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Irene Orwat Obituary
March 5, 1926 - March 31, 2023
It is with a very heavy heart that we said our final goodbye to our dear mom and grandma at 5:26pm on March 31, 2023. Our Lord and His angels came for her exactly one year to the day, and almost the same hour that dad died March 31, 2022.
Irene was born on March 5, 1926, to Stephen and Martha Zakowski in Buffalo, New York.
Irene married Edmund Orwat on June 26, 1952. They lived with their 3 children in Elma, NY until 2013 where they purchased a home in Tulsa, OK to live near their daughter as they aged.
After living in Elma, NY for the next 62 years, at the ages of 86 and 88, Irene and Edmund moved to Tulsa, OK. to be near their daughter to care for them as they aged.
Irene is predeceased by her parents, brother Henry, aunts, uncles, and some cousins. She is survived by daughter Cheryl Ashley (Michael); son, Dexter (Paula); son, Brian (Charlene) and grandchildren Reanne, Megan, Mallory, Lexie, Bianca, Moriah, Adam, Andrew; great-grandchildren Connor, Cameron and Landon.
All are invited to pray a rosary on May 21 at 2:00 at Fitzgerald Southwood Colonial Chapel Funeral Home on 91st Street, Tulsa.
Funeral Mass will be on May 22, 2023 at 10:00 at St. Bernard of Clairvaux Catholic Church, Tulsa, OK with internment at St. Bernard's columbarium.
May your soul rest in peace mom.
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May
21
Rosary
2:00 p.m.
Fitzgerald Funeral Service Southwood Colonial Chapel3612 E. 91st St. S., Tulsa, OK 74137
May
22
Funeral Mass
10:00 a.m.
Fitzgerald Funeral Service Southwood Colonial Chapel3612 E. 91st St. S., Tulsa, OK 74137
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