PERRYVILLE -- Irene L. Leonard, 93, of Perryville, died Friday, Feb. 21, 1997, at the Perry County Nursing Home.
She was born Oct. 4, 1903, at Biehle, daughter of Henry W. and Anna Mariel Klaus Biehle. She had been an office manager with the International Shoe Co. She was also a member of St. Maurus Catholic Church in Biehle.
Survivors include a sister, Viola V. Brown of Florrisant; a brother, Hubert J. Biehle of of Brooklyn, N.Y., and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by three brothers.
Friends may call from 4-9 p.m. Monday at the Miller Family Funeral Home in Perryville. There will be a parish wake at 7 p.m. Visitation will be again from 6:30 to 7 p.m. with a rosary recital at 9 a.m. at the funeral home.
Funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Maurus Catholic Church in Biehle. The Rev. Alphonse Hoennig will officiate with burial to follow at St. Maurus Church Cemetery.
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