Irma Lou Conrad's Obituary
IRMA LOU CONRAD AGE 93 OF MOUNT ZION PASSED AWAY AT THE MOUNT ZION HEALTH AND REHAB NURSING HOME IN MOUNT ZION, ILLINOIS.
IRMA WAS BORN IN ROBINSON, ILLINOIS ON APRIL 15, 1930, TO ORIS ARTHUR CONRAD AND GRACE IRENE COOPER. SHE ATTENDED GRADE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL IN ROBINSON, ILLINOIS.
IRMA TAUGHT SCHOOL THIRTY-SEVEN YEARS, MOSTLY IN THE DECATUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS AS A PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHER AND ALSO AS A SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER. SHE ALSO TAUGHT IN OLNEY, ILLINOIS AND ALSO IN FINDLAY, ILLINOIS.
IRMA WAS A GOD LOVING PERSON AND ATTENDED ELWIN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IN ELWIN, ILLINOIS UNTIL HER HEALTH PREVENTED HER FROM ATTENDING.
IRMA WAS A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION, THE ILLINOIS TEACHERS ASSOCIATION, THE DECATUR TEACHERS ASSOCIATION, AND SEVERAL PHYSICAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATIONS.
IRMA ATTENDED EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY WHERE SHE RECEIVED HER BACHELORS DEGREE WITH A MAJOR IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION. SHE ALSO RECEIVED A MASTERS DEGREE IN EDUCATION FROM GEORGE PEABODY IN NASHVILLE, TENN. SHE ALSO DID ADDITIONAL WORK AT UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AND WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY.
IRMA LIVED WITH HER BEST FRIEND, BETTY WOODRING. IRMA AND BETTY TRAVELLED IN A MOTORHOME THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THEIR TIME TOGETHER. OFTEN, THEY WERE NOT ALONE IN THEIR ADVENTURES, NOTABLY A TRIP TO NEW ORLEANS WITH THEIR SISTERS, SHIRLEY AND MARGARET. SOME OF THEIR FAVORITE MEMORIES WERE THE MONTREAL OLYMPICS, GRAND CANYON, DISNEY LAND, DISNEY WORLD, HERSHEY, PENNSYLVANIA AND MANY NATIONAL PARKS.
IRMA IS SURVIVED BY ONE SISTER, MARGARET HUMMEL OF OBLONG, ILLINOIS. SHE ALSO HAS SEVERAL NEPHEWS AND NIECES. IRMA IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER PARENTS, ONE BROTHER, WARREN CLYDE CONRAD AND TWO SISTERS, KAREN KNOBLETT OF ROBINSON AND JEAN SCHAFFER OF PALESTINE
THE SERVICE FOR IRMA WILL BE AT GRACELAND FAIRLAWN FUNERAL HOME ON FRIDAY MARCH 29, 2024, AT 11:00 A.M. THE VISITATION WILL BE ONE HOUR BEFORE THE SERVICE. SHE WILL BE BURIED IN THE STAR OF HOPE MAUSOLEUM AT GRACELAND CEMETERY.
CONDOLENCES AND MEMORIES MAY BE SHARED WITH THE FAMILY IN CARE OF GRACELAND FAIRLAWN FUNERAL HOMES AT WWW.GRACELANDFAIRLAWN.COM.
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