan, of 824 Drake Avenue, died Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock following a lingering illness. She was one of the city's oldest residents and was 91 years, six months and 11 days of age at the time of her passing.
Born in Mahaska county, Iowa, November 1, 1863, she was the daughter of James and Amelia Shaw Sterner. She came to this county as a small girl and had lived practically all of her life here.
She was a widow of Willis Irelan who preceded her in death.
Mrs. Irelan was a long time member of the Christian church. She leaves two brothers Sam Sterner of Cozad, Neb., and Charles Sterner, of Galloway, Neb., besides several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. from the Johnson Funeral Home with the Rev. Thomas Polk officiating and burial will be made in Pleasant Hill cemetery at Cincinnati, Iowa.
Centerville Daily Iowegian and Citizen, Centerville, Iowa, Friday, May 13, 1955, page 1
Family Members
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Mary Ellen Sterner
1862–1862
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Flora Cora Sterner Johnson
1865–1954
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Etta Sterner Moses
1868–1910
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Nevada Gertrude Sterner Daggett
1870–1945
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Charles William Sterner
1873–1963
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James Edward "Eddie" Sterner
1874–1893
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George Clark Sterner
1879–1947
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James Robert "Robert" Sterner
1881–1939
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Samuel Otto Sterner
1883–1966
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