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Irene Geater
IRENE GEATER
Vinton
Irene Leona Geater,
91, of Vinton, died Sunday, Dec. 21, 2014, at Finley Hospital in Dubuque. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 23, at Prairie Creek Christian Church in rural Vinton with Pastor David Arnold officiating. Van Steenhuyse-Russell Funeral Home in Vinton is handling arrangements. Interment will be in Bear Creek Cemetery, rural Vinton.
Irene was born July 21, 1923, in Morton, Minn., the daughter of Benjamin and Esther Holly Price. The family moved to Oelwein, Iowa, where Irene attended Harrison Country School until the eighth grade.
On Sept. 16, 1944, Irene was united in marriage with John Lloyd Geater in Vinton. Irene worked as a homemaker on the couple's farm in Benton County. She was a member of Prairie Creek Christian Church in rural Vinton.
Irene is survived by her husband of 70 years, John of Vinton; one son, Benny (Carol) Geater of Vinton; four grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Lillian Crisman of Vinton and Ila Mae Burris of Burbank, Ill.
She was preceded in death by her parents; three brothers, Glen, Virgil and Richard Price; and one sister, Hazel Schminke.
A memorial fund has been established.
Van Steenhuyse-Russell Funeral Home of Vinton is caring for Irene and her family.
Condolences may be sent to www.vsrfh.com.
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