East, Mrs John K. (Irene)---Died February 3, 1947, Cape Sandy, Indiana. Irene East, daughter of N. and Anna M. VanWinkle, born December 29, 1875, at Bristow in Perry County, died at her home at Cape Sandy, on February 3, 1947, at the age of 71 years. She had been ill for a year. She married John K. East, August 18, 1901. To this union were born seven children, three of whom preceded her in death. Bernice, Ralph and Chester, who was killed in action in France. Besides the husband, four children survive: Omer, of Tucson, Ariz.; Cecil, of Bessemer, Ala.; Hazel, of O., and Murrel, of Leavenworth. Other survivors include one sister, Mrs Louis Taylor, of Fairfield, Ia.; 11 grandchildren, two of whom, John Raymond and Gloria June East, have made their home with their grandparents. In early life Mrs East became a member of the Mt. Carmel Baptist Church at Huffman, Ind. She lived a life of Christian service, being a member of the Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church at the time of her death. She was a devoted wife and mother and will be greatly missed by all who knew her. Funeral services were conducted by the Rev Jean Osborn at the Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church on February 12. Burial was in the East cemetery.
