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Schweinler, Irene Humke (1907 - 1998)

Schweinler, Irene Humke, of Arden Hills died on February 16 after a courageous battle with cancer. She is preceded in death by infant twin daughters and her husband, Brig. Gen. Francis Schweinler. She was born in Greenwood, WI (October 19, 1907) and was a primary and secondary teacher in Clark County, WI. She wrote a weekly newspaper column for the Mosinee Times and was an active volunteer with numerous organizations, including the Presbyterian Home of Arden Hills.

She was a member of Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church, Shoreview. She is survived by brothers, Everett Humke and wife, Mary, Rochester, MN and Harold Humke and wife, Eunice, Nekoosa, WI children, William Schweinler and wife, Bonita, Lebanon, NH, Carmen Schweinler Briscoe and husband, Keith, Leawood, Kansas, Luann Schweinler Woeltge and husband, Terry, Shoreview, MN and daughter-in-law, Mildred Lauer Schweinler, Tonga grandchildren, Kristina Schweinler, Kurt Schweinler, Kevin Schweinler, Kim Gravenslund, Susan Tideman, Ruth Woeltge and D. J. Woeltge eight great-grandsons and one great-granddaughter. A memorial service will be held at the PRESBYTERIAN HOME CHAPEL, Arden Hills on Friday, February 20 at 1 PM with a private burial at Fort Snelling National Cemetery. Memorials preferred to the Presbyterian Home of Arden Hills. Arr. HOLCOMB-HENRY-BOOM NORTH CHAPEL. 482-76O6

**Irene and her husband and her husband, Brig. Gen. Francis Schweinler were married August 15, 1928