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Rogers Co. Obit for: Irene McCollum
Submitted to the Rogers County Oklahoma Archives 
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Rogers County Archivist: Bill Cook, wcook14024@aol.com
Date: 4/30/2002               by: Bill Cook, wcook14024@aol.com
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Originally published on Thursday 18 April 

Irene McCollum



Funeral services for Irene McCollum, 88, of Wagoner will be 11 a.m. April 19, 
2002 at the Immanuel 
Baptist Church in Wagoner with Rev. Willie Rice officiating.
Irene passed away Tuesday, April 16, 2002 at the Tulsa Regional Medical Center. 

Irene was born Feb. 25, 1914 in Nashville, Ark., to Joe and Grace Redman. At an 
early age, her family 
moved to the Tahlequah area. Irene lived in Claremore for some time before 
moving to Wagoner, where 
she lived most of her life. She was a member of the Immanuel Baptist Church in 
Wagoner. Irene loved her 
life as a homemaker and enjoyed cooking and spending time with her family. Along 
with raising children, 
she also loved to raise roses. 

Irene was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Joe in 1975; daughter, 
Pearl Dye; sons, Eugene 
and Floyd McCollum; and by all of her brothers and sisters.

She is survived by nine sons, Ray, Jerry, Cornell, Willis, Guy, Shelby, Bobby, 
Mike and Billy McCollum; 
five daughters, Beulah Sullivan, Betty Ruth McCollum, Willie Mae Pilkington, 
Geraldine Hall and Jackie 
Kirk; many grandchildren; great-grandchildren; and a great number of great-great 
grandchildren; numerous 
nieces and nephews; and other relatives and friends.

Funeral arrangements and interment in Elmwood Cemetery in Wagoner under the 
direction of Mallett 
Funeral Home in Wagoner.

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