(Irene was the mother of my first fiance.)
Irene V. Sutton, 77, died Jan. 16, 1999, at the home of her son in Tyro.
She was born Feb. 8, 1921, at Longton, to Harry A. and Loraine D. (Hale) Painter.
She was raised and educated in the Longton area. On April 10, 1936, she married Orville M. Sutton. Her father, a justice of the peace, officiated at the marriage at the family home in Longton.
The couple made their first home in Longton, then lived on farms in Elk and Montgomery counties for many years.
Irene worked as a cook for several restaurants in Elk City and Wichita.
Her husband died Nov. 2, 1968.
She moved to Winfield in 1979 and worked as a cook for several restaurants and for the Elks Lodge.
Survivors include five sons, Victor Sutton, Gladstone, Mo., Michael Sutton, Tyro, Paul "Pat" Sutton, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and Delbert Sutton and Gordon Sutton, both of Winfield; two daughters, Elizabeth Dalton, Haysville, and Peggy Barber, Burden; a sister, May Stiles, Wichita; 39 grandchildren, 58 great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren.
Three daughters, Doris Crigger, Barbara Sutton and Judith Byerly, preceded her in death.
Irene V. Sutton, 77, died Jan. 16, 1999, at the home of her son in Tyro.
She was born Feb. 8, 1921, at Longton, to Harry A. and Loraine D. (Hale) Painter.
She was raised and educated in the Longton area. On April 10, 1936, she married Orville M. Sutton. Her father, a justice of the peace, officiated at the marriage at the family home in Longton.
The couple made their first home in Longton, then lived on farms in Elk and Montgomery counties for many years.
Irene worked as a cook for several restaurants in Elk City and Wichita.
Her husband died Nov. 2, 1968.
She moved to Winfield in 1979 and worked as a cook for several restaurants and for the Elks Lodge.
Survivors include five sons, Victor Sutton, Gladstone, Mo., Michael Sutton, Tyro, Paul "Pat" Sutton, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and Delbert Sutton and Gordon Sutton, both of Winfield; two daughters, Elizabeth Dalton, Haysville, and Peggy Barber, Burden; a sister, May Stiles, Wichita; 39 grandchildren, 58 great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren.
Three daughters, Doris Crigger, Barbara Sutton and Judith Byerly, preceded her in death.
(Irene was the mother of my first fiance.)
Irene V. Sutton, 77, died Jan. 16, 1999, at the home of her son in Tyro.
She was born Feb. 8, 1921, at Longton, to Harry A. and Loraine D. (Hale) Painter.
She was raised and educated in the Longton area. On April 10, 1936, she married Orville M. Sutton. Her father, a justice of the peace, officiated at the marriage at the family home in Longton.
The couple made their first home in Longton, then lived on farms in Elk and Montgomery counties for many years.
Irene worked as a cook for several restaurants in Elk City and Wichita.
Her husband died Nov. 2, 1968.
She moved to Winfield in 1979 and worked as a cook for several restaurants and for the Elks Lodge.
Survivors include five sons, Victor Sutton, Gladstone, Mo., Michael Sutton, Tyro, Paul "Pat" Sutton, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and Delbert Sutton and Gordon Sutton, both of Winfield; two daughters, Elizabeth Dalton, Haysville, and Peggy Barber, Burden; a sister, May Stiles, Wichita; 39 grandchildren, 58 great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren.
Three daughters, Doris Crigger, Barbara Sutton and Judith Byerly, preceded her in death.
Irene V. Sutton, 77, died Jan. 16, 1999, at the home of her son in Tyro.
She was born Feb. 8, 1921, at Longton, to Harry A. and Loraine D. (Hale) Painter.
She was raised and educated in the Longton area. On April 10, 1936, she married Orville M. Sutton. Her father, a justice of the peace, officiated at the marriage at the family home in Longton.
The couple made their first home in Longton, then lived on farms in Elk and Montgomery counties for many years.
Irene worked as a cook for several restaurants in Elk City and Wichita.
Her husband died Nov. 2, 1968.
She moved to Winfield in 1979 and worked as a cook for several restaurants and for the Elks Lodge.
Survivors include five sons, Victor Sutton, Gladstone, Mo., Michael Sutton, Tyro, Paul "Pat" Sutton, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and Delbert Sutton and Gordon Sutton, both of Winfield; two daughters, Elizabeth Dalton, Haysville, and Peggy Barber, Burden; a sister, May Stiles, Wichita; 39 grandchildren, 58 great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren.
Three daughters, Doris Crigger, Barbara Sutton and Judith Byerly, preceded her in death.
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