San Joaquin-Sacramento County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....Alway, Irene August 15 2004 ********************************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/obits/obitsca/obitsca.htm ********************************************************** File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Cheryl Davis-Holman Cis1052@aol.com August 18, 2004, 11:40 am The Record August 17, 2004 Lodi Irene Alway October 24, 1930 - August 15, 2004 Irene Alway, 73, of Lodi passed away while surrounded by family on Sunday, August 15, 2004 at Lodi Memorial Hospital after a long illness from Pulmonary Fibrosis. She was born October 24, 1930, in Barley, Idaho to David & Emma Gerlack. The family moved to Sacramento around 1935. They later lived in Lathrop and Stockton. She graduated from Lodi Academy in 1949. She graduated from Pacific Union College and Loma Linda University School of Physical Therapy. She worked as a Registered Physical Therapist for several convalescent hospitals, visiting nurse association and most recently Lodi Memorial Hospital, when illness forced her to retire in 2003. She married Dillard Irvin Alway in January 1959. She was preceded in death by both her parents and her husband died on October 24, 1965. She loved to sing. She was a member of Stockton Central SDA Church for 60 years where she was Choir Director & Division Leader for many years. She was Assistant Choir Director for the First United Methodist Church in Lodi. She was a member of the Stockton Chorale for around 30 years. Touring with the Corale provided many opportunties for her to enjoy traveling to places like England, Scottland, Wales, Germany, Austria, Italy, Australia, Canada, Mexico, New Zealand and New York City where they sang in Carnegie Hall. She is survived by her daughters, Candy (Ted) Higginbotham, of Ypsilanti, Michigan, Judy (Albert) Marroquin, of Galt, Becky Jones, of Stockton; her son, Russ Alway of Lodi; sisters, Gladys (LeRoy) Bollinger, of Lodi, Dorene (Roy) Hirschkorn, of Turlock; brothers, Jack (Mandy) Gerlack, of Lodi and Ken (Gay) Gerlack, of Martinez; grandchildren, Alex, Nick, Chris Higginbotham, Jessica Alway, Megan and Daniel Jones and Elizabeth and Michael Marroquin; also survived by several aunts, cousins, nieces and nephews. Services will be held at English Oaks SDA Church in Lodi on Thursday, August 19, 2004 at 2:00 p.m. Cherokee Memorial Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements where visitation will be held from 3:00-8:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Final resting place will be at Cherokee Memorial Park. Donations may be made to Voice of Prophecy, P.O. Box 2525, Newbury Park, CA 91319. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ca/sanjoaquin/obits/ob823alway.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/caobfiles/ File size: 2.9 Kb