Mary Irene Blackburn's Obituary
Mary “Irene” Simmons, – Blackburn Irene passed away September 23, 2015 at home. She was born November 8, 1923 in Keota, OK. To Claude and Essie Cone. Irene lived a full and active life for 91 years. She raised her children in a Christian environment, always stressing the importance of helping others. Irene loved her children, grandchildren and friends at Burgundy. Helen, you were the greatest. Irene was preceded in death by her parents by her husband Ernest, her two daughters Leatrice Lowther and Sandra Dugan and by her granddaughter Shelly Swinyard. She is survived by her daughter, Loretta David and her husband Jerry and by her son Leslie Simmons and his wife Phyllis, fourteen grandchildren, seventeen great grandchildren and five great great grandchildren. Visitation will be held Monday, September 28, 2015, 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., at the Floral Haven Funeral Home Visitation Room, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. A celebration of life will be held Tuesday, September 29, 2015, at 2:00 p.m., at the Carbondale Assembly of God Church, 2135 W. 51st Street, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 74107.
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