Sponsored by:Walter Myers
Martha Irene Lewis Ashe
1939 – 2011 Eureka Cemetery
Photo added by Madlyn Dill Simkulet
- Birth
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Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
- Death
- 27 May 2011 (aged 72)
Texas, USA
- Burial
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Eureka, Navarro County, Texas, USA Show Map GPS-Latitude: 32.0166554, Longitude: -96.2660799
- Memorial ID
- 70548232 View Source
OBITUARY
Corsicana Daily Sun
Cosicana, Navarro, TX
30 May 2011
Irene Ashe, 72, of Baytown passed away Friday, May 27, 2011 in a Lufkin hospital.
Mrs. Ashe was born and raised in Houston. At the age of 20, she graduated from Rice Institute with highest honors. She went on to earn Master's degrees in Elementary Education and Library Science. She had a long, successful career as an elementary school teacher and school librarian.
In her retirement years, she enjoyed traveling, genealogical research, and spending time with her family. She was actively involved with the Baytown Area Quilt Guild, the Double Nickel Club, Plumwood Crime Watch, BARSEA, the Greater Houston Puppetry Guild, the Baytown Genealogical Society, the Goose Creek Chapter of the DAR, and the Houston Storytellers Guild. She also volunteered at Harlem Elementary's Reading Lab.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Claude Harmon Ashe, Jr. and daughter, Martha Ashe.
She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law; son and daughter-in-law; and 4 grandsons.
Her family will receive friends at Navarre Funeral Home Thursday from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Funeral services will be Friday, June 3, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. at Navarre Funeral Home. Graveside services will follow at 3:30 p.m. at the Eureka Cemetery in Eureka, TX.
Corsicana Daily Sun
Cosicana, Navarro, TX
30 May 2011
Irene Ashe, 72, of Baytown passed away Friday, May 27, 2011 in a Lufkin hospital.
Mrs. Ashe was born and raised in Houston. At the age of 20, she graduated from Rice Institute with highest honors. She went on to earn Master's degrees in Elementary Education and Library Science. She had a long, successful career as an elementary school teacher and school librarian.
In her retirement years, she enjoyed traveling, genealogical research, and spending time with her family. She was actively involved with the Baytown Area Quilt Guild, the Double Nickel Club, Plumwood Crime Watch, BARSEA, the Greater Houston Puppetry Guild, the Baytown Genealogical Society, the Goose Creek Chapter of the DAR, and the Houston Storytellers Guild. She also volunteered at Harlem Elementary's Reading Lab.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Claude Harmon Ashe, Jr. and daughter, Martha Ashe.
She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law; son and daughter-in-law; and 4 grandsons.
Her family will receive friends at Navarre Funeral Home Thursday from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Funeral services will be Friday, June 3, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. at Navarre Funeral Home. Graveside services will follow at 3:30 p.m. at the Eureka Cemetery in Eureka, TX.
OBITUARY
Corsicana Daily Sun
Cosicana, Navarro, TX
30 May 2011
Irene Ashe, 72, of Baytown passed away Friday, May 27, 2011 in a Lufkin hospital.
Mrs. Ashe was born and raised in Houston. At the age of 20, she graduated from Rice Institute with highest honors. She went on to earn Master's degrees in Elementary Education and Library Science. She had a long, successful career as an elementary school teacher and school librarian.
In her retirement years, she enjoyed traveling, genealogical research, and spending time with her family. She was actively involved with the Baytown Area Quilt Guild, the Double Nickel Club, Plumwood Crime Watch, BARSEA, the Greater Houston Puppetry Guild, the Baytown Genealogical Society, the Goose Creek Chapter of the DAR, and the Houston Storytellers Guild. She also volunteered at Harlem Elementary's Reading Lab.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Claude Harmon Ashe, Jr. and daughter, Martha Ashe.
She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law; son and daughter-in-law; and 4 grandsons.
Her family will receive friends at Navarre Funeral Home Thursday from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Funeral services will be Friday, June 3, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. at Navarre Funeral Home. Graveside services will follow at 3:30 p.m. at the Eureka Cemetery in Eureka, TX.
Corsicana Daily Sun
Cosicana, Navarro, TX
30 May 2011
Irene Ashe, 72, of Baytown passed away Friday, May 27, 2011 in a Lufkin hospital.
Mrs. Ashe was born and raised in Houston. At the age of 20, she graduated from Rice Institute with highest honors. She went on to earn Master's degrees in Elementary Education and Library Science. She had a long, successful career as an elementary school teacher and school librarian.
In her retirement years, she enjoyed traveling, genealogical research, and spending time with her family. She was actively involved with the Baytown Area Quilt Guild, the Double Nickel Club, Plumwood Crime Watch, BARSEA, the Greater Houston Puppetry Guild, the Baytown Genealogical Society, the Goose Creek Chapter of the DAR, and the Houston Storytellers Guild. She also volunteered at Harlem Elementary's Reading Lab.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Claude Harmon Ashe, Jr. and daughter, Martha Ashe.
She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law; son and daughter-in-law; and 4 grandsons.
Her family will receive friends at Navarre Funeral Home Thursday from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Funeral services will be Friday, June 3, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. at Navarre Funeral Home. Graveside services will follow at 3:30 p.m. at the Eureka Cemetery in Eureka, TX.
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Sponsored by Walter Myers
- Maintained by: Lisa
- Originally Created by: Ann Parkinson
- Added: 29 May 2011
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