Irene S. Ryerson

Irene S. Ryerson, 94 of rural Marshall, formerly of West York, IL died at the home of her daughter Saturday, November 28, 2009 at 3:54 a.m. She was born July 7, 1915 in Bennington, IL in Edwards County, the daughter of John L. Elkins and Mary Sirbina Moomau Elkins. She retired from L. S. Heath & Sons in 1982 after 27 years of service as a machine operator, and she was a member of the West York Bible Church, formerly the West York United Methodist Church. She married Byron Garnet Ryerson on December 31, 1946 and he preceded her in death on April 29, 1989. She was also preceded by her parents; 3 daughters, Barbara Allison, Mary Jane Weaver, and Sue Ella Ryerson; 2 sisters, Nola Elkins and Margaret Pleasant; her half-sister, Eleanor Elkins; and her grandson, Bobby Allison. She is survived by her daughter and son–in-law, Carol and Loren D. Cannady, Marshall; 16 grandchildren; 33 great grandchildren; and several great-great grandchildren; 3 sisters, Beatrice Goodwin, Robinson, Maxine Harrison, Marshall, and Thelma Lowe and her friend, Paul Rosenberg, Robinson; her brother and sister-in-law, John S. and Lillian Elkins, Kings Mt., NC.Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, December 2nd at the West York Bible Church with Brother Joe Griffith in charge of services. Burial will be in the Bradbury Cemetery rural West York. Visitation will be from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. Tuesday December 1st at the Prust-Hosch Funeral Home in West Union, IL and at the Bible Church in West York from 10:00 a.m. prior to service time at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday.