Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Rigdon, Irene Virginia 2006 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Marilyn Ransom mlnransom@chartermi.net August 17, 2010, 7:41 pm The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Friday, December 1, 2006 Irene Virginia (Adams) Rigdon, 80, formerly of Lyons, died Friday, November 17, 2006 at her home in Fairdealing, MO. Mrs. Rigdon was born February 10, 1926 in Ripley County Missouri. She was married to Woodrow W. (Dick) Rigdon on June 14, 1941 in Doniphan, MO and he preceded her in death on March 28, 2003. Irene was a talented artist and she also enjoyed and was a skilled woodworker, seamstress and designer. For 17 years Irene worked at the factory in Ionia that was once known at Mitchell Bentley. Irene is survived by one son, Woodrow Wilson Rigdon Jr. and wife Joyce of Lonoke, AR; four daughters, Pamela Ann Coble of Fairdealing, Patsy Ruth Miller and Husband Richard of Caulfield, MO, Paula Jean Neal of Fairdealing, and Penny Kay Jenkins and partner Ray Sells of Doniphan, MO. She is also survived by a niece loved as a daughter, Lynna Gail Seabrook of Ionia and a sister-in- law she loved as a sister, Alma (Adams) Sprague also of Ionia. In addition she is survived by grandchildren, Shawn, Kelly and Shannon Sible, Eric Miller and Ricky Jean Johnston, Robin Kay Jenkins, and Woodrow Wilson II (Trae), Trenton, and Tanner Rigdon; great grandchildren, Glen and Casey Sible, Jeremie, Mandi and Bailee Johnston. Fowler-Sullivan Funeral Home of Neelyville, MO was in charge of arrangements. Mom, Dad, Grandma, Grandpa, we love you both and you will be greatly missed by us all. In the spring the children of Irena and Dick Rigdon will be holding a private family memorial service for their parents. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/r/rigdon8119nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb