Irene started school in Pine Bluffs and when she was in 8th grade her family moved to Gaynor, Missouri. She graduated from high school in Hopkins, Missouri. She later attended and graduated from beauty school in Parkville, Missouri. On December 21, 1944, Irene Cordell was united in marriage to John William (J.W.) Florea at Troy, Kansas. Two children were born to this union, Sam and Janiece. They moved to Waco, Texas where J.W. was convalescing from war time injuries. After J.W. recovered, they moved to Maryville and later to Pickering, MO. where they farmed. They then moved to Hopkins, MO. where Irene worked as a bookkeeper for the Rosecran Chevrolet Car dealership. In 1968, they moved to Jefferson and later to Madrid. J.W. died in 1971 and Irene moved to Perry where she worked for the Sloan Monument Works in Perry and Jefferson. In 1993, she moved back to Jefferson and in 2002 lived with her son, Sam and his wife Kathi until 2012 when she became a resident of the Greene County Care Facility.
Irene was a member of the Presbyterian Church in Jefferson and during her life, she enjoyed flowers and gardening. Irene and J.W. also enjoyed going out and square dancing.
Irene is survived by her children; a son, Sam Florea and his wife, Kathi, of Jefferson, Iowa and a daughter, Janiece Schuttler of Boone, Iowa, four grand-children and their spouses; Elizabeth (Brian) Frantum, William Robert (Lois) Chapman, Douglas Randall (Jan) Chapman and John Lyle (Nancy) Florea, nine great-grandchildren, one great-great-grandchild and a brother, Eldon Ray Cordell of St. Joseph, Missouri. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband J.W. in February of 1971, two sisters, Evelyn Brown and Elaine Wake, a brother, John Cordell and a son-in-law, Lester Schuttler.
Funeral services will be 10:30AM, February 12, 2016 at Price Funeral Home, Maryville, Missouri, with Rev. Gordon Moen of the Jefferson Presbyterian Church officiating. A visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. Burial will be in the Long Branch Cemetery, Gaynor, Missouri.
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