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Irene Johnson Obituary
PEORIA - Irene B. Johnson, 80, of Peoria died at 1:15 a.m. Monday, April 17, 2006, at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria.
She was born on April 9, 1926, in Aurora, Ill., a daughter of John and Katherine Schuster Baumann. She married Louis E. Johnson on May 4, 1963, in Aurora. He survives.
Also surviving are three daughters, Susan (Jayson) Algas, Julie (Frank) Ierulli and Leah (Mike) Dafforn, all of Peoria; and seven grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by one brother and three sisters.
Irene worked as a secretary at Northern Illinois Gas in Aurora. In the Peoria area, she worked and retired from Country Companies Insurance.
She was a member of St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Peoria, where a funeral Mass will be at 11 a.m. Friday, April 21, 2006. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Woolsey-Wilton Funeral Home in Peoria, with a prayer service at 6:45 p.m. Burial will be at Resurrection Cemetery in Peoria.
Memorials may be made to Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.
To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.
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Rob and Patti Helmig
April 20, 2006
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Pat and Cherisse Patterson
April 19, 2006
Our thoughts and prayers are with you in your time of grief. May your memories bring you comfort.
Jim and Dana Dobosz
April 19, 2006
Be still like the grass on a melancholy summer day
Be still like desert shrub.
Be calm and you will hear your loved one speak, in the stillness, in the calm, their love resounds.
If you are still this promise I make, you will hear the voice of your loved one helping you along your way.
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