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IRELAN, Janet

Vivian Brinker  (View posts) Posted: 10 May 2001 12:00PM GMT
Classification: Obituary
Surnames: Bumgarner, Davis, Eve, Glenn, Irelan, White
REPOST OF MISSING FEBRUARY 2001 POSTS

Nowata Star
126 E. Cherokee St.
Nowata, OK 74048
February 7, 2001
Permission for archiving obituaries given by Phillip Reid, Publisher

Graveside services for Janet Bumgarner Irelan, 64, a former Nowata resident,who died Saturday, February 3, 2001 at her home in Little Rock, Arkansas,were held Tuesday, February 6, in Nowata Memorial Park Cemetery with Ben Killion officiating. Interment followed under the direction of Benjamin Funeral Service of Nowata.

Janet began this life November 27, 1936 in Delaware as the daughter of Walter David and Nina Mary Davis Bumgarner. She received her elementary education in Delaware and then moved to Nowata where she graduated from Nowata High School. Janet later attended Bartlesville Beauty College and became a Licensed Cosmetologist. She worked as a beautician and also worked for the Acme Foundry at Coffeyville, Kansas.

Janet moved to California in the early 1960's where she met and later was united in marriage with Kenneth Irelan in June of 1963. Kenneth was killed in action in Vietnam and Janet returned to Nowata in the late 1960's. She moved to Little Rock, Arkansas in 1981.

Mrs. Irelan was a member of the American Businesswomen's Association and she was very dedicated to her grandchildren and their activities.

Survivors include her daughter, Kim Glenn and her husband John of Little Rock, Arkansas; three grandchildren: Jason Glenn and his wife Katie and Johnathan Glen, both of Little Rock, Arkansas and Justin Glen of Arkansas City, Kansas,; her mother Nina M. Bumgarner of Nowata; a sister, Carolyn Eve and her husband, Bob, also of Nowata; one niece, Becky Eve of Las Vegas, Nevada and an aunt, June White and her husband, Gene of Nowata.

In addition to her husband, Kenneth Irelan, Janet was also preceded in death by her father, Walter D. Bumgarner on January 8, 1976.

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