Irene Mettes
16 January 1910 - October 1973

 Irene Mettes Irene Mettes was born on 16 January 1910 as the first child of James Haley Mettes and Mary Leona Delaney.
 

Irene's descendents are:


Elizabeth Irene, 16 Jan 1910 - Oct 1973
Orville Kenneth (Short) Bowen, 23 Feb 1906 - 1964, married oct 1930
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|---Barbara Bowen, 4 Jan 1931
|Robert Burks, 1 Jun 1929, married 5 Aug 1949
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||---Mary Elizabeth, died at birth
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||---Terry Lynne Burks 16 Sep 1950
||(1) Jim Elias
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|||---Kimberley Sue Elias, 7 Dec 1969
|||Rodney McDonald, married on 2 Aug 1996
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||||---Ethan Forest McDonald 7 Mar 1997
||||---Parker Elias McDonald 25 Mar 1999
|||---Shannon David Elias 9 Nov 1975
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||(2) Virgil Guy Norris, 9 Dec 1951, married 31 Dec 1996
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||---Daniel Robert Burks 17 Nov 1951
|Susan Aldes, 12 Dec 1953, married 9 Apr 1983
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||---John Daniel Burks, 16 Jul 1986
||--- Matthew Joseph Burks, 30 Jul 1989
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|---Jim Bowen 25 Nov 1933
|(1) Carol Brandt
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||---Michael Kenneth Bowen 14 May 1961 (Michael has two children)
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||---Stacey Jeanne Bowen 28 May 1962
||Hutchinson
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|||---Brian Hutchinson 5 Feb 1979
|||---Christina Hutchinson 25 Apr 1983
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||---Melissa Carol Bowen, 22 Nov 1964
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||---Deborah Ann Bowen, 20 Jan 1966
||Steve Brinister, married 3 Jul 1990
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|||---Grace Brinister, 2 Nov 1990
|||---Trevor Brinister, Nov 1998
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||---James Brant Bowen, 21 Nov 1970
|Sandra, married 9 Jul 1994
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||---Anna Bowen 22 Feb 1995
||---Samantha Bowen, Dec 1998
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|(2) Maureen Maloney, married 16 Mar 1974
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|---Thelma Jeannie Bowen, 5 Dec 1935
|Robert Lee Way, 5 Oct 1933, married 28 Sep 1951
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||---Barbara Jeanne Way, 1 Jan 1953
||Jeff Collene, 26 May 1952, married 26 May 1971
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|||---Thomas Jason Collene, 21 Jan 1972
|||---Matthew Lee Collene, 27 Mar 1976
|||---Bess Marie Collene (Hanso Hyun), 29 Nov 1979
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||---Brenda Lea Way, 13 Mar 1957
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|||---Regina Marie
|||---Rachel
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||---Beth Anne Way
|David VanDenabelle
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||---Weston VanDenabelle
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|---Lois Irene Bowen, 23 Jan 1940
(1) Nickolas Otto Mittenfelner, 13 Jun 1936, married 13 Jun 1957
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|---Nickolas (Nick) Joseph Mittenfelner, 30 Aug 1958
|(1) Linda Baird
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||---Nicole Christiana Mittenfelner, 25 Sep 1983
||---Matthew Josef Mittenfelner, 15 Dec 1985
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|(2) Ladda Eckmongkolert, married 15 Dec 1991
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||---Thomas Quinn Mittenfelner
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|---Janet Irene Mittenfelner, 22 Nov 1960
|Jonathan Long, 3 Dec 1957, married 11 Jun 1983
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||---Grace Irene Long, 22 Aug 1988
||---Brian Arther Long, 29 Dec 1990
||---Samuel Bowen Long, 29 Feb 1996
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|---Marcia Kay Mittenfelner, 7 Oct 1963
Joe Sladek, 7 Sep 1963 on 7 May 1993
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|---Haley Marie Sladek, 5 Feb 1995
|---Sidney Julia Sladek, 24 May 96

(2) Lee Bishop, married 15 Oct 1971


The photo at the top of this page is part of the photo immediately below.


Irene with her four children, 1943
From left to right: James (Jim), Jeanie, Irene (mother), Lois and Barbara
There is also a slightly larger version of above photo



The above photo was taken about 1990
From left to right: Jeanie, Jim, Lois and Barbara



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[photos and details provided by Chris Mettes and David Garth Mettes]