PERRYVILLE -- Irene L. Werle, 93, died Wednesday, Dec. 20, 1995, at Riverview Nursing Home in Ste. Genevieve.
She was born Sept. 20, 1902, in Perry County, daughter of Andrew Jackson and Mary Mattingly Mead. She married John Werle, who died in 1946.
Werle was a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in St. Marys, and life member of the Ladies Sodality.
Survivors include a son, Benny Werle of Perryville; two daughters, Gertrude Ruehle of Jacksonville, Ark., Justine Sadler of Perry County; a brother, Andrew Mead of New Town Square, Pa.; seven grandchildren, and 15 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by three brothers, two sisters, a granddaughter, and a great-grandson.
Friends may call at Miller Family Funeral Home in Perryville from 4-9 p.m. today, and Saturday after 6:30 a.m. The rosary will be recited at 9 a.m. Saturday.
Funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Richard Kasznel officiating. Burial will be in Brown Cemetery at St. Marys.
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