Alberta Elizabeth Irwin, affectionately known as “Bert”, age 84, died on February 25, 2019. Bert was born in Hinton, Oklahoma on July 4, 1934 to Al and Florence Herbold. She graduated from high school in Hinton in 1952. She attended college at Oklahoma State University where she met and married Tom Witt. Together they had two children, Becky and Jeff. She later married Red Irwin, August 1982 when her banking career led her to Muskogee.
Bert was employed in various jobs in the financial industry. She was a bookkeeper for Thompson School Book Depository in Oklahoma City in the 1960s, she worked at Home Savings and Loan in Lawton, Oklahoma in the 1970s, in the 1980s, she moved to Muskogee due to work and eventually retired from Dean Reed Cattle Company.
Bert was very passionate about collecting antiques, watching her Oklahoma Sate Cowboys, NASCAR, Thunder basketball and Dallas Cowboys. She loved gardening, enjoyed boating and camping, vacationing with her siblings and their spouses. Bert loved listening to country music. She really enjoyed her old records. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church.
Bert is survived by her son, Jeff Witt; daughter, Becky McClure and husband Robert; step daughter, Michelle Mills; grandchildren, Nathan Jackson, Jenna Jackson-Elam and husband Michael, Caleb LaGrone and fiancé Sarah Tatum; step grandchildren, Amanda McClure, Rick McClure, Kiersten Key, Shalynn Mills, Kaden Mills; great grandchildren, Austin, Hunter, Gage, Jacob, Carlee, Elizabeth, Keeli, Noah, and Aiden; sisters, Peggy Coffey, Nancy Russell and husband Russ; brother, Fred Herbold and wife Donna; several nieces and nephews whom she loved dearly. She also leaves behind very special friends, Diana and Greg Lee. She is preceded in death by her husband, Red Irwin; parents, Al and Florence Herbold; brother, Bob Herbold; brother-in-law, Lionel Coffey; niece, Kim Coffey; nephew, Kirby Coffey.
A celebration of life for Alberta Irwin will take place at 11:00 am, Friday, March 1, 2019 at the First United Methodist Church in Muskogee with Reverend Cindy Culver officiating. Burial will follow at the Hinton Cemetery.
Bert will be joined with her beloved Hopie the dog
Bert was employed in various jobs in the financial industry. She was a bookkeeper for Thompson School Book Depository in Oklahoma City in the 1960s, she worked at Home Savings and Loan in Lawton, Oklahoma in the 1970s, in the 1980s, she moved to Muskogee due to work and eventually retired from Dean Reed Cattle Company.
Bert was very passionate about collecting antiques, watching her Oklahoma Sate Cowboys, NASCAR, Thunder basketball and Dallas Cowboys. She loved gardening, enjoyed boating and camping, vacationing with her siblings and their spouses. Bert loved listening to country music. She really enjoyed her old records. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church.
Bert is survived by her son, Jeff Witt; daughter, Becky McClure and husband Robert; step daughter, Michelle Mills; grandchildren, Nathan Jackson, Jenna Jackson-Elam and husband Michael, Caleb LaGrone and fiancé Sarah Tatum; step grandchildren, Amanda McClure, Rick McClure, Kiersten Key, Shalynn Mills, Kaden Mills; great grandchildren, Austin, Hunter, Gage, Jacob, Carlee, Elizabeth, Keeli, Noah, and Aiden; sisters, Peggy Coffey, Nancy Russell and husband Russ; brother, Fred Herbold and wife Donna; several nieces and nephews whom she loved dearly. She also leaves behind very special friends, Diana and Greg Lee. She is preceded in death by her husband, Red Irwin; parents, Al and Florence Herbold; brother, Bob Herbold; brother-in-law, Lionel Coffey; niece, Kim Coffey; nephew, Kirby Coffey.
A celebration of life for Alberta Irwin will take place at 11:00 am, Friday, March 1, 2019 at the First United Methodist Church in Muskogee with Reverend Cindy Culver officiating. Burial will follow at the Hinton Cemetery.
Bert will be joined with her beloved Hopie the dog
Alberta Elizabeth Irwin, affectionately known as “Bert”, age 84, died on February 25, 2019. Bert was born in Hinton, Oklahoma on July 4, 1934 to Al and Florence Herbold. She graduated from high school in Hinton in 1952. She attended college at Oklahoma State University where she met and married Tom Witt. Together they had two children, Becky and Jeff. She later married Red Irwin, August 1982 when her banking career led her to Muskogee.
Bert was employed in various jobs in the financial industry. She was a bookkeeper for Thompson School Book Depository in Oklahoma City in the 1960s, she worked at Home Savings and Loan in Lawton, Oklahoma in the 1970s, in the 1980s, she moved to Muskogee due to work and eventually retired from Dean Reed Cattle Company.
Bert was very passionate about collecting antiques, watching her Oklahoma Sate Cowboys, NASCAR, Thunder basketball and Dallas Cowboys. She loved gardening, enjoyed boating and camping, vacationing with her siblings and their spouses. Bert loved listening to country music. She really enjoyed her old records. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church.
Bert is survived by her son, Jeff Witt; daughter, Becky McClure and husband Robert; step daughter, Michelle Mills; grandchildren, Nathan Jackson, Jenna Jackson-Elam and husband Michael, Caleb LaGrone and fiancé Sarah Tatum; step grandchildren, Amanda McClure, Rick McClure, Kiersten Key, Shalynn Mills, Kaden Mills; great grandchildren, Austin, Hunter, Gage, Jacob, Carlee, Elizabeth, Keeli, Noah, and Aiden; sisters, Peggy Coffey, Nancy Russell and husband Russ; brother, Fred Herbold and wife Donna; several nieces and nephews whom she loved dearly. She also leaves behind very special friends, Diana and Greg Lee. She is preceded in death by her husband, Red Irwin; parents, Al and Florence Herbold; brother, Bob Herbold; brother-in-law, Lionel Coffey; niece, Kim Coffey; nephew, Kirby Coffey.
A celebration of life for Alberta Irwin will take place at 11:00 am, Friday, March 1, 2019 at the First United Methodist Church in Muskogee with Reverend Cindy Culver officiating. Burial will follow at the Hinton Cemetery.
Bert will be joined with her beloved Hopie the dog
Bert was employed in various jobs in the financial industry. She was a bookkeeper for Thompson School Book Depository in Oklahoma City in the 1960s, she worked at Home Savings and Loan in Lawton, Oklahoma in the 1970s, in the 1980s, she moved to Muskogee due to work and eventually retired from Dean Reed Cattle Company.
Bert was very passionate about collecting antiques, watching her Oklahoma Sate Cowboys, NASCAR, Thunder basketball and Dallas Cowboys. She loved gardening, enjoyed boating and camping, vacationing with her siblings and their spouses. Bert loved listening to country music. She really enjoyed her old records. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church.
Bert is survived by her son, Jeff Witt; daughter, Becky McClure and husband Robert; step daughter, Michelle Mills; grandchildren, Nathan Jackson, Jenna Jackson-Elam and husband Michael, Caleb LaGrone and fiancé Sarah Tatum; step grandchildren, Amanda McClure, Rick McClure, Kiersten Key, Shalynn Mills, Kaden Mills; great grandchildren, Austin, Hunter, Gage, Jacob, Carlee, Elizabeth, Keeli, Noah, and Aiden; sisters, Peggy Coffey, Nancy Russell and husband Russ; brother, Fred Herbold and wife Donna; several nieces and nephews whom she loved dearly. She also leaves behind very special friends, Diana and Greg Lee. She is preceded in death by her husband, Red Irwin; parents, Al and Florence Herbold; brother, Bob Herbold; brother-in-law, Lionel Coffey; niece, Kim Coffey; nephew, Kirby Coffey.
A celebration of life for Alberta Irwin will take place at 11:00 am, Friday, March 1, 2019 at the First United Methodist Church in Muskogee with Reverend Cindy Culver officiating. Burial will follow at the Hinton Cemetery.
Bert will be joined with her beloved Hopie the dog
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