Wasco-Hood River County OR Archives Obituaries.....Irwin, Ida Margaret November 12, 2003
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The Dalles Chronicle, November 14, 2003
     Longtime Hood River resident, Ida Irwin, 92, died Wednesday, Nov. 12, 
2003 at Parkhurst House in Hood River.
     She was born Jan. 15, 1911 in Kalispell, Mont. to Louis E. and Lucy 
(Egelkrout) Martin. She was raised and educated in Camas, Wash.
     Following her high school education she attended Northwest Nazarene 
College and received her teaching degree. On Sept. 6, 1934 she married Harold 
Roy Irwin in Camas. 
     In 1946 she moved to Hood River and started her career as a school 
teacher at the Pine Grove School. 
     After retiring as a teacher for 30 years in the Hood River Valley she 
spent her time teaching numerous exchange students English.
     She was a dedicated member of the Hood River Church of the Nazarene. She 
loved spending time with her children and grandchildren and traveling.
     She is survived by her son Roy E. Irwin and his wife, Susie, Mesquite, 
Nev.; daughter Loretta M. Elliott, Dallesport; brother Willard Rowley, 
Meridian, Idaho; sister Nellie Stephens, Vancouver; granddaughter Cindy 
D.Wilkens and her husband, Scott; grandsons Jeffrey S. Irwin and his wife, 
Samantha, Hood River; Michael A. Irwin, Portland; Brian R. Irwin, Corvallis; 
and great grandchildren Christine Zaugg and Victoria Wilkins.
     She was preceded in death by her husband, Harold Roy Irwin, in 1963; 
brother Aaron Martin, sister Cora Wilson and grandson Monty A. Hannon in 2001.
     A memorial service will be held Sunday, Nov. 16, 2003 at Anderson’s 
Tribute Center. A private family burial will be at Pine Grove Cemetery.
     Memorial contributions may be made to be made to the Hood River Church of 
the Nazarene or Hospice of the Gorge c/o Anderson’s Tribute Center 1401 
Belmont Hood River, OR 97031.


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Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, 
Oregon, Dan Spatz, Editor (e-mail dated 3/7/2006).


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