IRENE MALLARD

SIKESTON -- Irene Mallard, 78, Sikeston Route 2, died Tuesday, Jan. 9, 1996, at Missouri Delta Medical Center.

She was born Nov. 16, 1917, in Pollard, Ark., daughter of Robert Vance and Anna Lou Rice Householder. She and Alvin C. Mallard were married April 7, 1933, in Pollard.

Mallard was a member of First Baptist Church in Blodgett.

Survivors include her husband; a brother, Lois Householder of Big Springs, Texas; four sisters, Louise Schrader of Wappapello, Dorothy Fowler of Marston, Althie Edmunds of Palmyra, Judy Cook of Oran; three grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren, and four great-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a son, three brothers and three sisters.

Friends may call at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel from 5-8 p.m. today.

Funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at the chapel, with the Rev. Lee Fansler officiating. Burial will be in Forest Hills Cemetery at Morley.