Irene Louise (Studebaker) Reiland

Irene Louise Reiland age 91 passed away Monday April 10, 2006 at the Wright Medical Center in Clarion. Iowa. Irene was born October 6, 1914 to Ira and Mary Rose (Bray) Studebaker in Utica, Illinois. She was raised and educated in Belmond, graduating from Belmond Community High School in 1932. Irene then attended Iowa State Teachers College. Irene taught school in Lincoln Center Country School. She met Joseph Reiland at a dance and the couple later married, March 30, 1940 at the St. Francis catholic church in Belmond. Irene and Joseph then settled southwest of clarion on the Ray and Leland Wilson Farm where Joseph had been working. They later moved into Clarion in the mid 1940s where she raised their family. Irene enjoyed sewing, cooking, baking, and reading. She was a Member of St. John's Catholic Church, the St. Rose Circle and Navy Mothers. Irene is survived by her Children Jo Ann Amidon and husband Roger of Columbia SC; Daryl Reiland of Clarion; Nick Reiland and wife Barb of Blue Grass, IA; Eileen Nydegger and husband Brad of DeSoto, IA; Roger Reiland and wife Maggie of Des Moines; Shirley Loeffler and husband Hans of West Des Moines; Kathleen Eubank and husband Steve of Lawrence, KS; Marilyn Plyler and husband Joe of Columbia, SC.; seven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Irene is also survived by 2 sisters Virginia Studebaker and Marian Kuper, a sister-in-law Regina Mosher, and many nieces and nephews. Irene is preceded in death by her parents, her husband Joseph Reiland on April 3, 1994, two brothers, and two sisters, and an infant daughter.